Team members

Group Leader

Federica Eduati

Since 2025 Associate professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
2018-2025 Assistant professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
2013-2017 Postdoc, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), DE & UK
2013 PhD in Bioengineering, University of Padova, IT
2008 MSc in Bioengineering, University of Padova, IT

Research interests: Systems approaches to precision and personalised medicine in oncology. Personal page at TU/e.

PhD students

Mike van Santvoort

Since 2021 PhD student, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
2020 MSc in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

Research project: Designing and analyzing random graph models for reconstruction of cell-cell interaction networks to understand differences in and between tumors.

Glenn Weber

Since 2023 PhD student, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
2022 MSc in Systems Biology, Maastricht University, NL

Research project: Mechanistic understanding of tumor response to drugs from perturbation trascriptomics data.

Hao Cao

Since 2023 PhD student, Catharina Hospital & Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
2022 MSc in Medical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

Research project: Implementation of up-front ctDNA analysis into lung cancer care and development of liquid biopsy-based decision support models.

Bi-rong Wang

Since 2024 PhD student, Eindhoven University of Technology, N
2024 MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

Research project: Multiscale modeling of regulatory mechanisms in the tumor microenvironment.

MS students

Mattijn Wagt

Research project: Development of machine learning surrogates of mechanistic biological models.

Veerle Jegers

Research project: Optimization of multiple myeloma diagnostics with immunoglobulins and free light chains.

Niels van Noort

Research project: Development of prognostic models from longitudinal liquid biopsy data.

Femke Storm

Research project: Agent-based modeling of EGFR diffusion from super resolution microscopy data.

Luciano Debens

Research project: Multi-model machine learning for predicting cell viability from perturbation transcriptomics and chemical attributes.

Marjolein Severens

Research project: Personalized agent-based models of the tumor micorenvironment.

Jasper Stiekema

Research project: Integrating imaging and liquid biopsies for lung cancer diagnosis.

Alumni

Year(s) Name Position
2024-2025 Wafae Quorsane Master thesis
2021-2025 Maaruthy Yelleswarapu Postdoc
2020-2025 Esther Visser Master thesis (2019-2020), PhD student (2020-2025)
2024-2025 Eline Vos Master thesis
2023-2024 Jolien Marcelis Master thesis
2018-2023 Óscar Lapuente-Santana Erasmus student (2018), PhD student (2019-2023)
2022 Sofia Spinthaki Internship (Erasmus+)
2021-2022 Joan Kant Master thesis
2021-2022 Max Joosten Master thesis
2021-2022 Max de Rooij Master thesis
2020-2021 Margot Passier Master thesis
2020-2021 Roy van Mierlo Internship
2019-2020 Maisa van Genderen Master thesis
2018 Kees van Dorp Internship

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