Team members

Group Leader

Federica Eduati

Since 2018 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.

Postdoc

Maaruthy Yelleswarapu

Since 2018 Postdoc, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
2019-2021 Postdoc, Rijksuniversiteit Groeningen, NL
2019 PhD in Physical Organic Chemistry, Radboud University, NL
2012 MSc in Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, CH

Research project: Developing a microfluidic platform for the combinatorial screening of cancer biopsies to elucidate tumor-mediated response to drugs.

PhD students

Esther Visser

Since 2020 PhD student, Catharina Hospital & Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
2020 MSc in Medical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

Research project: Analyzing the clinical applicability of tumor markers in the diagnosis and treatment response evaluation of lung cancer patients.

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

Eline Vos

Research project: Revealing the spatial context of the TME using pathology slides and transcriptomics.

Wafae Quorsane

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

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.

Alumni

Year(s) Name Position
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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