Johan Hofkens
Education
1988-1993 Ph.D. in science, KULeuven (maxima cum laude)
title thesis : Photoinduced intramolecular charge transfer in donor/acceptor substituted aromatics.
title annex thesis : The study of dynamic processes in inhomogeneous systems is possible by time resolved confocal microscopy.
1986-1988 Licentiate in chemistry, KULeuven (magna cum laude)
major : organic chemistry, minor : capita selecta in polymer chemistry and capita selecta in physical organic chemistry
1984-1986 Bachelor in chemistry, KULeuven (magna cum laude)
1978-1984 High school (Sint Jan Berghmans College Malle)
Work Experience
2005- now Hoogleraar KULeuven Belgium
2002-2005 Hoofddocent KULeuven, Leuven (50%) Belgium
2002-2005 Chargé de cours, UCL, Louvain la Neuve, (50%) Belgium
1999-2002 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
FWO (Belgian Science Foundation) postdoctoral fellow
Integration and building up of ps solid state laser system (360-800 nm)
and plate scanning confocal microscope with single molecule detection
sensitivity.
Theoretical aspects of single molecule detection.
Two-photon excitation and single molecule detection.
Multichromophoric dendrimer systems as model systems for energy
transfer.
Supervisor of 7 PhD students, topics ranging from material science
(zeolites, dendrimers) to bio-science (green fluorescent protein, single
enzymatic reactions, antenna systems).
1997-1999 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
FWO postdoctoral fellow
Building up of integrated setup for plate scanning confocal microscope
with single molecule sensitivity, AFM and SNOM.
·ps and fs spectroscopy of dendritic systems in solution.
·Single molecule measurements of multichromophoric dendrimer systems
·Supramolecular structures obtained by dewetting and studied by
microscopy techniques (AFM, SNOM, Fluorescence microscopy).
Optical trapping as tool for supramolecular chemistry.
1997 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis USA
Short stay abroad (3 months) as postdoctoral fellow of the FWO
Learning single molecule detection in the group of Prof. P. Barbara.
First measurements on single dendrimer molecules.
1995-1996 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
KULeuven postdoctoral fellow
Implementation of optical trapping in the research group.
Building up of beam scanning confocal microscope.
1994-1995 Osaka University, Faculty of Applied Physics Japan
JSPS-postdoctoral fellow
Learning the optical trapping technique in the group of Prof. Masuhara.
Laser induced phase transitions in aqueous solutions of amphiphillic
polymers: the influence of radiation pressure.
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