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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