Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Group

Jennifer Mathies

g.mathies@phys.uu.nl

PhD Project

"Experimental and model analysis of aerosol activation in the Netherlands"

Curriculum vitae

• 1999-2005: Experimental Physics, Leiden University
• 2006-present: PhD at IMAU, Utrecht University

Internships and research projects

• 2002: Bachelor research project;
  Prof. M. Orrit, Molecular Nano-Optics and Spins Group, Leiden University.
  I participated in a research project on the fluorescence characteristics of Rhodamine 6G at low temperatures.
• 2003-2004: "Analysis of the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) feedback system" (first master research project);
  Prof. J. Frenken, Interface Physics Group, Leiden University.
  The motion of the STM tip over the surface was simulated both in the time domain and in the frequency domain. The simulation was used to visualize and explain non-linear effects in the STM feedback process.
• 2004-2005: "A study of lateral diffusion in model cell membranes using quantum dots" (second master research project);
  Prof. S. Weiss and Dr. X. Michalet, Single Molecule Biophysics Group, University of California, Los Angeles.
  In a lipid bilayer a fraction of the lipids was marked with biologically activated quantum dots (semi-conductor nanocrystals). Using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) it was possible to trace single marked lipids in their lateral diffusion through the bilayer.
  The data analysis and writing of the thesis were performed in Prof. Th. Schmidt's Biophysics Group, Leiden University.
  The results of this research project were presented in a poster at the Annual Dutch meeting on Cellular and Molecular Biophysics.