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GSSE PhD Council

We are a little group of PhD students in the Faculty of Science and Engineering that are invested in helping and bettering the PhD experience for us all!

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What we are currently working on

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  • Creating community for PhDs of the Faculty of Science and Engineering and organizing events.

  • Collaborating with GRIN and GOPHER for university wide events and tackling issues of PhD students

Current Members
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Paulina Turekova
Kapteyn Astronomical
Institute, ASTRON

Chairperson​

For my PhD, I study lightning and its flash reconstruction with the LOFAR radio telescope. I love old movies, gardening and swimming.

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Aline Brouwer

GBB/FSE Molecular

Immunology

Treasurer

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Muhammad Haseeb Arif

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Treasurer​

PhD candidate studying the role of reactive oxygen species in sepsis and subsequent organ damage, to hopefully set up a new diagnostic test to identify sepsis earlier. In my free time I enjoy meeting up with friends and cooking.

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Emine Rabia Sensevdi
GBB/FSE Molecular
Microbiology

Website and Social Events​

PhD candidate studying superinfection exclusion in Haloarchaea. I like a lot of things, like cooking, dancing, drawing and bouldering/climbing. 

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Simone La Spina
Stratingh Institute for chemistry 

Social and academic events

PhD candidate in Chemistry, I study the contribution of biphasic systems to the reactivity and formation of prebiotic compounds. In my free time I can be found climbing, bouldering, cooking, or homebrewing. Sometimes all at once. 

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Mariana Sastre

Kapteyn Astronomical  

Social and academic events

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Aditi Kakkad

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Social and academic events

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Contact Us
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