Our speakers line-up
Discover the speakers of the Eindhoven Semicon Summer School 2026 below and explore the expertise and experience they bring to this year鈥檚 program.
Our speakers
Discover the speakers of the Eindhoven Semicon Summer School 2026 and discover the expertise and experience they bring to this year's program.
Koen Janssen
Koen Janssen is the President of the Executive Board of Eindhoven University of Technology. Koen鈥檚 focus is on local, national and international collaboration to maximize impact in education, research, and valorization. He studied and obtained his PhD in chemistry at KU Leuven.
Prof. Aida Todri-Sanial
Aida Todri-Sanial is currently a Full Professor in Electrical Engineering Department at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands and Director of Research for the French National Council of Scientific Research (CNRS). Her research interests focus on emerging technologies and novel computing paradigms such as neuromorphic and quantum computing.
Prof. Shihab Al-Daffaie
Shihab Al-Daffaie is a professor and the head of the Terahertz Nanophotonics and Integration Technology (TNIT) Lab within the Integrated Circuits group in the Electrical Engineering Department at Eindhoven University of Technology. His core research areas are Terahertz photonic circuits, semiconductor integration, nano-optoelectronic devices, biomedical sensing, and THz communications. He serves as Scientific and Educational Director of the Eindhoven-South Korea Future Chips Academy (EHV-SK FCA), chairs the International Travelling Summer School on Terahertz Science and Technology, and is educational director of the Eindhoven Semiconductor Summer School (ESSS).
Christophe Fouquet
Christophe Fouquet is President & CEO of ASML and became a member of the Board of Management in 2018. He joined ASML in 2008 and has held several management positions in marketing and product management. Christophe holds a Masters鈥 degree in physics from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, and has more than 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
Julien Ryckaert
Julien Ryckaert received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium, in 2000 and the PhD degree from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 2007. He joined imec as a mixed-signal designer in 2000 specializing in RF transceivers, ultra-low power circuit techniques and analog-to-digital converters. In 2018, he became program director focusing on scaling beyond the 3nm technology node as well as the 3D scaling extensions of CMOS. Today, he is Vice President logic in charge of compute scaling.
Glavine Yeh
Mr. Glavine Yeh is Sr. Program Manager, in charge of FinFET university program at TSMC Europe. Prior to this role, Glavine was Technical Manager, focusing on embedded non-Volatile Memory (eNVM) technologies and successfully driving eNVM technologies as the most important growing business at TSMC Europe. Glavine joined TSMC in 1997, he served as manager of customer service for the Japan region. In 2008, he joined TSMC Europe, responsible for engaging on technologies and enabling new product development. He received his M.S. in Material Science and Engineering from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
Daniele Piumi
Daniele Piumi has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with a strong background in both advanced R&D and product development. His core expertise lies in Patterning, with a particular focus on Dry Etching and Integration. Daniele has held key technical and leadership roles at major industry players including STMicroelectronics and Micron, working across multiple global locations such as Italy, France, Israel, the United States, and South Korea. He later managed the Etch Group at IMEC, and since 2018, he has been part of the Office of the CTO at ASM, serving as Corporate Director for Patterning Technology. In this role, he drives strategic initiatives and innovation in advanced patterning solutions.
Michael Machold
Michael is Operational Director at TUM Venture Labs for Quantum/Semicon, building the go-to incubation program for semiconductor, photonics, nanotech, and quantum founders. He is passionate about empowering the next generation of deep-tech breakthroughs. Previously, he led product management for electromobility microcontrollers at Infineon, delivering major portfolio growth and impactful project outcomes. He has deep experience in data-driven strategies and GTM planning and his expertise is in startup & business development and strategic leadership.
Klaas-Jan Tielrooij
Klaas-Jan Tielrooij is an Associate Professor in the Applied Physics department of Eindhoven University of Technology, associated with the Advanced Nanomaterials and Devices group. He is also a Senior Group Leader at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) in Spain, and leads the Ultrafast Dynamics in Nanoscale Systems group, which partially moved from Spain to the Netherlands in 2023. His key areas of expertise include ultrafast spectroscopy, terahertz photonics, optoelectronics, and layered quantum materials.
Abhishek Singh Dahiya
Dr. Abhishek Singh Dahiya is an Assistant Professor in the Integrated Circuits Group at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Electronics from the GREMAN Laboratory, Universit茅 Fran莽ois Rabelais de Tours, France, in 2016. Prior to joining 黑料福利网, he held postdoctoral positions at Northeastern University (Boston, USA), the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom), and the CNRS IES Institute (France). His research interests span nanoelectronics, flexible and printed electronics, low-dimensional materials, and resource-efficient manufacturing technologies.
Diana Leitao
Diana Leitao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research focus is on exploring novel thin-film stackings and fabrication methods to improve the performance of magnetic sensors and engineer additional functionalities. She is an expert in micro/nanofabrication with strong focus on electron beam lithography and process development for magneto resistive nanodevices. The technology being developed has applications in the data-storage and automotive industry, nondestructive testing, and biomedical devices.
Evelien de Vries
Evelien is Partnership Manager Startups and VC at ASML.
Johan Bauwelinck
Johan Bauwelinck is a professor in IDLab, an imec research group at Ghent University, where he is leading the Design lab. His research focuses on high-speed, high-frequency (opto-) electronic circuits and systems, and their applications on chip and board level, including transmitter and receiver analog front-ends for wireless, wired and fiber-optic communication or instrumentation systems. He is active in multiple EU-funded projects and is a senior member of the IEEE and the IEICE, and is a member of the ECOC technical program committee.
Sander Roosendaal
With a Ph.D. in physics from Utrecht University, Sander Roosendaal began his career as a scientist at Philips Research, contributing and leading industrial R&D in the fields of LCD displays and electronic paper. From 2008 to 2020, Sander served as a technical leader at Honeywell Aerospace, overseeing Honeywell's development of Navigation, Surveillance and Communication avionics for new Air Traffic Management standards. Since 2020, Sander has been the R&D leader for Photonic Systems at Synopsys, where he bridges the gap between physics and professional software development.
Sjoerd van der Heide
Sjoerd van der Heide is a Senior PIC Design Engineer at EFFECT Photonics.
Prof. Martijn Heck
Martijn Heck is professor in the Photonic Integration group of the Electrical Engineering department at Eindhoven University of Technology. He is also still a part-time group leader at Aarhus University in Denmark, where he founded the Photonic Integrated Circuits group in 2013. Martijn is a globally recognized and internationally oriented expert in photonic integration, with broad experience in ground-breaking basic research, applied research and technology transfer. Martijn received his MSc in Applied Physics in 2002 and his PhD in 2008, both from Eindhoven University of Technology.
Luc Augustin
Luc Augustin received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology. He is the CTO of SMART Photonics, where he is responsible for the technology roadmap, strategy and R&D. His expertise is in photonics, fabrication and characterisation of InP photonic integrated circuits.
Dr. Arnoud van der Wel
Dr. Arnoud van der Wel has been with NXP since 2005, and is currently R&D Director for the product line In-Vehicle Networking in Nijmegen. He holds 15 patents, and has authored or co-authored over 15 peer-reviewed papers. He leads a team of architects and designers developing cutting-edge automotive network transceivers in advanced CMOS and SOI processes. Dr. Van der Wel holds a Ph.D and M.Sc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Twente and is a qualified physics teacher.
Dr. Alessio Filippi
Dr. Alessio Filippi, has been with NXP since 2012, and is currently Fellow in the business line Radio Frequency processing. He is part of the Innovation team and manages and contributes to the long term program on digital algorithms and advanced waveform for automotive radar.
Brian de Bart
Brian de Bart is leading the 鈥淎utomotive System Innovations鈥 department, part of the Central Technology Office (CTO) of NXP Semiconductors. This team of approximately 40 highly skilled system engineers defines and develops innovative demo鈥檚, proof-of-concepts and system solutions using NXP automotive chips and software.
Clara Otero Perez
Clara Otero Perez has over 20 years of experience in the automotive semiconductor industry, and is currently leading the Vehicle Electrification Systems at NXP Semiconductors. Clara was also a leading driver behind NXP's company-wide system strategy and drove progress across the company on a broad set of automotive system solutions and automotive innovations. Currently, Clara is leading the Vehicle Electrification Systems. Her core competencies lie in System Innovation and customer relations.
Bram-Ernst Verhoef
Bram-Ernst Verhoef pursued post-doctoral research in Computational Neuroscience at both Harvard University and The University of Chicago, after earning his Ph.D. from KU Leuven in 2010. In 2021, he co-founded Axelera AI and was Head of Machine Learning, spearheading the optimization efforts for Axelera AI鈥檚 cutting-edge deep learning accelerator. Currently, Bram-Ernst leads the customer engineering and support initiatives within Axelera AI.
Alfons Bruekers
Alfons Bruekers received his MSc in 1986 at Eindhoven University of Technology. After a career of 21 years in industry he joined 黑料福利网 as managing director of the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. Currently, he is managing director of the 黑料福利网 Strategic Areas Smart Mobility, Energy and Health. In 2017, he became managing director of 黑料福利网 Innovation Space. He is chairman of STRABO (Stichting Regionaal Archeologisch BodemOnderzoek) and Stichting Geschiedschrijving Nederweert. He publishes articles and books on regional history and archaeology, in newspapers, monographies, magazines and social media.
Prof. Marion Matters-Kammerer
Prof. Marion Matters-Kammerer is full professor, vice-dean and education program director of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her area of expertise includes milimeter-wave to Terahertz integrated circuit design and systems integration as well as high-speed electronic circuits for photonic communication.