PHD: Thijs Roskamp

University of Twente

Email: t.j.roskamp@utwente.nl

Student of pillar M&T

Short Biography

Hi! I started my PhD project on the 1st of January in 2023 at the Interfaces and Correlated Electrons (ICE) group at the University of Twente under the supervision of prof. Hans Hilgenkamp. My project will focus on Scanning SQUID Microscopy (SSM), which is a scanning probe microscopy technique which can spatially resolve extremely weak magnetic fields. During my project we will focus on creating a new type of SQUID probe which will provide higher spatial resolution than conventional probes used and we will look at extending the effective temperature operating window of the SQUIDs to perform SSM at mK temperatures.
Before my PhD I also did my Bachelor of Science (Advanced Technology) and Master of Sciece (Applied Physics) at the University of Twente from 2017-2022. During my master I did an internship at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden) at the group of Floriana Lombardi where I researched competing orders in the high-Tc superconductor YBCO. For my master thesis I worked (also under supervision of Hans) on VO2 memristive switching in parallel-bridge devices which find use in neuromorphic computing.
In my free time I like to do different sports such as throwing events in athletics, cycling, playing football and the occasional run to train for the Batavierenrace. I also like to read books and like to play boardgames with friends.