People

Prof. Dr. Johannes Hohlbein

After obtaining a Ph.D. in Physics (2008, Universität Halle-Wittenberg), I worked as a postdoc in the ‘Gene Machines’ group of Achilles Kapanidis at the University of Oxford. Since 2012 I am working in the Laboratory of Biophysics at Wageningen UR, first as an assistant professor and currently as a tenured associate professor. In March 2026 I was appointed as full professor of biosensorics at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU). There, I am working in the Faculty of Environment and Natural Science and the Institute of Biotechnology. My lab looks into the amazing world of DNA-protein interactions and biosensorics utilising methods of single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy.

Google Scholar Profile. ORCiD.

Levi Relyfeld (BSc student @ WUR)

Levi joined the group inJanuary 2026 working on CRISPR-Cas detection in live cells together with colleagues at the Laboratory of Microbiology.

Martijn Gobes (PhD candidate @ WUR)

Martijn joined the group in April 2022. As part of the NWO OTP consortium “Measurement and Modelling of Multiscale Processed Protein Products (MP3)”, a collaboration with TU/d, WFBR and a consortium of companies (Cargill, Unilever, DSM-firmenich, Friesland Campina), he will study anisotropic structures in food-related matrices.

Emilie Alaux (Pdoc @ WUR)

Emilie recently joined the Unlock consortium to help further developing the Raman-assisted single cell sorter.

Laboratory of Biophysics (WUR)

We are very grateful for the strong support by the various members of the Laboratory of Biophysics.

Previous group members and alumni

Stef van der Krieken (BSc, 2013), Stefan Hutten (BSc, 2013), Jaap Keijsers (MSc, 2014), Alejandro Montón (Erasmus PhD student, 2014), Jochem Vink (MSc, 2014), Koen Tensen (BSc, 2015), Mattia Fontana (MSc, 2015), Cris Verweij (BSc, 2016), Lonneke Zuidgeest (Internship-stagiair, 2016), Rebecca Kaup (BSc , 2016), Gea van de Kerkhof (MSc, 2016), Ebru Acun (Internship-stagiair, 2016), Stan van de Wall (BSc, 2016), Timo Wenzel (Internship, 2016), Shazia Farooq (PhD, 2017), Jan Groen (MSc, 2017), Charlotte Westbroek (MSc, 2017), Sander Baas (MSc, 2017), Andreas Hentrich (Internship, 2018), Hans Dekker (Capita Selecta, 2018), Carel Fijen (PhD, 2018), Meike Kronenberg (BSc, 2018), Sam van Beljouw (MSc, 2018), Ben Tumulero (BSc, 2019), Sven Koens (BSc, 2019), George Vogelaar (MSc, 2019), Vincent Boerkamp (MSc, 2019), Šarūnė Ivanovaitė (Erasmus+ student, 2020), Elmar van der Wijk (MSc, 2020), Ezra Bekkering (BSc, 2020), Dani Kortekaas (BSc, 2020), Koen Martens (PhD, 2020), Mattia Fontana (PhD, 2021), Mink Neeleman (BSc, 2021), Casper Peters (BSc, 2021), Martijn Gobes (MSc, 2021), Simon van der Els (Research Assistant, 2021), Cleo Bagchus (MSc, 2021), Victor Pool (Research Assistant, 2021), Niels Zijlstra (pdoc, 2021), Tim Hendriksen (BSc, 2022), Vinishaa Umansankar (MSc 2022), Maes Langendoorn (MSc, 2023), Thijs Hermans (BSc, 2023), Sophie van den Boom (BSc, 2023), Suyeon Yang (PhD, 2023), Abbas Jabermoradi (PhD, 2024), Mariska Bruels-Gill (PhD, 2024), Vinayaka Damle (Pdoc, 2025), Lorenzo Olivi (PhD + Pdoc, 2025)