BHV Piketploeg Heyendaal Oost
This team is highly diverse in background and expertise, combining scientific staff, support staff, and individuals with different seniority levels, and they perform essential work under time pressure where mutual trust is crucial. The nomination clearly conveys their societal importance (addressing safety, emergencies, and incidents that can affect both the faculty and the municipality). Teamwork is evidently strong, and their efforts often go far beyond standard BHV duties. Overall, this is a highly valued and impactful team with significant societal relevance.
Team members, in alphabetical order
- René van Buuren – Fire Team Leader – HFML-FELIX
- Pascalle Deenekamp – Breathing Apparatus Carrier– IMM
- Marie Harder – Breathing Apparatus Carrier– IMM
- Ivo Hendriks – Evacuation Team Leader – TechnoCentrum
- Marty Herregraven – First Aider & Evacuation Team Leader – TechnoCentrum
- Serge Horbach – Breathing Apparatus Carrier– ISiS
- Florian Ort – First Aider & Breathing Apparatus Carrier– IMM
- Thom Posthumus – Breathing Apparatus Carrier– IMM
- Stefan Reijgwart – Breathing Apparatus Carrier & First Aider – C&CZ
- Ricardo Soekhoe – Instructor – Campus & Facilities
- Hans van Weert – Head of Emergency Response Team – Campus & Facilities
- Gerben Wulterkens – Breathing Apparatus Carrier & Fire Team Leader – TechnoCentrum
- Bart Zonneveld – Breathing Apparatus Carrier & Fire Team Leader – IMAPP
Science for Sustainability-team
This team achieved a concrete and significant result by successfully establishing and accrediting a unique interfaculty master’s program, overcoming the substantial challenges of cross-faculty collaboration and disciplinary differences. Their work demonstrates strong interdisciplinary cooperation and a clear societal relevance. The team is diverse in academic backgrounds and institutional affiliations. Overall, this is an impressive collaborative achievement with clear impact.
Team members, in alphabetical order
- Elisabetta Abbate – PhD candidate (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Stefan Breet – Assistant Professor (NSM)
- Desiré Dekker – coordinator & lecturer (Faculty of Science – ITE)
- Vincent de Gooyert – Associate Professor (NSM)
- Carlijn Hendriks – Assistant Professor (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Leona Henry – Assistant Professor (NSM)
- Jelle Hilbers – Assistant Professor (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Serge Horbach – Assistant Professor (Faculty of Science – ISIS)
- Marc Huijbrechts – Professor (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Peraphan Jittrapirom – Assistant Professor (NSM)
- Margje Kamerling – policy officer (Faculty of Science – Education Centre)
- Lotte Krabbenborg – Associate Professor (Faculty of Science – ISIS)
- Koen Kuijpers – Assistant Professor (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Ad Ragas – Professor (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Remy Richie – PhD candidate (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Daniella Seitz – PhD candidate (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Saskia van Schaik – Assistant Professor (Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Kiri van den Wall Bake – PhD candidate (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Hanna van Wiggen-Oosterhoff – PhD candidate (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Sietske Veenman – Assistant Professor (NSM)
- Birka Wicke – Professor (Faculty of Science – Environmental Science)
- Mark Wiering – Professor (NSM)
- Sjors Witjes – Associate Professor & Director of Education SfS (NSM)
- Jochem Zuijderwijk – postdoc (Faculty of Science – ISIS)
SLIME: Sensor for the Living Intestinal Mucus Ecosystem
This team develops an innovative ingestible sensor (“smart pill”) to measure gut microbiome activity, aiming to improve diagnostics of gastrointestinal health. They achieved substantial progress in a short time, including a patent and a competitive proposal submission, supported by a highly diverse team spanning scientific and support roles across multiple institutes. The collaboration is clearly strong and the societal relevance is evident. Overall, it is a promising and ambitious initiative marked by creativity and cross-campus teamwork. The strength of this highly diverse team (including members from the university and companies) lies in the joint focus and dedication.
Team members, in alphabetical order
- Neha Awasthi (project manager, IMM, Radboud / funded programme manager, OnePlanet)
- Christian Büll (Assistant Professor Biochemistry, IMM Radboud)
- Thomas Boltje (Associate Professor Synthetic Organic Chemistry, IMM Radboud)
- Annelies Goris (programme manager Health, OnePlanet Research Center)
- Ralph Jaspers (former Managing Director, IMM Radboud)
- Annette Körfer (research intern, OnePlanet Research Center)
- Valeska de Ruiter (technical staff member, Biochemistry, IMM Radboud)
- Johan Pijnenborg (co-founder, RU spin-off GlycoTherapeutics)
- Arjan Tibbe (Scientific Director, OnePlanet Research Center)
- Mario van der Toorne (knowledge transfer manager, Radboud)
- Richard van Wezel (Director Health, OnePlanet Research Center / Professor DCN Radboud)