PITC, located at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, boasts a fast-growing team of over 35 professionals, supported by on-demand expertise from its founders.
Management Team
Dr. Ton van Mol
General Manager of PITC
Managing Director TNO at Holst Centre
Director Brainport Foundation
Initiated 10 spin-offs from TNO
Dr. Sylwester Latkowski
Scientific Director of PITC
Programme Manager PITC Metrology Programme
University Researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. Laura Graña Suarez
Director PITC
Programme Manager PITC SiN Programme
Programme Manager Integrated Photonics at University Twente
Jan Tatousek, MSc.
Senior Business Development Manager PITC
An Beyns
Secretary PITC
Shared Research Programme Managers
Dr. Gerwin Gelinck
Principal Scientist TNO
Programme Manager PITC Heterogeneous Integration Programme
Dr. Victor Calzadilla
Programme Manager PITC InP Programme
Assistant Professor in Photonic Integration at TU/e
Dr. Laura Graña Suarez
Director PITC
Programme Manager PITC SiN Programme
Programme Manager Integrated Photonics at University Twente
Dr. Sylwester Latkowski
Scientific Director of PITC
Programme Manager PITC Metrology Programme
University Researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology
Integrated Photonics Research Scientists
Dr. Aly Abdou
Principal Scientist TNOSenior Multiphysics Photonics Scientist at TNO
Dr. Ketemaw A. Mekonnen
Photonic Research Scientist at TNO
Dr. Riccardo Ollearo
Integrated Photonics Scientist at TNO
Dr. Dharmander Malik
Integrated Photonics Scientist at TNO
Prof. Dr. P.W.H. Pinkse (Pepijn)
Programme Director PITC SiN Programme
Full Professor of Applied Nano Photonics and Adaptive Quantum Optics at the University of Twente
Prof. Dr. Ing. A.J.H.M. Rijnders (Guus)
Professor of Nanoelectronic Materials at the University of Twente
Scientific Director of MESA+ institute
Chairman of NanolabNLProgramme Director PITC SiN Programme
Full Professor of Applied Nano Photonics and Adaptive Quantum Optics at the University of Twente
Prof. Dr. Jelmer Renema
Assistant Professor at the University of Twente
Chief Scientist at QuiX Quantum
Ir. Frank Somhorst
PhD Candidate at the University of Twente
Henry Kelderman, MSc.
Photonic Research Technician at the University of Twente
Tom Coolman
PhD Candidate at the University of Twente
Nick de Louw, MSc.
Scientist in Integrated Photonics at TNO
Logen Dilli, DEng.
Senior Scientist in Integrated Photonics at TNO
Researcher at the University of Twente, MESA+ NANOLAB
Dr. Natallia E. Uzunbajakava
Senior Research Scientist Biosensing at TNO
Nils Bovee, MSc.
Process Engineer Integrated Photonics at TNO
Dr. Varun Varma Pusapati
Integrated Photonics Scientist at TNO
Hrishikesh Vithalani, MSc.
Integrated Photonics Test Engineer at TNO
Dr. Chigo Okonkwo
Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Head of High Capacity Optical Transmission
Co-founder and CTO of CUbIQ Technologies
Dr. Akanksha Kapoor
Senior Epitaxy Research Scientist (TU/e), PITC InP Program
Dr. Kevin Williams
Full Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Chair of the Photonic Integration research group
Dr. Marco Rossi
R&D Process Engineer, PITC InP Program
Zhaowei Chen MSc.
R&D Process Engineer, PITC InP Program
Midori Inako Narisawa, BSc.
Region Manager, PITC, Holst Centre and TNO Industry Department
Byong-Hun (John) Park
Business Development Manager at TNO
Dr. Dzmitry Pustakhod
Senior Research Scientist Metrology Program at Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. Léa Chaccour
Researcher in Photonic Integrated Circuits at Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. Katia Panina, MBA
Business Development Manager at PITC
Dr. Saif Alomari
Researcher in Photonic Integrated Circuits at Eindhoven University of Technology
Denis Omeragic, MSc.
Electronic-Photonic Test Engineer at PITC | TU/e
Ruud Jansen, MSc.
Researcher in Photonic Integrated Circuits at Eindhoven University of Technology
Ben Hasenson
AI Software Developer at PITC
Olivier Mantzavelas
Django Developer at Eindhoven University of Technology
Carol de Vries, MSc., MBA
Chief Strategy and Startup Support at PhotonDelta
Lauren Weers
Executive Director, CFO PhotonDelta
CFO PITC