Janne-Mieke Meijer

Janne-Mieke Meijer is an Assistant Professor in the Soft Matter and Biological Physics group in the Applied Physics department of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and core member of the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS). Her research focuses on complex colloids and their self-assembly to address the influence of building block properties, interactions and overall assembly kinetics on the superstructures that form. With a specific focus on the formation of order/disorder, and a strong emphasis on crystallization and defect structure analysis. The ultimate goal is to control the spontaneous organization of colloids to develop new materials with unique mechanical, optical or electronic properties.

Meijer has a background in self-assembly, self-organization and dynamics of anisotropic colloids; crystallization, defect formation and defect engineering; driven assembly, jamming and glass formation; and using complex colloids to understand fundamental problems on a single-particle level.

I wish to create new materials from colloidal building blocks: materials that spontaneously organize themselves into functional structures, or paints with color defined by their structure, not pigments.”