IXA teams

Select your university and meet your team of IXA experts below.
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info@ixa.nl

IXA AMC +31 (0)20 566 5056
IXA UvA & HvA +31 (0)20 525 5417
IXA VU-VUmc +31 (0)20 598 9905

Team IXA AMC

Joris Heus
Director office AMC
j.heus@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 67 911

Marianka van der Tol
Business Developer Cancer Center Amsterdam
m.vandertol@ixa.nl   |   020-59 89 905

Michelle Meeks
Business Developer AMC
m.meeks@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 60 068

Sanne Stembert
Business Developer AMC
s.stembert@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 68 022

Wim Meijberg
Business Developer AMC
w.meijberg@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 61 356

Marc Roelofs
Business Developer AMC
m.roelofs@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 68 021

Dilek Yusuf
Business Developer AMC Amsterdam Neuroscience
d.yusuf@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 60 128

Mark Mizee
Business Developer AMC Amsterdam Neuroscience
m.mizee@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 68 617

Elmar de Pauw
Patent Attorney
020 - 56 65 056

Nanny Appel
Administratief/secretarieel medewerker
n.appel@ixa.nl   |   020 - 56 65 056

Team IXA HvA

Marcel Kloosterman
Advisor Research Funding HvA-FBSV, FG, FT
m.kloosterman@ixa.nl

Pieter Wybenga
Business Developer HvA
p.wybenga@ixa.nl

Ronald Mooijer
Business Developer UvA en HvA
r.mooijer@ixa.nl

Jaap Kersten
Legal Counsel HvA-FT & UvA-FEB, FGw, FMG, FdR
j.kersten@ixa.nl

Klaas de Vries
Legal Counsel HvA
k.devries@ixa.nl

Maren Pannemann
Advisor Research Funding HvA-FBE & FDMCI
m.pannemann@ixa.nl

Robert Moltmaker
Advisor Research Funding HvA-FMR, FOO
r.moltmaker@ixa.nl

Christine Schalkx
Event Manager UvA-HvA
c.schalkx@ixa.nl

Jolanda Frese
Communications Officer UvA-HvA
j.frese@ixa.nl

Corina Jong
Office Manager UvA-HvA
c.jong@ixa.nl

Melanie Wijnen
Management Assistent UvA-HvA
m.wijnen@ixa.nl

Ivar Spoel
Paralegal UvA-HVA
i.spoel@uva.nl

Team IXA UvA

Albert Wijnen
Business Developer UvA FEB, FMG, FdR & Law Hub
a.wijnen@ixa.nl

Peter Cirkel
Business Developer APRIL
p.cirkel@ixa.nl | 020-59 83 069

Peter van der Donk
Business Developer UvA-FNWI
p.vanderdonk@ixa.nl

Peter Westerhuijs
Business Developer UvA-FNWI
p.westerhuijs@ixa.nl

Ronald Mooijer
Business Developer UvA en HvA
r.mooijer@ixa.nl

Silvia Goddijn
Business Developer UvA-FGw, FEB, FMG, FdR & VL Humanities, LawHub
s.goddijn@ixa.nl

Willem Fokkema
Business Developer UvA-ACTA
w.fokkema@ixa.nl

Ahlam El Yaakoubi
Legal Counsel UvA-FNWI
a.elyaakoubi@ixa.nl

Jaap Kersten
Legal Counsel HvA-FT & UvA-FEB, FGw, FMG, FdR
j.kersten@ixa.nl

Marion Leenen
Legal Counsel/Business Developer UvA-FNWI-IvI
m.leenen@ixa.nl

Carolien Zijderveld
Advisor Research Funding UvA-FGw ASH & FNWI IBED, IvI
c.zijderveld@ixa.nl

Els den Os
Advisor Research Funding UvA-FGw AHM, ASCA, ARTES, ILLC & KNAW-NIOD
e.denos@ixa.nl

Karin van de Sande
Advisor Research Funding UvA-FNWI ILLC, IoP, KdV, SILS
k.vandesande@ixa.nl

Olga Gritsai
Advisor Research Funding UvA-FMG ASCoR & FdR
o.gritsai@ixa.nl

Soraya Mols
Advisor Research Funding UvA-FEB & FNWI HIMS
s.mols@ixa.nl

Michael Williams
Advisor Research Funding UvA Consortia
m.s.williams@uva.nl

Rónán Mclaughlin
Advisor Research Funding UvA-FMG-PsyRes, CDE & FNWI API, HIMS, SILS
r.mclaughlin@ixa.nl

Eva de Wit
Legal Advisor HvA-FT & UvA-FEB, FGw, FMG, FdR
e.dewit@ixa.nl

Maarten Wijdekop
Business Developer Quantum Amsterdam
m.wijdekop@uva.nl | 06-18592759

Beril Karabetyan
Advisor Research Funding UvA FNWI
b.karabetyan@ixa.nl

Patty den Enting
Project Secretary UvA & IXAnext
p.denenting@ixa.nl

Christine Schalkx
Event Manager UvA-HvA
c.schalkx@ixa.nl

Jolanda Frese
Communications Officer UvA-HvA
j.frese@ixa.nl

Corina Jong
Office Manager UvA-HvA
c.jong@ixa.nl

Melanie Wijnen
Management Assistent UvA-HvA
m.wijnen@ixa.nl

Ivar Spoel
Paralegal UvA-HVA
i.spoel@uva.nl

Team IXA VU-VUmc

Bart Klijsen
Director office VU-VUmc
020-59 89 905

Marianka van der Tol
Business Developer Cancer Center Amsterdam
m.vandertol@ixa.nl   |   020-59 89 905

Pieter Slijkerman
Business Developer VU Life Sciences
p.slijkerman@ixa.nl   |   020-59 85 601

Berno Bucker
Business Developer VU iBBA
b.bucker@ixa.nl   |   020-59 88 151

Diane Schöller
Business Developer VU Humanities & Social Sciences
d.scholler@ixa.nl   |   020-59 83 871

Peter Cirkel
Business Developer APRIL
p.cirkel@ixa.nl   |   020-59 83 069

Jean-Marc ter Riet
Business Developer VUmc Medical Technology a.i.
j.terriet@ixa.nl   |   020 59 89 905

Maaike Alderliesten
Business Developer VUmc Medical Technology
m.alderliesten@ixa.nl   |   020-59 89 452

Ties van Rappard
Business Developer VU Beta Sciences
t.vanrappard@ixa.nl   |   020- 59 84 458

Pieter van Bokhoven
Business Development Manager - Industry Alliance Office of the Amsterdam Neuroscience
020-59 88 720

Sasja Heetveld
Business Development Manager - Industry Alliance Office of the Amsterdam Neuroscience
020-59 87 019

Prisca Leferink
Business Development Manager - Industry Alliance Office of the Amsterdam Neuroscience
020-59 89 407

Franciska Voorberg
Legal Counsel VU-VUmc
f.voorberg@ixa.nl   |   020-59 82 501

Raoul Soullié
Legal Counsel VU-VUmc
r.soullie@ixa.nl   |   020-59 86 085

Louise van Bohemen
Legal Counsel VU-VUmc
l.vanbohemen@ixa.nl   |   020-59 83826

Karin Bekema
Legal Counsel VU-VUmc
k.bekema@ixa.nl   |   020-59 86 726

Anna Vernhout
Legal Counsel VU-VUmc
a.vernhout@ixa.nl   |   020-59 82 346

Tamara Bruggeman
Legal Assistant VU-VUmc
t.bruggeman@ixa.nl   |   020-59 82 459

Caroline Kleine Staarman
PR Manager
c.kleinestaarman@ixa.nl   |   020-59 86 916

Richtsje Kurpershoek
Marketing & Communication
r.kurpershoek@ixa.nl   |   020-59 89905

Margot Muller
Business controller IXA & Business Manager Industry Alliance Office
m.muller@ixa.nl   |   020-59 82 673

Barbara Goossens
Business Planning Manager - Industry Alliance Office of the Amsterdam Neuroscience
020-59 82 069

Maaike Leusden
Contract Manager - Industry Alliance Office of the Amsterdam Neuroscience
020-59 86 137

Ester Hulleman
Office Manager
e.hulleman@ixa.nl   |   020-59 89 905

Aniek Büller
Office Manager
a.buller@ixa.nl   |   020-59 89 905

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