These are the jury members who judge the Teams on their creativity

Creativity award

The Creativity award expresses appreciation for novelty with respect to the state of the art, the original contributions of the Team, and the technical feasibility. The Creativity award will be determined by the best concept to measure Interleukin-6 (IL-6). The concept should be supported by model calculations and/or preliminary experimental results.  

Dr. Marko Blom
Chief Technology Officer at Micronit Microtechnologies

Dr. Marko Blom

Dr. Michael Daniele
Assistant Professor at NC State University

Dr. Michael Daniele

Dr. Leo van IJzendoorn
Associated Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology

Dr. Leo van IJzendoorn

Dr. Johannes Hohlbein
Associate Professor at Wageningen University and Research

Dr. Johannes Hohlbein

Prof. Jeroen Lammertyn
Professor at KU Leuven

Prof. Jeroen Lammertyn

Dr. Maria Dimaki
Senior Researcher in Bioengineering at DTU

Dr. Maria Dimaki

Prof. Morteza Aramesh
Assistant Professor at Uppsala University

Prof. Morteza Aramesh

Prof. Tony Cass
Professor of Chemical Biology at Imperial College London

Prof. Tony Cass

Prof. Winnie Svendsen
Professor of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at DTU

Prof. Winnie Svendsen

These are the jury members who judge the Teams on the potential of the biosensor

Translation Potential award | Business

The Translation Potential award expresses appreciation for translating the real or conceptual biosensor towards future applications in healthcare and industrialization. This includes the proposed business model. 

Are the necessary resources, skills, and expertise accessible to support the development, manufacturing, and scaling up of the sensor?

Prof. Jean-François Masson
Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Montreal

Prof. Jean-François Masson

Bas Kil
Senior consultant at Roland Berger

Ir. Bas Kil

Dr. Rachel Armstrong
Researcher at OnePlanet Research Center

Dr. Rachel Armstrong

Dr. Dilu Mathew
Chief Executive Officer at ECsens

Dr. Dilu Mathew

Dr. Heikki Nieminen
Principal Engineer (Sensor Algorithms) at Huawei Finland Research Center

Dr. Heikki Nieminen

Ing. Johan van Iersel
Senior Designer at Sioux Embedded Systems

Ing. Johan van Iersel

These are the jury members who judge the Teams on the potential of the biosensor

Translation Potential award | Financial

The Translation Potential award expresses appreciation for translating the real or conceptual biosensor towards future applications in healthcare and industrialization. This includes the proposed business model. 

Does the Team provide a realistic overview of costs of development and implementation?

Annelies Bobelyn
Assistant Professor in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

Dr. Annelies Bobelyn

Dr. Menno Kok
CLC Director at EIT Health Belgium & The Netherlands

Dr. Menno Kok

Prof. Philippe Renaud
Professor in Microengineering at EPFL

Prof. Philippe Renaud

Dr. Vivek Pachauri
Research Group Leader at RWTH Aachen University

Dr. Vivek Pachauri

Prof. Hugo Alexandre Ferreira
Associate Professor at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Prof. Hugo Alexandre Ferreira

Prof. Oliver Planz
Chief Scientific Officer at Atriva Therapeutics GmbH and Professor at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Prof. Oliver Planz

These are the jury members who judge the Teams on the potential of the biosensor

Translation Potential award | Stakeholder

The Translation Potential award expresses appreciation for translating the real or conceptual biosensor towards future applications in healthcare and industrialization. This includes the proposed business model. 

Does the Team have a deep understanding of the problem and the roles of the different stakeholders?

Angela Bikker
Laboratory specialist clinical chemistry, Unilabs and St. Antonius Ziekenhuis

Dr. Angela Bikker

Prof. Sven Ingebrandt
Director of the Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1 (IWE1), RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Sven Ingebrandt

Dr. Judith M. Fonville
Researcher at University of Cambridge

Dr. Judith M. Fonville

Dr. Julien Reboud
Professor in Biomedical Engineering at University of Glasgow

Dr. Julien Reboud

Prof. Andreas Blaeser
Professor in BioMedical Printing Technologies at TU Darmstadt and Chief Technical Officer at Black Drop Biodrucker GmbH

Prof. Andreas Blaeser

Yvonne Boesten
Sustainability & Impact officer at HighTechXL, DeepTechXL

Yvonne Boesten