About us

Zamorano holds a Master’s degree in Nanomaterials Science from Utrecht University. During his Master’s thesis he focused on the manipulation of the bandgap of AgBr elpasolites to study their optical properties. As part of his studies, he did his 6-month internship here at Seaborough and in February 2025 he officially joined as a Junior Materials Scientist, focusing on the development and optimization of luminescent nanomaterials.

Iro is doing her internship as a part of her MSc program in Nanomaterials Science at Utrecht University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Athens, in Greece. For her Master’s thesis at Utrecht University, Iro focused on the integration of CuInS2 quantum dots into polymers for applications in luminescent concentrators. During her internship at Seaborough, Iro is supervised by dr. Jence Mulder and is working on the synthesis and optimization of Eu3+ emitters and their implementation into IFRET mixtures.

Els holds a Master’s in Business Administration and brings extensive experience built through a career in consultancy, procurement, business transformation, and branding & communications. She has worked in both B2B and B2C environments across various industries. Before teaming up with Seaborough, Els worked for over a decade at FrieslandCampina (a multinational dairy company), where she held multiple roles, from marketing procurement to driving digital and company transformations, as well as B2B branding & communications. Passionate about the intersection of business transformation and communication, Els has a proven track record of driving sustainable business change and developing communication strategies that enhance market positioning, strengthen customer relationships, and fuel business growth.

Els has joined Seaborough as Interim Director of Marketing and Communications, collaborating with the team to develop and implement a commercial strategy to further drive business success, leading  marketing and communications.

Lucía obtained a Master’s Degree in Materials and Nanochemistry summa cum laude from Ghent University and holds Dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has experience in the synthesis and characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals, luminescence spectroscopy, and chemical coatings, and has been involved in patent writing. Lucía joined Seaborough in January 2025 as a Junior Materials Scientist, focusing on the development and optimization of novel luminescent materials.

Jintao is an optical materials scientist with over 10 years of experience researching, analyzing, and solving complex challenges while driving the development of innovative optical solutions. He earned his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and conducted postdoctoral research in the Netherlands, specializing in luminescent materials at Utrecht University and ultrafast spectroscopy at TU Delft. In late 2024, he joined Seaborough, where he is dedicated to advancing novel LED phosphors.

Maryam is doing her 6-month internship at Seaborough in pursuit of a MSc Nanomaterials Science degree at Utrecht University. During her master thesis, she studied the effect of lattice-strained core-shell nanoparticles on catalysis under supervision of MSc Just Jonasse and dr. Jessi van der Hoeven. The goal of her internship at Seaborough is to optimize red-emitting luminescent materials for LEDs under supervision of dr. Atul Sontakke

Valerio is an experienced Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Specialist.

He obtained a Master’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry from La Sapienza University of Rome in 2019, with a specialization in Environment, Health, and Safety.
Valerio has gained experience in laboratory and workplace safety through roles at Genmab (Utrecht) and Johnson & Johnson (Leiden), where he focused on risk assessments, hazardous waste management, incident reporting and investigation, and personnel training; he has also contributed to safety audits, regulatory compliance efforts, and the development of EHS procedures. In his current role, Valerio works to foster a strong safety culture and ensure a safe, compliant, and efficient work environment.

Matthijs is an all-round finance manager and worked for various organisations in several finance leadership functions. Matthijs is an educated Qualified Controller and as of 2021 he continued his career as an interim finance professional. He is a result driven team player, hands-on and pro-active.

Marie Anne obtained her Masters in nanomaterials sciences cum-laude from Utrecht University and holds a PhD in Nanophotonics from the physics research institute AMOLF. She joined Seaborough as Materials Scientist and Project Manager in 2015. Currently she is the Program Director Materials, where she is the technical program lead and responsible for running the current EuroLED program, including external partnerships and internal R&D Materials Team. She has been selected as ‘Technical Talent 2020’ by the Dutch engineering journal De Ingenieur, and is member of the program committee for the SPIE Photonics West Conference on Light-Emitting Diodes.

Vahhab is a technology enthusiast who has the know-how to take an idea all the way to the production line. He enjoys working in international teams with a spirit of innovation. Vahhab enjoys being part of a team that focuses on solving existing problems with innovative ideas, a team that wants to grow and create a better and brighter future for all of us.

Anne works with dedication and enthusiasm at Seaborough. With a hands-on mentality and is the linking pin within Seaborough. She leverages her organizational skills and positive attitude to ensure smooth operations.
Anne places great value on everyone within Seaborough feeling seen and heard, and she actively contributes to maintaining an enthusiastic team.

Marcel Verhoeven has a huge track record in the lighting industry. Marcel has worked in various sr. management roles for Philips, where he for example was responsible for the product strategy for LED retrofit bulbs and initiated the development of the first generations retrofit LED lights in Shanghai, China. The Philips MASTERLED product family became a huge success after introduction, and it still is today. After a period of 2009-2010 as Category Leader for Scene Setting LED products at Philips Consumer Luminaires in Kontich, Belgium, Marcel was asked by Osram in 2010 to return to Asia to manage Osram’s division for professional LED lighting in Asia and became CEO of the Business Unit Luminaires Asia Pacific. From 2013-2016 Marcel was President Asia Pacific for Zumtobel Group, where he was responsible for all activities of the brands Tridonic, Thorn and Zumtobel in the regions of Asia and Pacific. He returned to Europe in 2016 and since the start of 2017 Marcel works for Momentum Capital and is responsible for their Technology Investments such as Perpetual Next and Seaborough.

Mike is a recognized world authority on visible-spectrum LEDs and their applications for lighting and displays, with more than 20 years of experience in both startups and large companies in the LED industry. He is currently President and Founder of Arkesso, LLC, based in Silicon Valley, California.  Previously, he was Chief Technology Officer at Soraa, Inc., an LED product company founded by Nobel Prize winner Shuji Nakamura.  Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President at Philips Lumileds, where he ran the Advanced Laboratories and pioneered programs in LEDs and luminescence, focusing on materials, devices, and systems for applications to lighting and displays. He has served on numerous roundtables and panels for the U.S. Department of Energy and Basic Energy Sciences. He is an IEEE Fellow, IES Fellow and Chair of the SPIE Photonics West Conference on Light-Emitting Diodes.

He has been an advisor to Seaborough since 2015, where he is supporting technical and intellectual property development, project management, business development and the establishment of new partnerships.

Atul is a materials scientist with expertise on optical and luminescent materials. He did master’s in physics and holds PhD (Science) from CSIR-CGCRI in collaboration with Jadavpur University, India. Before joining Seaborough, Atul did post-doctoral research at Kyoto University (Japan), Chimie-ParisTech (France), Ghent University (Belgium) and Utrecht University (Netherlands). Atul has extensive experience on synthesis, spectroscopy, and quantitative analysis of functional luminescent materials. At Seaborough, Atul is working on development of phosphor materials for solid state lighting.

Federico is an expert in the synthesis and optical characterization of luminescent (nano)materials. He obtained a Master cum laude in Materials Science and Engineering from the Universita’ degli studi di Genova (Italy) in 2015. He also holds a PhD, obtained in 2019, from the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands), researching quantum dots and their luminescent assemblies. After obtaining the prestigious ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship, he spent two years at ETH Zürich (Switzerland), studying the formation and functionalization of perovskite nanocrystals. In 2021 Federico joined Seaborough as a Materials Scientist, where he works on the development of novel phosphors for solid state lighting.

Vasilii is a Master in experimental nuclear physics with a focus on scintillation and engineering of nuclear spectrometers. He obtained his PhD in solid-state physics while working at Philips Research Eindhoven on development of scintillators for medical tomography. Afterwards he held Post-Doc positions in Utrecht University and TU Delft researching luminescence (solar) concentrators. Areas of expertise include luminescence spectroscopy, and energy and charge transfer in solids. He joined Seaborough in 2021 and works on optical equipment development and optimization of novel phosphors.

Mohamed holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from the Haagse Hogeschool (university of applied sciences). He has worked at the physics research institute AMOLF as lab technician, before moving to Seaborough in 2015. At Seaborough he is responsible for the optical characterization and prototyping of both LEDs and materials.

Daniël holds a bachelor in chemistry from Inholland University of Applied Sciences.

He began his journey at Seaborough as an intern, where he worked on the optimization of nano-phosphors. In 2023, he officially joined as chemical research assistant where he is responsible for the development, synthesis and integration of nanoscale luminescent material. In addition, he is responsible for the health and safety within the chemical laboratory.

Jana recently obtained her master’s degree in materials and nano chemistry at Ghent University, where she specialised in the synthesis of luminescent nano materials. As part of her studies, she did her internship here at Seaborough, and she has now decided to come back and take on the role of junior scientist. She will be working on the development of novel nanophosphors.

Jence is a Materials Scientist with broad experience in the synthesis and characterization of optically active nanomaterials. He obtained his masters in chemical engineering at Delft University of Technology with a focus on chemical product engineering. During his masters, in Delft, he worked on indium phosphide quantum dots, and subsequently he visited the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova where he worked on perovskite and lanthanide-doped nanocrystals. He holds a PhD from Delft University of Technology, where he further investigated these three nanomaterial classes. After a short Post-Doc in Delft, he joined the EuroLED team at Seaborough in May 2024 where he works on the optimization of novel phosphors in order to improve the efficiency of LED-based lighting devices.