Hi everyone! My name is Anna De Magistris, and joined CASA on October 14th, 2025. I'm a visiting PhD student in Mathematics, and I’ll be working under the supervision of Professor Michiel Hochstenbach for the next six months. I earned my Master's degree in Mathematics, with a specialisation in Numerical Analysis, from the [Read more]

Hi, I am Nino. On September 1st 2025, I joined CASA as a PhD student, working on the project “Emergence of Irreversibility and the Arrow of Time” under supervision of Mark Peletier and Klaas Landsman. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree from TU Delft, studying Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, and my Master’s degree [Read more]

Hello everyone, my name is Sarah. I joined CASA as a PhD student in the Computational Illumination Optics group on October 1st. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Hasselt University and completed my Master’s here at TU/e, where my thesis focused on developing a mathematical model for a two-dimensional lens–reflector system. In [Read more]

Hi everyone, My name is Max, and I joined the Applied Analysis group in CASA as a docent on August 1st. I’m originally from the central United States, and since 2015 I’ve pursued my academic journey through a PhD in Seattle, Washington, followed by postdoctoral positions in Leipzig, Germany, and Jyväskylä, Finland. My [Read more]

Hey everyone! My name is Joie (pronounced ˈjoʊwi for IPA enjoyers) and I’m joining the Computational Illumination Optics group as of the 7th of July 2025. I hail from the picturesque city of Venlo in northern Limburg, where I’ve been living all my life thus far. I did my bachelor and master at [Read more]

Hello everyone, My name is Maxim Pisarenco, and I (re)joined CASA in May as a part-time Associate Professor (one day per week). I’m excited about this opportunity, which I see as a chance to strengthen the connection between TU/e and ASML. At ASML Research, we focus on integrating noisy data and physical laws—including [Read more]

Hello everyone! My name is Job van Heumen and I have joined CASA as a PhD student on April 1, 2025. My supervisors are Victorita Dolean and Michael Abdelmalik. I completed both my Bachelor and Master at the TU/e. In my spare time I like to listen to music and play some chess. [Read more]

Hello everyone, I'm Gabriel. I come from Portugal, and I've recently joined CASA as a PhD student to work on the topic "Hyperbolic Solutions of the Monge-Ampère Equation". I have a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Mathematics from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. I completed my Master's thesis in an exchange [Read more]

Hello, I am Matteo and have studied Physics at the University of Ferrara in Italy. My work as a PhD student at TU/e involves inverse freeform lens design of lenses with a scattering surface. My interests include reading, listening to music, playing (badly) a few instruments, playing games and woodcarving. [Read more]

Hi everyone! My name is Debora Falocci, and I joined CASA on February 4th, 2025. I’m a visiting PhD student working under the supervision of Professor Arris Tijsseling. I’ll be staying here for six months. At University of Perugia, Italy, I earned a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and a Master degree in Civil [Read more]