Dr. Kasper Eersels

Kasper Eersels is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, at Maastricht University. He pursued a master's degree in Bio-electronics and Nanotechnology from Hasselt University in 2009. After completing his master's, he embarked on a PhD journey under the guidance of Professor Patrick Wagner, where he focused on developing a biomimetic sensor platform for detecting circulating tumor cells. He successfully defended his PhD in Science in 2014 and continued his research in bio- and chemical sensors as a postdoctoral researcher at both Hasselt and Leuven University. In 2017, he joined Maastricht University as an assistant professor in the Sensor Engineering department. His areas of expertise include Biosensing, Biomimetics, Molecular Imprinting, Nanotechnology, Bio-electronics, Thermal sensing, Electrochemistry, and PoC diagnostics.