Bio
Dr. Offerhaus received his masters degree in 1993 from Delft University of Technology (NL) and obtained his PhD in 1997 in laser physics from the University of Twente (NL). Since then he has worked on fiber lasers, nonlinear conversion, vibrational imaging, medical/pharmaceutical analysis, plasmonics, Fourier optics, molecular spectroscopy, holography, gyroscopes, dielectric sensing, optical sensors and microfluidics. In 2002 he joined the Optical techniques group in Twente and in 2016 became the chair of the Optical Sciences group. For the last 10 years a substantial effort has been devoted to the use of integrated photonic circuits for sensing, specifically the use of the SiN platform. In Twente he teaches courses on electromagnetism, optics and general physics. He has published more than 125 papers in refereed journals, holds 4 patents and chairs the Atomic Molecular and Optical physics division of the Dutch national physics organization.