René Heideman's Biography

René Heideman, CTO and Co-Founder, LioniX bv

Dr. ir. René Heideman received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics from the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands). He is an expert in the field of MST, based on more than 25 years of experience. He specializes in Integrated Optics (IO), covering both (bio-) chemical sensing and telecom applications. He is (co)author of more than 250 papers and holds more than 20 patents in the IO-field, on more than 10 different subjects.
Since 2001, he is co-founder and CTO of LioniX BV. Since 2008, he is CTO of Panthera, a group a high-tech innovative companies focusing on creating new business based on micro/nano-technology. He is, amongst others, member of the Board of Stakeholders (BOS) of Photonics 21, IEEE BioPhotonics steering committee and of the Board of MinacNed (Dutch association for micro-systems and nanotechnology). Since June 2012, René Heideman is (visiting) professor Nanotechnology of Saxion University of Applied Sciences.