About Us

Dr. Ester de Jonge

I’m a nutrition scientist by background. I completed my PhD in public health epidemiology at the Erasmus Medical University Center. During the COVID- pandemic I used registration data on COVID infections to identify high risk population groups. For me, this study clearly illustrated the huge impact of data quality, ethical data management and meaningful data analysis for the development of steering information relevant to policy makers.

Dr. Hani Alers

Hani Al-Ers is a researcher in the field of human-machine interactions. He completed his PhD at the Delft University of Technology at the Interactive Intelligence group of the Faculty Computer Science (EEMCS). Philips Research in Eindhoven sponsored his project which was aimed at improving the user experience of Philips tv sets. He completed 2 post-docs at the Delft University of Technology, during which he managed international consortia on topics such as an improved quality of life for the elderly. Currently, he is conducting research in the field of health and education and he leads the Research Education activities at the Dutch Innovation Factory.

Dr. Mathis Mourey

I am a lecturer in Finance and Statistics at The Hague University of Applied Science and a researcher at the Data Science research group. In my doctoral dissertation, I used various statistical methods to improve our understanding and measures of financial crisis risk. It allowed me to learn a large spectrum of machine learning techniques and to gain specialised knowledge in time series analysis.

Tufail Abbasi

Tufail Abbasi is affiliated to The Hague University of Applied Sciences as a researcher and PhD candidate at the Faculty IT & Design. His field of research is Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently doing research in “AI-Enable citizen empowerment” research study aims to investigate the use of AI technology to empower and improve the quality of life of citizen. He has done MS in Information security with Gold Medal from Riphah International University, Pakistan. Areas of interest lies within domain of Data Governance and Management, Ethics and Risk Management.

Dr. Cor Beyers

Cor Beyers has a PhD from the Eindhoven University of Technology where used chemometrical methods in spectroscopy to predict the concentrations of chemical compounds. He also has an business degree with experience working in industry for multi-nationals such as BASF, PPG and Sherwin Williams. He joined the research group data science to work on the extraction of insights from Big Data through the use of advanced analytical methods to improve business decision making.

Dr. Mark Vondenhoff

Mark Vondenhoff studied biology at Radboud University Nijmegen and has subsequently conducted fundamental biomedical research for many years. In particular in the field of the development of the immune system. Mark has a PhD in secondary lymphoid organ development and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher on immune cell development in human skin. He has been working at The Hague University of Applied Sciences since 2011, where he is senior lecturer in the Skin Therapy course.

Through his work in the Data Science and the Oncological care research groups, Mark Vondenhoff conducts research in the field of suspicious skin lesions. The research he is interested in is mainly in the field of risk signaling of underlying pathologies upon recognition of clinical predictors in patients with a skin problem.

Amber Barten

Amber Barten is a lecturer for Skin Therapy. She is a practical instructor, graduation supervisor, and coaches students in conducting research. Within the Data Science and the Oncological Care research groups, Amber conducts research into recognizing skin cancer lesions through skin therapy. This is with a view to a possible contribution of skin therapists in the screening of skin cancer in order to reduce the pressure on care in this way. In addition, Amber tries to make a connection between practice and education by recruiting assignments from practice together with colleagues and embedding them in education.

Bob Tuynman, MSc.

I am a person that is motivated by finding and implementing improvements. Within my previous study (B.Sc Industrial Engineering & Management) this passion for finding and implementing improvements can be found within the work I have done for the staff and student council as chairman and my work within the general council of the university.