Alexandra has a MSc. Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of Lisbon) and holds a doctorate degree in physical chemistry (University of Strasbourg). Before joining Quirem, she started developing new holmium medical devices at the UMC Utrecht during a 3-year post-doc. Alexandra joined Quirem in September 2019 as a Senior R&D Scientist and is responsible for the development of novel radioactive medical device products and for the support to new innovative developments in the current medical applications of holmium.

Jessica joined the Production & QC team in August 2019. Before joining Quirem Medical, she worked at Agendia as a diagnostic technician for 11 years, performing the MammaPrint- and BluePrint test for breast cancer patients.

In augustus 2019 trad Shirley Eenink toe tot het Quirem Medical team in de rol van Logistic Support Officer. In deze functie ondersteunt ze de Logistic Coördinator met het regelen van het gehele logistieke traject van bestralingen tot levering aan de diverse ziekenhuizen. Voordat Shirley bij Quirem startte heeft zij ruime ervaring opgedaan op het gebied van Customer Service en logistiek.

After my Bachelor Life Sciences at the HLO in Utrecht, I worked for 7 years as Research Technician in the Molecular Group of the Cell Biology division at the University Utrecht. I was given the responsibility to set up new assays, to come up with optimization strategies and to use these assays to answer applied research questions. My research topic is on the development of a new immunotherapeutic for brain tumors that express the oncogenic variant EGFRvIII. The goal of this project was to create and characterize a new immunotoxin that can induce apoptosis in glioma’s both in vitro and in preclinical mouse models.

After this experience I worked 4 years as a Team leader Manufacturing Operations at Leica Biosystems in Amsterdam, producing FISH-probes for cancer diagnostics. I was mainly focused on teambuilding, working more efficiently and continuously improving and implementing processes and structures in the department by using Lean tools (DBS).

At Quirem I work as Hotlab Operations Officer. Responsible for the Hotlab sites. Lead in final production of Quirem products as first operator.

Prior to joining Quirem Medical as Medical Director, Rijk worked at Philips within the Clinical Science department in the Image Guided Therapies division. There he was responsible for clinical evaluations of the supporting software medical devices. Before that, Rijk gained significant experience in designing and conducting clinical trials at Medtronic as a senior Clinical Research Specialist. He has a background in Biomedical Engineering (BSc and MSc), obtained at the University of Twente.

Before joining Quirem Medical as a product manager, Sander worked with Elekta, a global company creating solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders. Before that Sander worked as Medical Physicist Resident at the Erasmus MC. He has a MSc. degree in Biomedical Engineering and an BSc. degree in Applied Physics, both obtained at the Delft Technical University.

Before joining Quirem Medical as Company Secretary, Anneke worked with Avantor Performance Materials, a global supplier of ultrahigh purity life sciences materials for the pharmaceutical industry. She was Management Assistant working for the Management Team. Before that she worked as a Secretary with Recticel Bedding, a company that develops and makes boxsprings and mattresses. Anneke obtained a college diploma as a Management Assistant.

Before joining Quirem Medical Matthijs worked for Avantor Peformance Materials performing quality control on diagnostics hematological reagents. Apart from having a knack for technology Matthijs also was a member and head of the works council. After joining the Quirem Team Matthijs helped set up production and QC Operations. He currently manages the cold microsphere production team and patient dose logistics.

Before joining Quirem Medial as R&D Scientist Carla worked with Avantor Performance Materials, a global supplier of ultra-high purity life sciences materials for the pharmaceutical industry. There she worked in the R&D department, giving application support to pharmaceutical industry for all chemicals needed in the production of biomedicines. Before that Carla worked as R&D Analyst at the Radboud University Nijmegen. She has a BSc degree in Biochemistry, obtained at Saxion Hogeschool IJsselland.

Having a background in Mechanical Engineering (BEng) and Biomedical Engineering (MSc), Gerhard has a role to support the Quirem team in technical challenges in order to improve the processes for the production of QuiremSpheres.

Before joining Quirem Medical in 2015 as a Finance Manager, Anet worked with Avantor Performance Materials, a global supplier for the pharmaceutical industry. There she worked in the Finance & Salary Department for 15 years. She has a Bachelor of Economics degree obtained at Hogeschool Arnhem.

Before joining Quirem Medical Ilona obtained a BSc degree in Biochemistry at Saxion Hogeschool. During her graduation assignment she worked on a biomolecular research project into mammary gland tumors of the dog.

John joined Quirem in 2015 and is responsible for quality assurance as well as regulatory affairs. Through his 30 years of experience in quality assurance and quality management functions at Fuji Photo Film BV and Avantor Materials BV, he gained a broad knowledge of Japanese, cGMP and ISO 13485 quality management systems. John holds a doctor’s degree in chemistry and physics.

Gerrit joined Quirem Medical from the very beginning to set-up imaging and software development activities at the company. He got involved in the holmium microsphere research during his PhD at the UMC Utrecht where his focus was on MRI based dosimetry of holmium radioembolization. He has a MSc. Degree in Applied Physics obtained at the University of Twente.

Stuart Koelewijn holds a bachelor in Biomedical Sciences and has performed research in the field of radionuclide therapy. One of the investigated strategies was to improve existing therapies by combining it with therapy based on holmium microspheres, now known as QuiremSpheres. At this moment, Stuart Koelewijn holds the position of Research Scientist in Chemistry and Radiobiology at Quirem Medical and continues the investigation to optimize treatment through radioembolization and in addition investigate the application of QuiremSpheres for treatment of cancers at various sites.

Having a background in Technical Medicine (BSc), Medical Imaging & Intervention (MSc) and Radiation Expertise level 3, all obtained at University Twente, Feiko has a role to support the Quirem team in imaging solutions for QuiremSpheres as well as training and support of customers.

Alinde joined the Quirem Medical team in January 2018 as QA/RA support officer. In this role she supports the QA manager and is, among other things, responsible for the document control system.

Before joining Quirem, Alinde worked for Avantor Performance Materials for 19 years, 3 years at the Quality Control department and 16 years at the QA department as QA/RA support officer. She also was an internal ISO-auditor and confidential adviser.

Marloes obtained a BSc degree in Biochemistry at Saxion Hogeschool in 2013. After graduating, Marloes worked at “De Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren”, Abbott Biologicals and Friesland Campina. In September 2018 Marloes joined Quirem Medcial as a Production & QC Chemist and is working on the production of the Ho-microspheres and the Quality Cotrol on the spheres.

Esther joined Quirem Medical in September 2018 as a project leader. In this role she works on automating and optimizing the Hot-lab production process of QuiremSpheres. Before that, Esther obtained a BSc degree in Chemistry at Saxion Hogeschool in Deventer.

José joined the Quirem Medical Team in September 2018 as a Project Leader. In this role she is dedicated to successfully finish a project. Before joining Quirem, José worked for the Rabobank for 15 years in many positions. The last position was Manager/Project Leader.

Before joining Quirem Medical as Logistics Coordinator Stephanie worked 8 years at Abbott, later on resulting in AbbVie, a global company in life saving & serving medicines. At AbbVie, she worked in several positions and multiple responsibilities gaining experience in Supply Chain Management, leading international projects and several tasks related to Process & Change Management. Because of her entrepreneurship as a Coach she trained and coached colleagues in procedures and work instructions all around the world. Stephanie has a Bachelor degree in Commerce – Communication obtained at Saxion Hogeschool Enschede.

Diana joined Quirem Medical in October 2018 as a member of the production team. Before that she has worked 28 years in an environmental laboratory, as a chemical analyst to analyse the pollution of soil, water and air samples.

Having a background in Technical Medicine (BSc) and Medical Imaging & Interventions (MSc) and a knowledge of radioactivity (level 3), all obtained at University Twente, Eline acts as a Clinical Support Officer within Quirem Medical. In that role she is engaged in supporting clinical research, developing clinical marketing materials, post-market surveillance and various other clinical aspects of QuiremSpheres®.

Having a background in Biomedical Engineering (BSc and MSc) with a specialization in Biotechnologies for Electronics, all obtained at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Martina joined Quirem Medical as a Research Scientist. She has been recently funded by NWO, through the Industrial Doctorate program, to carry out her PhD at UMC Utrecht, in collaboration with Quirem Medical, aimed at introducing true personalized dosimetry into every day medical practice.