Management Team
LUMICKS is managed by an experienced team with diverse backgrounds. They combine business experience with technical expertise and a strong drive for growth and impact through customer success.









Supervisory Board
Seasoned business & life science experts make up LUMICKS’ supervisory board, advising us on strategy and key decisions.

Peter van den Broek (NL)
Supervisory Board
High-tech equipment business expert. Previously CEO of Leica, Senior Vice President at Fluke

Pieter van der Meer (NL)
Supervisory Board
Seasoned Life Science Venture Capitalist. Managing Partner Gilde Healthcare Partners

Erik Walldén (SE), Chairman
Supervisory Board
30 years of Life Science & Biotech executive experience. Previous CEO of Biacore (GE), Biotage (IPO), Perseptive (Life Techn.), Pharmacia (GE), Gyros, Affibody

Don Kania (USA)
Supervisory Board
CEO at FEI for 10 yrs (acquired by ThermoFisher), COO at Veeco. Management role at LLNL and LANL labs. PhD in Physics & Engineering from University of Michigan
Technical Advisory Board
LUMICKS’ technical advisory board includes the most knowledgeable people on our applications and technology.

Prof.dr. Gijs Wuite (NL)
Technical Advisory Board
Biophysicist, PhD from UC Berkeley, Single-molecule force spectroscopy and Optical Tweezers expert
Co-founded LUMICKS in 2014

Prof.dr.ir. Erwin Peterman (NL)
Technical Advisory Board
Biophysicist, Post-doc Stanford University at W.E. Moerner (Nobel laureate 2014), Single-molecule microscopy expert
Co-founded LUMICKS in 2014

Gigi Wang (USA)
Technical Advisory Board
Global mentor for entrepreneurship and innovation
Managing Partner of MG-Team, LLC,
Chair of Berkeley Method Boot-camp, Board Member MITEF/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)

Dr. ir. Iddo Heller (NL)
Technical Advisory Board
Assistant Professor Physics of Living Systems at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Developed high tech instruments for >10 years
Developer of super-resolution optical tweezers & fluorescence

Prof. Arne Gennerich (USA)
Technical Advisory Board
Associate Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Single-molecule biophysicist, expert on molecular motors, and microscope developer

Dr. Frank Lison (DE)
Technical Advisory Board
Seasoned SME high-tech optics company GM
Successfully built & exited three similar companies