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Microfluidic particle trapping and separation using combined hydrodynamic and electrokinetic
effects
Fernandez Poza, Sergio
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Acknowledgments
And that’s all folks! Nearly five and a half years later, it is finally time to turn the last page of this amazing stage of my life. And not a quiet one, precisely! Many good and not-that-good things have happened during this time, though what actually remains in the end is a compendium of great friends and lots of personal and professional experiences. This chapter goes for all those people who have somehow contributed to making this time so unforgettable and of course, helped me with the completion of this thesis.
First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor,prof. Elisabeth Verpoorte, for giving me the opportunity of doing my PhD at the Pharmaceutical Analysis group. Sabeth, your endless help and support have been essential throughout the preparation of this thesis, as well as your patience and understanding. Thank you for dealing with my stubbornness, encouraging me to keep moving forward when I most needed it and, in particular, for helping me become a better scientist.
Big thanks to all members of the Pharmaceutical Analysis group, Patty, Jolanda,
Margo, Nadiah, Maureen, Hanan, Pim, Pieter, Maciej, Gert and JP. Patty,
thanks a bunch for your willingness to read each and every chapter, manuscript and abstract of this thesis. Your help and encouraging attitude have been hugely appreciated! Jolanda, thank you for being there at all times to help me with all kinds of paperwork and the organization of my defense. JP, thank you for your invaluable technical help, specially at the beginning of my PhD. Also thanks for the four-year intensive Gronings course, I am still thinking how to fit it in my CV! Nadiah, Maureen and Maciej, it was great to share such a diverse office with you guys. I have enjoyed very much our discussions (scientific and otherwise), and wish you all the best in your future careers. Margo, it was great to have such an artist around in the group - thanks for all the cheerful moments, and keep developing your art! Pieter, Gert, Pim and Hanan, thanks for your help and feedback. I have learned a lot from you all, and wish you all the best!
And I will certainly not forget about my other colleagues and friends from my European network (SAMOSS).Guido, Silvia, Rikka, Leena, Frank, Heman, Surj, Maria 140
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andSandro, it has been an immense pleasure to meet you all. Thank you for the great atmosphere at the project meetings and sharing your scientific input in such a friendly environment. Koni, my dear.. thank you for being always there in the good and bad moments, and also for significantly improving my culinary skills! I am also grateful to
prof. Mª Cruz Moreno Bondi, who kindly hosted me during my secondment in
Madrid and has accepted to form part of my thesis committee.
I would also like to thank the members of my assessment committee,prof. Thomas
Laurell, prof. Jan Eijkel and prof. Patrick Onck for reading and evaluating this
thesis. Thanks for your valuable feedback and comments.
Special thanks to my exceptional paranymphs (and even better friends), Hector and
Javi, for all the amazing and crazy moments, trips and single malts we shared back
in Groningen couple of years ago. I am really pleased to have you guys covering my flanks in the day of my defense.
Sara and Silvia, I really enjoyed having you working in the same building. Thanks for
the coffee breaks and running trails through the Dutch forests, both highly needed to get to the end of my PhD!Pablo, your friendship is one of the priceless rewards I am taking from Groningen. Thanks for always finding time for a beer (or two) at the koffer, the Bavarian alps or the Norwegian fjords. David, my unbeatable squash mate; thanks for all the funny moments inside and outside the court, specially those that required driving overnight across Europe to get to work in time on Monday morning. Azahara, prenda y caballero, thanks for always being able to flick on the good-mood switch on everyone around you. I feel myself very fortunate to have met you, and will pay you a visit in Barcelona as soon as I can. Natalia, the living example of how good friends can always make you forget a disastrous day in the lab. MJ, Begoña, Lucas, Raquel,
Valentin and Puri, my Koffer crew, it was great to meet you all, and hope to see you
again soon!
None of the work presented in this thesis would have been possible without the support of my family. Papá, gracias por contagiarme tu inagotable alegría y tus ganas de hacer las cosas. Mamá, no tengo palabras para expresar cuan fuerte eres y el inmenso referente que eres para mi. Sois mis dos ejemplos de constancia, trabajo duro y esfuerzo para conseguir lo que uno se propone. Muchísimas gracias por educarme de esta manera, y por darme vuestro apoyo incondicional en todo. Os quiero. Ana, eres (aun con nuestras diferencias de opinión) la mejor hermana que podría tener. Gracias por cubrirme en los momentos difíciles. Por último, los cuatro grandes jefes. Abuelos, aunque ya no estéis aquí, esta tesis va dedicada a vosotros. Gracias por haber construido los cimientos de la persona que soy hoy.
Acknowledgments
Lastly, Ola, moje kochanie... I would start over my PhD as many times as necessary with the sole condition of meeting you again. Thanks for your unconditional support, your help, your company, your infinite patience, your complicity, for sharing your smile with me every single morning and above all... thanks for loving me as much as I do love you. Kocham cię bardzisimo, cariño.
Sergio
