THE SNAKE

Born 1964 in Sorengo (Switzerland) from Dutch parents, the author obtained his high school degree 1982 from the Scuola Europea di Varese, Italy. He mastered 1987 in optics in Amsterdam, and graduated 1992 on the field of atomic physics. He gathered postdoc experience on femtosecond UV-processes 1993-1995 in Paris, on cellular biophysics 1996-1999, on cellular biochemistry 2000-2003, and was visiting professor at the Universities of Pamplona (Spain), Irvine (California) and Toronto (Canada). Since 2004 the author taught physics, chemistry and mathematics at Delft University of Technology, with a research focus on nanotechnology. Schins wrote few general-audience books and many specialized articles on his field of research.