Rick Joosten is part of the technical staff at the Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry (SMG). He started his work in 2016 after finishing his Bachelor of Applied Science at Zuyd University (Dutch: HBO) in Heerlen. He wrote his bachelor thesis on TiO₂ – graphene photocatalysts, a microscopy study on the aqueous exfoliation of graphite flakes as induced by TiO2 nanoparticles and ultrasonication, at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) under supervision of Full Professor Nico N.A.J.M. Sommerdijk and Assistant Professor Heiner Friedrich. He is currently working, as part of the Graphene Flagship under supervision of Assistant Professor Heiner Friedrich, on the preparation and 2D/3D characterization of graphene oxide membranes for water desalination utilising cryomicrotomy, (cryo) electron microscopy and electron tomography.