Matthijs Cluitmans

Assistant Professor at Maastricht University and Senior Scientist at Philips Research

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

About

I am driven to further our understanding of cardiac arrhythmias, and to improve the diagnosis and therapy of patients with heart rhythm disorders. As an assistant professor at Maastricht University Medical Centre and a senior scientist at Philips Research, I combine my scientific curiosity with the clinical need for valorization. Ultimately, I aim to use my dual background as biomedical engineer and medical doctor to bring the fields of industrial engineering, academic science and clinical medicine closer together.

Experience

  • Maastricht University (7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Assistant Professor
      May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      May 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs

      After external stays at the Liryc lab in Bordeaux and the Experimental Cardiology lab in Amsterdam, I have returned to Maastricht University to continue studying the mechanisms of unexplained sudden cardiac arrest.

  • Senior Scientist at Philips
    Nov 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

    Senior Scientist at the Multiphysics & Optics group and the In Body Systems group of Philips Research, focusing on cardiac electrophysiology.

  • Postdoctoral researcher at AMC - Academic Medical Center
    Nov 2018 - May 2019 · 7 mos

    In AMC, I have worked with prof. Ruben Coronel and prof. Arthur Wilde, investigating arrhythmia mechanisms in sudden cardiac death with special attention for repolarization abnormalities.

  • Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at IHU LIRYC
    Mar 2018 - Nov 2018 · 9 mos

    At the Liryc lab in Bordeaux, I'm doing ex vivo experiments investigating the electrical substrate for sudden cardiac arrhythmias.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Maastricht University Medical Centre
    Nov 2016 - Oct 2018 · 2 yrs

    In translational research, I employ novel imaging and modeling methods to better understand the development of cardiac arrhythmias in patients, in order to better diagnose, treat and prevent these.