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John Kennis earned his PhD in Biophysics in 1997 from Leiden University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley from 1998 to 2000, supported by an HFSP fellowship. He joined Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2000 for a postdoctoral position, received an NWO-VIDI fellowship in 2004, and obtained a tenured Assistant Professor position in 2007. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010 after receiving an NWO-VICI fellowship and was appointed Full Professor in 2016. His research focuses on the physical-chemical mechanisms of reception, storage, and processing of photonic energy information in biological systems. He employs advanced time-resolved spectroscopic techniques, such as transient absorption and stimulated Raman spectroscopy, to explore the dynamic structural basis of light-mediated signal transduction at the molecular level. His work includes the study of photoreceptor proteins and the development of optogenetic switches and sensors for applications in cell biology and neuroscience. Kennis also addresses the physical-chemical basis of regulatory phenomena in photosynthetic light harvesting, emphasizing the role of carotenoids and their involvement in energy transfer processes during dynamic light harvesting functions.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.