Machteld Kamminga obtained her PhD in materials chemistry from the University of Groningen in 2018 (cum laude), under supervision of Prof. Thom Palstra. After her PhD, she moved to the University of Oxford with a Rubicon research grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), to study intercalation mechanisms in layered chalcogenides with Prof. Simon Clarke. After receiving a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship in 2020, Machteld moved to the University of Copenhagen to work with Prof. Kim Lefmann on high-temperature superconductors using neutron scattering. In February 2023, Machteld joined Utrecht University as an assistant professor, as part of the QuMat (Materials for the Quantum Age) research program (see qumat.org).