Academic education
- 1993–1998 PhD in Structural Geology Department of Earth Sciences Basel University (Switzerland)
- 1985–1992 MSc in Structural Geology Department of Earth Sciences Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
Professional experience
- 2020-present Head of Communications Department, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Switzerland)
- 2017-2020 Chief of Staff, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Switzerland)
- 2009-2017 Science Officer SwissFEL (Swiss Free Electron Laser, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Switzerland)
- 2004-2009 Project Manager for the implementation of the Bologna Process, Department of Earth Sciences ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
- 1998-2004 Product Manager Digital Imaging (in Microscopy), Leica Microsystems (Switzerland)
Membership of boards and societies
- 2017 Vice Chair of the Coordination Board of LEAPS (League of Accelerator based Photon Sources) preparation FP9 program EU Commission.
- 2017 Board member of CALIPSOplus Steering committee. HZ2020 Project EU
- 2017 Board member of General Assembly CALIPSOplus . HZ2020 Project EU
- 2015 Chair of steering Committee Umbrella (Federated Identity management for Neutron and Photon community) www.umbrellaid.org collaboration.
- 2015 Board member of EUCall Steering committee. HZ2020 Project EU
- 2012 Board member of Free Electron Lasers of Europe (FoE) Steering committee. EU facility collaboration.
- 2011-2014 Board member of CRISP Steering committee. FP7 Project EU
- 2011-2014 Board member of PaNdata-ODI Steering committee. FP7 Project EU
- 2010-2011 Board member of PaNdata Europe Steering committee. FP7 Project EU
- 2009-2011 Board member of IRUVX-PP Steering committee. ESFRI Project EU
- 1999 Board member of the international Octagon Team, Leica Microsystems (International)
Approved research projects - funding record
Since working at PSI from 2009, Mirjam van Daalen has attracted 4.5MCHF in project funding:
- 2017-2020 1.5MCHF CALIPSOplus, Convenient Access to Light Sources Open to Innovation, Science and to the World. Funded by the European Commission under HZ2020
- 2015-2018 550kCHF EUCall the European Cluster of Advanced Laser Light Sources Project EU Funded by the European Commission under HZ2020
- 2013-2016 50kCHF CALIPSO project development and dissemination of the Federated Identity Platform, Umbrella, for the Photon and Neutron community. funded by the European Commission under FP7
- 2012-2013 200kCHF “SwissFEL in virtual reality” SNF AGORA.
- 2011-2014 500kCHF CRISP The Cluster of Research Infrastructures and Synergies in Physics. funded by the European Commission under FP7
- 2011-2014 300kCHF PanData ODI funded by the European Commission under FP7
- 2010-2011 250kCHF PaNdata Europe, Strategic working group for development of a policy framework and laid the basic foundation for a sustainable data infrastructure for the Photon and Neutron facilities. Funded by the European Commission under FP7 from 2009-2011
- 2009-2011 1.2MCHF IRUVX-PP (EuroFEL) part of the ESFRI Roadmap. IRUVX-PP has been funded by the European Commission under FP7 from 2009-2011
Teaching activities
- 1993-1998 Structural Geology for undergraduate students. Department of Geology University of Basel
- 1993 Supervision of geological mapping exercise for graduate students. Utrecht University, Netherlands
- 1992 Statisics for undergraduate medical student courses. Utrecht University, Netherlands
Organisation of Conferences:
- 2017 Photonics spring workshop, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
- 2014 FEL conference Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
- 2014 Science at FEL’s conference, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
- 2013 CRISP (FP7 project EU) annual meeting, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
- 2009-2012 Different topical scientific workshops for the SwissFEL project
Research Output
- Phil Wilmott, Jerry Hastings, Mirjam van Daalen, Luc Patthey. "Photonics Spring Workshop at the Paul Scherrer Institute." Synchrotron Radiation News, 30(5), pp. 11–12 (2017)
- Editors: Bruce Patterson, Mirjam van Daalen. Time-Resolved X-ray Spectroscopy. Mapping electron flow in matter with the ATHOS beamline at SwissFEL. PSI Bericht Nr. 14-01, 2014
- Editors: Bruce Patterson, Mirjam van Daalen. Whitebook on Science with Free Electron Lasers. PSI Bericht 16-01, 2016
Oral contributions
2017- Data Policy / Data Management Overview. Scientific advisory board Photon Science Department, PSI, Villigen, 12/12
- Federated identity management Umbrella, European User Office Meeting, MAXIV Lund. 25/10
- Data management and federated identity management Umbrella. Invited talk at colloquium in synchrotron SOLEIL, Paris, 11/9
- Data management and data policy. Information event for staff and scientists at PSI, Villigen, 7/9