Mark Boneschanscher obtained a PhD from Utrecht University in 2014 for his research on exotic semiconductor nanomaterials. He then worked as a program officer at the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). He was involved in the strategy of the energy research institute DIFFER and in setting up the national sector plans for the natural sciences and technology. In 2019 he was asked by the TU/e to set up the Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), where he is now managing director.
Mark believes that both science and industry have a crucial role to play in the energy transition. He is therefore active setting up public-private collaborations through EIRES. His goal is to speed up the energy transition by industrialization of innovative renewable energy systems.