Dr. Rob van Asselt has a PhD in chemistry from the University of Amsterdam. In 1994 he joined Philips Research, where he has been involved in a variety of product and process development projects. Since 2011 he is project leader and product architect for LED lighting products at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting). In this role he also lead the Penta funded cooperation project Hyb-Man, which was finished in 2020.