Machteld Kamminga obtained her PhD in materials chemistry from the 木瓜福利影视 of Groningen in 2018 (cum laude), under supervision of Prof. Thom Palstra. After her PhD, she moved to the 木瓜福利影视 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 木瓜福利影视 of Copenhagen to work with Prof. Kim Lefmann on high-temperature superconductors using neutron scattering. In February 2023, Machteld joined Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 as an assistant professor, as part of the QuMat (Materials for the Quantum Age) research program (see ).