Imke was born in 1997 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Both her Bachelor and Masters degree were obtained from the University of Groningen. During her master, she worked with prof. Otten on the synthesize of bipolar organic materials for aqueous redox flow batteries and analyzation of their electrochemical properties and with prof. Walvoort on a project involving the synthesis of C5 modified KDO substrates. After these projects, she went abroad for an extracurricular research project at Monash university in Melbourne, Australia working with prof. Jones on the synthesis and design of new ligands for the isolation of highly reactive subvalent aluminium (I) compounds. In October 2022 she started her PhD research in the group of prof. Minnaard. The focus of her research project will be on the use of electrochemical and photo-redox approaches for the functionalization of carbohydrates.