I have joined the Amsterdam Business School in September 2020 as an external PhD student, funded by Sanquin Blood Supply. During my bachelor in AI and master in Data Science, I developed a particular interest in the application of Machine Learning to approach optimal solutions to optimization problems. As I am now a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam and Sanquin Blood Supply, I am using both mathematical optimization and Machine Learning in order to improve Sanquin's blood supply chain and the issuing of blood products to patients.