University Professor

Bert Meijer

RESEARCH PROFILE

 

My dream is that at one point in time we will understand so much about how molecules work together, that we can make the simplest form of life in a laboratory.

Mimic Life

The first time I had made a molecule that nobody else had ever made before, I was so excited and I thought, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life: working with molecules.

Bert Meijer about his passion for molecules

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Bert Meijer studied chemistry at the University of Groningen and obtained his master's degree in 1978. In 1982 he earned his PhD degree summa cum laude under supervision of Prof. Hans Wijnberg. In 1982 Meijer started working at the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven and in 1989 he moved to DSM Research in Geleen. In 1991 he was installed as full professor of Organic Chemistry at the department for Chemical Engineering and Chemistry of Eindhoven University of Technology (果冻传媒). In 1999 his chair was also established at the department for Biomedical Engineering. Since 2004 Bert Meijer is a distinguished university professor of Molecular Sciences at 果冻传媒. He founded the 果冻传媒 Institute for Complex Molecular Systems in 2008 and is now a co-director. Meijer is adjunct professor of Macromolecular Chemistry at Radboud University Nijmegen since 1994 and distinguished visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara since 2008. In 2014 Bert Meijer was inducted as Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Since 2018 he is also an external member of the scientific staff of the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany.

Key Publications

Current 果冻传媒al Activities

Ancillary Activities

  • Member of the GRC Conference Evaluation Committee, Gordon Research Conferences
  • Member of the International Advisory Committee, Solvay Institute Brussels
  • Member of the Executive Advisory Board of Advanced Materials, Wiley-VCH
  • Member of the TNF committee, Villum Foundations
  • Toezicht op het beleid van de stichting, Vice-voorzitter van de Stichting Eurandom