Jan van Hest#
| Membership Number: | 6491 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/jan-van-hest |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7973-2404 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 Full professor, Bio-organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering
- 1999 - 2016 Full professor, Bio-organic Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 1997 - 1999 Research scientist and group leader New Architectures, DSM-Research Geleen, NL
- 1996 - 1997 Postdoctoral scientist University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, lab. Prof, dr. D.A. Tirrell
Fields of Scholarship
- Polymer assembly
- Nanomedicine
- Nanomotors
- Bioconjugation
- Biocatalysis
- Artificial cell research
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Grantee Ministry of OC&W Gravitation Programme; Project title: Interactive Polymer Materials Centre
- 2021 Elected member of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
- 2021 Distinguished visiting scientist under CAS PIFI, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2020 Recipient of the Spinoza award
- 2019 Elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2016 ERC Advanced grant Artificial Endosymbiosis
- 2013 Best senior teacher award Radboud University Nijmegen
- 2012 Grantee Ministry of OC&W Gravitation Programme; Project title: Functional Molecular Systems
- 2010 NWO-VICI recipient, highest Dutch scientific career award to be obtained in competition
- 2005 Installation as member of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1997 SNS-bank award best PhD thesis in the category Technical Fundamental Research of the academic year 1995-1996 of Eindhoven University of Technology
- 1996 First prize DSM science and technology award
