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The Huck Group

Prof. dr.

Wilhelm Huck

Group Leader

w.huck@science.ru.nl


About Wilhelm

In 2010, after more than a decade at the University of Cambridge and promoted to professor of polymer science, Wilhelm Huck returned to the Netherlands to ‘learn a new language’. Having become increasingly intrigued by the complexity of cellular life, he decided to dedicate his research efforts to unravel the mystery of how chemistry creates biology. All too soon, it became clear that life is a rather complex phenomenon, requiring a diverse and highly talented team of collaborators. He feels privileged to be surrounded by a group of clever and motivated young scientists, and to learn new things every day. When not in the lab, he enjoys gardening, baking, good food and wine, and traveling around the world.

Academic Positions:

2010 –Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen
2007 – 2012Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Cambridge
2004 – 2010Director, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge
2003 – 2007Reader in Chemistry, University of Cambridge
1999 – 2009College Lecturer and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College
1999 – 2003University Lecturer. University of Cambridge, UK

Education:

1997 – 1999Postdoctoral Research, Harvard University, USA. Supervisor: Prof. G. M. Whitesides
1992 – 1997Ph.D. in Chemistry, Twente University, the Netherlands. Supervisor: Prof. D. N. Reinhoudt
1988 – 1992M.Sc. in Chemistry (cum laude). Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Honors

2019ERC Advanced Grant
2018Appointed Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
2017Elected to the Academia Europaea
2017Co-PI on 18.8 M€ Gravitation Grant ‘Building a Synthetic Cell’.
2016Spinoza Prize (highest academic honor in the Netherlands)
2012Elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
2011NWO-Vici award
2010ERC Advanced Grant
2009Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation
2004DuPont Young Professor Award
2001Young Investigator Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, MacroGroup UK
1997DSM Award for best Ph.D. research in the Netherlands in polymer-related chemistry
1996Schloeßmann Award from the Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
1992Winner of the Shell International Business Competition

Editorial and Advisory Boards

2018 –Chair of ChemSystemsChem’s Editorial Advisory Board
2017 –Advisory Board Member of the Australian Institute for BioNanotechnology, University of Queensland
2015 – 2017Vice-chair of Scientific Advisory Board MaxSynBio, Germany
2014Editorial Executive Board of Advanced Science (Wiley)
2007 – 2010Chairman of the Editorial Board of Chemical Society Reviews (RSC)
2005 – 2010Editorial Advisory Board of Soft Matter (RSC)
2004 – 2015International Advisory Board Advanced Functional Materials

Secondary activities

2019 –Chair of the Dutch Chemistry Council
2017 –Co-Founder Cytofind Diagnostics (now Lighthouse Biotech)
2017Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
2016 – 2018Board member of the Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University
2010Co-Founder and Scientific Advisory Board Sphere Fluidics U.K.

Location

Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Our labs and offices are located in the Huygens building. A detailed route description to the Huygens building is available here. Reach us by car, train/bus

Contact

Prof. dr. W.T.S. Huck:
w.huck@science.ru.nl

General e-mailaddress:
desiree.vdwey@ru.nl

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