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Synthetic organic chemistry @univgroningen @StratinghInst | #ChemNobel 2016 | Making smart molecules & forging stereocenters since '88

Groningen, Nederland
Joined May 2019
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Our team and friends celebrating the 200 years of bencene at the 2025 Solvay Workshop: Aromaticity. @isra_group @FeringaLab @depena33
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We are hiring! We are looking for a Postdoc in Catalytic Approaches toward Bio-Based Peptide Surfactants. Looking forward to hearing from you! Application deadline is January 12th 2026 For more information please check out the link 👇 werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/po…
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Re-ver-si-ble CPL inversion at the molecular level promoted by light and heat! This collaborative work between the @FeringaLab and our group, the PulSAr team @UnivAngers, is now online on ChemArXiv. Special congrats to @HardoinLouis and Eric Sidler!! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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Thrilled to share our most recent work with @FeringaLab on switchable hydrogels! We combine the advantages of both light💡 and redox⚡️to get large-scale, patterned changes in gel properties (colour and swelling) with high spatio-temporal precision: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Combining noncovalent with dynamic covalent bonds constructs dual dynamic helical polymers that fold and recycle. Glad to see this long project finally coming out in @NatureChemistry @FeringaLab rdcu.be/eIQzd
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Wow! A rare artifact from a simpler time: dial-up internet, flip phones, and great haircuts. Thank you for sharing!
Feeling a bit nostanling today, look at what I found on my computar on the 2002 International Chemistry Olympliad held in Groningen about the molecular motors of @FeringaLab
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Another great collaboration with @SidlerEric and @FeringaLab is now published in @angew_chem! Building on our previous work, Eric prepared a few large, formally antiaromatic systems with interesting (chir)optical and redox properties. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1002/anie.2025105…
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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of benzene's discovery and its extraordinary legacy, we are excited to announce that @RoySocChem will release a thematic special issue edited by @FeringaLab and @nazariolab. Read here "Benzene at 200", by Prof. Martín: chemistryworld.com/opinion/b…
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Yesterday, I defended my PhD — closing one of the most enjoyable and rewarding chapters of my life with one of its most unforgettable days. Huge thanks to everyone at @FeringaLab, especially Ben, Lotte, and Lili, my thesis committee, friends, and family.
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Our next seminar will be from @MarcoOvalleMA (UGroningen) and @JeanneCrassous (URennes) speaking this Thursday 29th April 09:30 (UK). Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend and hear talks on helicenes and photoisomerisation!
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I am super excited to present my PhD work at vMASC this Thursday! I'm also honored to share the (virtual) floor with @JeanneCrassous Register by following the link down if you want to join the free online seminar👇👇
Our next seminar will be from Marco Ovalle (UGroningen) and Jeanne Crassous (URennes) speaking Thursday 29th April 09:30 (UK). Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend and hear talks on helicenes and photoisomerisation!
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Aaand now we also have a Post-Doc position on Biobased Butenolides as Acrylate Replacement for Coatings!
We have opened opened 3 more positions: PhD positions - 2x Artificial Molecular Machines - 1x The Origin of Homochirality 1x Engineering Doctorate (EngD) - Sustainable Process Design benferinga.com/vacancies/
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We have opened opened 3 more positions: PhD positions - 2x Artificial Molecular Machines - 1x The Origin of Homochirality 1x Engineering Doctorate (EngD) - Sustainable Process Design benferinga.com/vacancies/
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With our recently co-founded startup Circolide we are looking for enthusiastic candidates who would like to pursue a Chemical Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Sustainable Process Design. Please find more information here: rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us…
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👩‍🔬Our new paper is out in Chem! @FeringaLab. We unveil how light-driven rotary motors behave in lipid membranes—and why system-specific characterization is crucial. Structure & polarity shape membrane interaction and function. Read (or see comments): doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.202…
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Just published in @J_A_C_S, one of my main projects @FeringaLab on responsive crown ethers! Redox-switching? Light-switching? Why not both and get the best of all worlds, including guest shuttling, pseudorotaxanes, cascades and and (non)volatile states. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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On 3/21, we celebrated the life of Sir Fraser Stoddart @sirfrasersays with a symposium featuring talks by Omar Yaghi, Cameron Movassaghi, Anne-Sophie Duwez, Nathalie Katsonis, Ben Feringa & Ken Houk. More photos to come soon! @FeringaLab @houk1000 @UCLA seaborg.ucla.edu/
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