Egbert Willem Meijer#
| Membership Number: | 3360 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.tue.nl/onderzoek/instituten-groepen-scholen/top-research-groups/wwwicmstuenl/people/profdr-ew-bert-meijer |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2006- University of California, Santa Barbara, Distinguished Visiting Professor
- 2004 - Eindhoven University of Technology, Distinguished University Professor of Molecular Sciences
- 1995 - Radboud University Nijmegen, Adjunct professor of Macromolecular Chemistry
- 1991- Eindhoven University of Technology, Full professor of Organic Chemistry
- 1989-1992 DSM Research Geleen, Head of department "New Materials"
- 1982-1989 Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Research scientist Molecular Materials
- 1977-1982 State University Groningen, University assistant of prof. dr. H. Wynberg
Fields of Scholarship
- Non-covalent synthesis of complex molecular systems
- Dendrimers and novel macromolecular architectures
- Supramolecular chemistry and self-assembled functional materials
- Supramolecular medicine and chemical biology
- Stereochemistry and chirality
Honours and Awards
- Golden Medal of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (1993)
- Arthur K. Doolittle Award of the ACS-division PMSE (1995)
- Silver Medal of the MacroGroup UK of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2000)
- SPINOZA-Award of the Dutch Science Foundation NWO (2001)
- ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry (2006)
- Best teacher of the year of the Eindhoven University of Technology (2009)
- ERC Advanced Research Grant (2010)
- AKZONobel science award of the Royal Dutch Society of Science (2010)
- Wheland award of the University of Chicago (2011)
- Scientific Director of the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems of the Eindhoven University of Technology (since 2008)
- Chairman of the board of the Chemical Science section of the Dutch National Science Foundation (CW-NWO) (2001 - 2008)
- Founder of SyMO-Chem B.V. contract-research company - Eindhoven (since 2001)
- Co-founder of Suprapolix B.V.; polymer start-up company - Eindhoven (since 2005)
- Chairman of the International Scientific Advisory Board of Royal DSM (since 2006)
- Member of the Royal Dutch Society of Science (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) (since 1997)
- Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, KNAW) (since 2003) -Editor of Journal of Polymer Science A, Polymer Chemistry (since 2005)
- Member of the international advisory/editorial board of approx.10 Journals
