Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
Introducing HIMS
Welcome to the web pages of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences! You can navigate our site through the HIMS menu - the menu on the left side of this page. Or you can follow the links provided on this general introductory webpage.
Introduction
Chemistry research at the University of Amsterdam has a long-standing tradition of focusing on relevance. To rise to important challenges from society - and to be a strong player in mayor research initiatives - researchers from different chemistry disciplines have combined forces within the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS). We achieve great synergy if we can compute, understand, implement, demonstrate and validate molecular solutions to the important problems facing society today.
Thus the mission of HIMS can be described as:
Addressing important issues in science and society through the design, synthesis, analysis, theoretical- and fundamental understanding and application of novel functional (supra-) molecular systems with well-defined structural and physical properties and selective reactivity.
Research
The HIMS research targets sophisticated (supra-)molecular systems with well-defined structural and physical properties and selective reactivity. Our challenge is the design, synthesis and analysis as well as the theoretical and fundamental understanding of these promising molecular systems.
Research at HIMS is organized in five multidisciplinary research themes:
- Bio-Molecular Synthesis
- Catalysis
- Computational Chemistry
- Macromolecular and Biosystems Analysis
- Molecular Photonics
These themes cover fields in chemical sciences where in the next decade interesting new developments and important breakthroughs are anticipated. In the long term the HIMS research topics are envisaged to be pivotal for the development of a sustainable society.
Participating research groups
HIMS employs a staff of approximately 140, working in the following research groups:
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'Analytical Chemistry' (professor Peter Schoenmakers)'Biocatalysis and Bio-organic Chemistry' (professor Ron Wever)
'Computational Chemistry' (professor Peter Bolhuis)
'Heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable chemistry' (professor Gadi Rothenberg)
'Homogenous and supramolecular catalysis' (professor Joost Reek)
'Molecular Photonics' (professors Wybren Jan Buma and Fred Brouwer)
'Organometallic chemistry and catalysis' (professor Kees Elsevier)
'Polymer Systems' (professor Piet Iedema)
'Synthetic Organic Chemistry' (professor Henk Hiemstra)
Education
Staff members of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences contribute to a variety of educational programmes. HIMS expertise provides a firm knowledge base for the UvA Chemistry courses at the Bachelor's and Master's levels. HIMS members are also involved in a variety of other Bachelor's and Master's courses which involve chemistry education. And HIMS frequently offers opportunies for obtaining a PhD degree.
Contact & Staff
Postal address, phone, fax and e-mail:
Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
University of Amsterdam
PO Box 94157
1090 GD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-20-525 5265
Fax: +31-20-525 5604
e-mail: r.b.hippert@uva.nl
For contact details of HIMS staff members please follow the link below.
