Our research is focused on the design, synthesis, characterization and possible applications of new supramolecular systems with unconventional properties and functions. By combining principles of synthetic and physical organic chemistry with challenges in materials and life sciences, we study the self-assembly and self-organization of molecular architectures into functional supramolecular systems.

News

  • Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer for being elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society (APS) for the year 2025.
  • Many congratulations to our previous group member Prof. Ghislaine Vantomme for receiving the prestigious VIDI grant from NWO for innovational research on smart trainable supra-molecular materials.
  • Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer for receiving the prestigious Grand Prix de Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, awarded for his outstanding contribution to the field of supramolecular polymers. P.S: He is the first Dutchman ever to win this prestigious award.
  • Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer for receiving the prestigious Medema Award 2024, awarded annually for groundbreaking research in the field of polymers
  • After being awarded the Herman Staudinger Preis 2022, Bert Meijer was interviewed by ChemistryViews and shared his insights regarding training of Ph.D. students and communicating science to the public. 
  • Huachuan Du was awarded an SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship. He will be co-supervised by Bert Meijer and Sam Stupp and will work on the copolymerization of bioactive supramolecular polymers. Congratulations Huachuan!
  • Giulia Lavarda received three awards for her outstanding PhD thesis: best PhD Thesis defended in 2021 in the Community of Madrid from the Madrid Territorial Section of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021 PhD Thesis Award of the Nanoscience and Molecular Materials Group of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry and extraordinary PhD Award from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Congratulations on these great achievements Giulia!
  • Stef Jansen received a poster prize at the 25th IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry. Congratulations Stef!
  • Bert Meijer has been elected as international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations to Bert for this great news

Some current and previous members from the Meijer group, attending the Gordon research conference on Self-assembly and Supramolecular chemistry in Les Diablerets, Switzerland.

Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer for being elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society (APS) for the year 2025.

On 26th of February 2025, Stef Jansen successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Advancing data-driven studies of supramolecular polymer systems”. Many congratulations to Dr. Jansen!


Many congratulations Master student Julia from our group for successfully defending her thesis and getting a STER Stipendium from the E.W. Meijer Foundation in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements and dedication to scientific research in molecular sciences.


On 13th of February 2025, Bart van den Bersselaar successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Functional Phase-Separated Materials with Controlled Nanostructures”. Many congratulations to Dr. van den Bersselaar!


Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer for receiving the prestigious Grand Prix de Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, awarded for his outstanding contribution to the field of supramolecular polymers. P.S: He is the first Dutchman ever to win this prestigious award.

Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer for receiving the prestigious Medema Award 2024, awarded annually for groundbreaking research in the field of polymers

On March 22nd, 2024 Marco Preuss successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Chiral Supramolecular Materials: From Fundamentals to Application”. Many congratulations to Dr. Preuss!

Prof. Bert Meijer becomes the first professor in the Eindhoven Institute of Technology and very few in the Netherlands to supervise over 100 PhD graduates, here is a recent video featuring Prof. Jan van Hest(4th PhD from the group) & Laura Rijns(101th PhD) published by TU e to reflect on Bert's journey & his goal to empower young scientists

On February 27 & 28 2019 we had the Meijerlab Reunion, to celebrate Bert's birthday and to look back on 30 years of research of the group in Eindhoven. The scientific program with an overview of all speakers can be found here.