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

  • On Friday, November 14, Professor Bert Meijer received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen. Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer!
  • Recently during the TU e research day, Prof. Meijer was awarded the TU/e Honorary Medal for his countless services to the university in cutting-edge science and beyond. Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer!
  • On 8th of May 2025, Freek de Graaf successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Controlling Asymmetry in Supramolecular Polymer Systems”. Many congratulations to Dr. de Graaf!
  • 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. 
  • Bert Meijer has been elected as international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations to Bert for this great news

On Friday, November 14, Professor Bert Meijer received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen. This was the third time Prof. Meijer had received such a honorary title!

Mid September, we visited the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany as part of our annual group retreat, which included a company visit on the way to Canon, in Venlo, Netherlands, a very nice mini-symposium at Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer research, Mainz, and some fun activities

Recently during the TU e research day, Prof. Meijer was awarded the TU/e Honorary Medal for his countless services to the university in cutting-edge science and beyond. Many congratulations to Prof. Meijer!

On 8th of May 2025, Freek de Graaf successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Controlling Asymmetry in Supramolecular Polymer Systems”. Many congratulations to Dr. de Graaf!

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

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.

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.