Han Zuilhof (born 1965) holds the chair of organic chemistry at Wageningen University. His interests focus on surface-bound (bio-)organic chemistry and bionanotechnology. He obtained an MSc in chemistry and MA in philosophy from Leiden University (both highest honors). After a PhD in organic chemistry (Leiden University, 1994; highest honors), and postdoctoral work at the University of Rochester, NY, and Columbia University, he joined the faculty at Wageningen University. He has been a professor of organic chemistry since 2007. He has written over 340 research papers,[1] and more than 10 patents. He is a distinguished adjunct professor of chemical engineering at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and a perennial distinguished guest professor of molecular science and medicinal chemistry at the school of pharmaceutical science and technology (SPST) at Tianjin University, China. He serves/served on the editorial advisory boards of Langmuir, Advanced Materials Interfaces and Applied Surface Science and was a senior editor of Langmuir from 2016 to 2020.[2] In 2018, Han Zuilhof was elected as a "Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for his outstanding contributions to chemical science,[3][4] and in 2021 was awarded the Robert Robinson Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry by the RSC for contributions to click chemistry. He is also the founder (2011) of a spin-off company, Surfix.[5]
Han Zuilhof | |
|---|---|
 Han Zuilhof, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, 2015 | |
| Born | May 21, 1965 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic Chemistry, Bionanotechnology, Surface Science |
| Institutions | Wageningen University AFSG |
Among his recent accomplishments are the discovery of tiara[5]arenes,[6] the first intrinsically chiral click reaction (no chiral auxiliary or catalyst needed),[7] and the synthesis and structure elucidation of SOF4-based SuFEx-derived polymers.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Zuilhof, Han)".
- ^ Langmuir [@ACS_Langmuir] (September 5, 2016). "EIC Francoise Winnik is happy to welcome Han Zuilhof as a Senior Editor of Langmuir" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Han Zuilhof appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry". 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Han Zuilhof benoemd tot Fellow van Royal Society of Chemistry". 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Prof.dr. JT (Han) Zuilhof". 2012-09-04.
- ^ Zuilhof, Han; C.-H. Sue, Andrew (2020-03-02). "Tiara[5]arenes: Synthesis, Solid-State Conformational Studies, Host–Guest Properties, and Application as Nonporous Adaptive Crystals". Angewandte Chemie International. 59 (10): 3994–3999. doi:10.1002/anie.201913055. PMC 7187373. PMID 31763754. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Zuilhof, Han (2020-05-04). "Silicon-Free SuFEx Reactions of Sulfonimidoyl Fluorides: Scope, Enantioselectivity, and Mechanism". Angewandte Chemie International. 59 (19): 7494–7500. doi:10.1002/anie.201915519. PMC 7216998. PMID 32157791. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Zuilhof, Han; Wu, Peng; Moses, John; Sharpless, Barry (2021-08-16). "SuFExable polymers with helical structures derived from thionyl tetrafluoride". Nature Chemistry. 13 (9): 858–867. Bibcode:2021NatCh..13..858L. doi:10.1038/s41557-021-00726-x. PMC 8713280. PMID 34400816. S2CID 237101364. Retrieved 2021-10-29.