Jan van Hest
{{short description|Dutch chemist}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|09|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tilburg, The Netherlands
| nationality = Dutch
| fields = Organic Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
| workplaces = Eindhoven University of Technology, 2016–present
Radboud University Nijmegen, 2000-present
DSM Research, 1997-2000
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| alma_mater = Eindhoven University of Technology
| thesis_title = New molecular architectures based on dendrimers
| thesis_year = 1996
| thesis_url = https://research.tue.nl/files/1428735/456133.pdf
| doctoral_advisor = Bert Meijer, Roeland Nolte
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| known_for = Polymersomes, Artificial cells and organelles, Nanomedicine, Self-assembly
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| awards = 2020 Spinoza Prize
| website = https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/jan-van-hest/
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Jan Cornelis Maria van Hest (born 28 September 1968) is a Dutch scientist of organic chemistry, best known for his research regarding polymersomes and nanoreactors. He currently holds the position of professor of bioorganic chemistry at Eindhoven University of Technology and is scientific director at the Institute of Complex Molecular Systems.
Among the awards he has received, he was one of the recipients of the 2020 Spinoza Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/nwo/spinoza-prize/van-hest-jan-2020.html|title=Spinoza Laureate Prof. Jan van Hest|website=www.nwo.nl/en|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
Biography
Van Hest received his MSc degree in Chemical Engineering with distinction from the Eindhoven University of Technology in 1991.
He subsequently obtained his PhD in macro-organic chemistry from the same university in 1996 under the supervision of Bert Meijer.{{Cite journal|last=van Hest|first=Jan Cornelis Maria|date=1996|title=New molecular architectures based on dendrimers|url=https://research.tue.nl/files/1428735/456133.pdf|language=English}}
His doctoral thesis 'New molecular architectures based on dendrimers' was awarded the DSM Science and Technology award and the SNS Bank Prijs for best thesis in fundamental engineering sciences.
In 1996, van Hest received a NWO Talent stipend for a post-doc position on polypeptide engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst where he collaborated with professor David Tirrell.
He returned to the Netherlands to work at DSM Research in 1997 as researcher and later as group leader.
Van Hest was appointed as full professor to set up a group in bioorganic chemistry at Radboud University Nijmegen in 2000.
His early career focused on developing self-assembling biohybrid block copolymers.{{Cite journal|last1=Ayres|first1=L.|last2=Adams|first2=H.P.|last3=Löwik|first3=D.W.P.M.|last4=Hest|first4=J.C.M. van|s2cid=20067098|date=2005-10-31|title=Peptide–polymer vesicles prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization|journal=J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem.|language=en|volume=43|issue=24|pages=6355–6366|doi=10.1002/pola.21107|bibcode=2005JPoSA..43.6355A |hdl=2066/32837|hdl-access=free}}
In 2010 he was awarded a VICI grant for research on artificial organelles,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/Talent+Scheme/awards/vici+awards/vici+awards+2010|title=Vici awards 2010|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}} and in 2016 he obtained an ERC Advanced grant on artificial endosymbiosis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/general/2016/erc-advanced-grants-jan-van-hest-john-van-opstal|title=ERC Advanced Grants for Jan van Hest and John van Opstal/|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}} Van Hest moved to Eindhoven University of Technology in 2016, to chair the bioorganic chemistry group at the departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Technology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/departments/biomedical-engineering/news/25-04-2016-tue-appoints-jan-van-hest-as-head-of-new-research-group/|title=TU/e appoints Jan van Hest as head of new research group|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
He was appointed scientific director of the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) at Eindhoven University of Technology in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.tue.nl/en/news/news-overview/06-02-2018-jan-van-hest-named-the-new-scientific-director-of-icms/|title=Jan van Hest named the new scientific director of ICMS|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
To date, van Hest has published over 250 peer reviewed scientific articles, cited more than 15,000 times and has an h-index of 57.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/jan-van-hest/#top|title=Personal profile Jan C.M. van Hest on TU/e website|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
Honors and awards
Van Hest was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/16260 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625073352/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/16260 |title=Jan van Hest |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=25 June 2020}} He was member of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences from 2005 to 2011.
Additionally, van Hest is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a visiting fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society.
Listed are some of the prizes awarded to van Hest:
- 2020 – Spinoza Prize
- 2016 – ERC Advanced Grant
- 2013 – Radboud Education Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.ru.nl/english/about-us/our-university/radboud-prizes/radboud-education-awards/|title=Radboud Education Awards|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
- 2012 – Gravitation program (co-recipient)
- 2010 – VICI Award
- 2007 – TOP Grant{{Cite web|url=https://bpc2018.u-bordeaux.fr/en/Speakers/Keynote-Speakers/Professor-Jan-C-M-VAN-HEST-i1734.html|title=Professor Jan C.M. van Hest|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
- 1996 – NWO Talent Stipend
- 1996 – SNS Bank Prijs
- 1996 – DSM Science and Technology Award
Professional activities
Van Hest served as vice-dean at the Faculty of Science in Nijmegen from 2006 to 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ru.nl/fnwi/@787554/nieuwe-vicedecaan/|title=Nieuwe vicedecaan|language=Dutch|access-date=2020-06-20}}
He is chairman at the Dutch national postgraduate research school Polymer Technology Netherlands.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptn.nu/board/|title=Board of the National Dutch Research School PTN|date=24 May 2019 |language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
Van Hest serves as associate editor of Bioconjugate Chemistry.{{Cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/bcches/editors.html|title=Bioconjugate Chemistry Editorial Board|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
He is furthermore an advisory board member of Macromolecular Bioscience,{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/16165195/homepage/2127_edbd.html|title=Macromolecular Bioscience Editorial Board|doi=10.1002/(ISSN)1616-5195 |language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
Journal of Materials Chemistry,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/journal-of-materials-chemistry-b/|title=Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Board|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
and Chemical Science.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/chemical-science/|title=Chemical Science Editorial Board|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}}
Van Hest is a co-founder of the companies, Noviotech, Encapson and Future Chemistry and serves on the scientific board at GATT Tech,{{Cite web|url=https://www.gatt-tech.com/about/scientific-board|title=GATT Tech Scientific board|language=English|access-date=2020-06-20}} Euronol Chemical Technology Center.
References
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External links
- [https://www.narcis.nl/person/RecordID/PRS1242278/Language/en Profile on NARCIS]
- [https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-institutes/top-research-groups/institute-for-complex-molecular-systems/ Institute of Complex Molecular Systems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430170635/https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-institutes/top-research-groups/institute-for-complex-molecular-systems/ |date=2018-04-30 }}
- [https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/jan-van-hest/ Profile at TU/e]
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Category:21st-century Dutch chemists
Category:Eindhoven University of Technology alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology
Category:Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences