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CURRICULUM VITAE PETER A. KOREVAAR

Name: dr. ir. Pieter Aart (Peter) Korevaar Born: Graafstroom (The Netherlands), August 1, 1986 Nationality: Netherlands

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

04/2017 – present Assistant Professor (tenure-track) Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL. Research topic: Life-like materials, non-equilibrium supramolecular systems.

06/2014 – 03/2017 Post-doctoral researcher (materials science & chemistry) in research group of prof. Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. Research topic: Non-equilibrium adaptive systems.  Non-equilibrium signal processing in hydrogel micro-actuators.  Non-equilibrium self-assembly.  Self-oscillating hydrogel systems via chemical feedback mechanisms.

02/2014 – 05/2014 Post-doctoral researcher (supramolecular chemistry & self-assembly) in research group of prof. E.W. Meijer, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, NL. Research topic: Out-of-equilibrium self-assembly.

2010 – 2014 PhD student (supramolecular chemistry & self-assembly) in research group of prof. E.W. Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology. Research topic: Mechanisms of molecular self-assembly.  Kinetic studies on aggregation processes.  Analysis of assembly pathways (experimental and with kinetic models).  Development of pathway selection strategies in self-assembly.  Assembly of π-conjugated molecules for organic electronics, and peptide- amphiphiles for biomedical applications.

2009 Internship IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, USA in polymer research group of dr. James Hedrick (3 months). Research topic: Synthesis and self-assembly of amphiphilic block-copolymers for antimicrobial materials.

2008 – 2009 Master thesis project in research group of prof. E.W. Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology. Master thesis topic: Mechanisms of supramolecular polymerization.

2008 Internship University of California Santa Barbara, USA in research group of prof. Songi Han (10 weeks). Research topic: Aggregation of oppositely charged polymers in aqueous solutions (‘complex coacervation’), analyzed with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance techniques.

2006 – 2008 Student researcher in research group of prof. E.W. Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology. Research topics: Self-assembly and enzymatic polymerizations.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: self-assembly, supramolecular chemistry, pathway complexity, kinetics, hydrogels, adaptive materials, dynamics, out-of-equilibrium systems.

EDUCATION

2010 – 2014 PhD Chemistry (graduation 2014-01-24, cum laude – top 5%) Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology Promotor: prof. dr. E.W. (Bert) Meijer

2007 – 2010 M.Sc. Chemical Engineering – Molecular Engineering (cum laude) Eindhoven University of Technology

2004 – 2007 B.Sc. Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (cum laude) Eindhoven University of Technology with minor program (ca. 6 months) in Applied Physics.

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HONORS AND AWARDS

2016 VENI grant (250 k€) – Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) 2015 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists 2015 KNCV Challa Polymer Prize 2015 – PhD thesis award Royal Netherlands Chemical Society 2015 Nomination TU/e Doctoral Project Award 2014 – Best PhD thesis in Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL 2015 Finalist 2015 Reaxys PhD Prize 2014 Rubicon post-doc grant (2 years) – Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) 2010 Unilever Research Prize 2010 – Dutch master thesis award 2009 KNCV Golden Master Award 2009 – Royal Netherlands Chemical Society 2006 Sixma Organic Chemistry Prize – Eindhoven University of Technology 2006 Participant in 18th Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, Lindau, Germany 2005 Young Talent Encouragement Prize Chemistry – Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) 2005 Study Grant Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry (VNCI) (€ 1000) 2004 Dutch National Chemistry Olympiad (8th place) 2003 European Union Scientific Olympiad, Dublin, Ireland (gold medal) 2003 Dutch National Chemistry Olympiad (11th place)

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

04/2017 – now Mentoring 1 MSc student and 1 PhD student at Radboud Univeristy / examining MSc and BSc final projects / outreach and student promotion Chemistry department / PhD defense committee dr. Fei Peng (RUN) and ir. Tim Paffen (TU/e) 2015 – 2017 Daily supervision and mentoring 5 students (BSc, MSc, PhD) with research projects in the Aizenberg group, Harvard. 2015 – present Community Board Member of the Royal Chemical Society Materials Horizons journal. 2014 – 2017 Chairing bi-weekly subgroup meetings on adaptive materials in Aizenberg group. 2014 – 2016 Multiple guest lectures in course on bio-mimicry on Massachusetts School of Art and Design, Boston, USA 2010 – present A variety of scientific collaborations:  Prof. S.I. Stupp, Northwestern University (USA), on the assembly of peptide amphiphiles, leading to a joint paper in JACS.  Collaborations within in the Meijer group during my PhD, resulting into 4 papers published (2x Angewandte Chemie, JACS, Chemical Communications).  Collaborations with researchers at other universities (Spain, India, Germany, China, Netherlands) on the mechanisms of self-assembly, resulting into papers in JACS, Chemical Communications and Chemistry European Journal. 2010 – present Reviewing manuscripts in the field of chemical self-assembly and materials science.

2010 – 2014 Co-guiding 2 MSc students in graduation projects, and guiding 3 BSc students in research projects, in the Meijer group. 2012 – 2014 Chairing bi-weekly subgroup meetings on supramolecular chemistry systems in the Meijer group. 2011 – 2012 Chairing and co-organizing Meijer research group meetings. 2010 – 2014 Being responsible for maintenance of circular dichroism spectrometers, UV/Vis spectrometer, fluorescence spectrometer and stopped-flow equipment in the Meijer research group. This responsibility included giving training sessions for dozens of group- members on these instruments. 2013 Teaching assistant ‘Advanced Stereochemistry’ (MSc course). 2012 – 2013 Teaching assistant ‘Introduction to Chemical Technology and Chemistry’ (BSc course). 2010 – 2011 Teaching assistant ‘Chemical Bonding and Spectroscopy’ (BSc course). 2010 Post-master course ‘Polymer Physics’ (RPK-B). 2007 – 2008 Contributed to development of the lecture ‘Why we cannot make life’ by prof. E.W. Meijer. This lecture, intended for a general audience and presented at many occasions (including pop festival Lowlands 2009) shows the fascination of chemistry and its urgency to future challenges.

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SELECTED LECTURES AND CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS

Ludwig-Maximilian Univ. – Center for NanoScience Colloquium, Munich, DE (invited lecture – 11/2017) ‘Life-like materials with chemical “soft-ware”: targeted hydrogel responses to a dynamic environment’ University of Groningen – 6th Gratema Workshop, Groningen, NL (lecture – 10/2017) ‘Molecular systems for life-like materials’ Harvard University – Materials Science Seminar, Cambridge, USA (lecture – 2016) ‘Non-equilibrium routines in hydrogel actuators: memory, priming, pulses, waves & self-assembly’ Radboud University – Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, NL (invited lecture – 2016) ‘Dynamics matter: from molecular self-assembly to life-like responsive materials’ Dutch Polymer Days, Lunteren, NL (invited lecture – 2015) ‘Pathway complexity in π-conjugated materials; on the dynamics of supramolecular aggregation’ Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Swager laboratory, Cambridge, USA (invited lecture – 2013) ‘Pathway complexity in π-conjugated materials’ Harvard University – Aizenberg laboratory, Cambridge, USA (invited lecture – 2013) ‘Pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization’ American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, USA (lecture – 2012) ‘Pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization’ Northwestern University – Stupp laboratory, Evanston, USA (invited lecture – 2012) ‘Self-assembly pathways of peptide amphiphiles’ FYSICA CHEMIE conference, Enschede, NL (lecture – 2012) ‘Pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization’ CHAINS NWO Conference, Maarssen, NL (lecture – 2011) ‘Pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization’ Intern. Conference on Molecular Systems Engineering, Basel, Switzerland (poster – 2017) ‘Non-equilibrium signal integration in adaptive hydrogel systems’ Gordon Research Conference on Complex Active & Adaptive Material Systems (poster – 2017) ‘Non-equilibrium signal integration in adaptive hydrogel systems’ CUNY Active & Adaptive Materials Symposium, New York, USA (Soft Matter poster prize – 2015) ‘Transient pulses and stable gradients in hydrogel micro-actuators’ International Symp. on Macrocyclic & Supramolecular Chem., Arlington, USA (poster – 2013) ‘Pathway complexity in π-conjugated materials’ Winter School on Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Bangalore, India (poster – 2012) ‘Pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization’ EUChem Conference, Nurnberg, Germany (poster – 2010) ‘Homogeneous Ostwald’s rule-of-stages in cooperative supramolecular polymerizations’

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