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Of the 21 students that received their PhD at HIMS in 2021, three were granted the distinction 'cum laude': Thierry Slot, Tessel Bouwens, and Alberto Pérez de Alba Ortíz. All theses are listed below; a link is provided to download each thesis from the UvA repository.
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1 December 2021

A green spark in electronics

Electrochemical innovations for a sustainable printed circuit board industry

Author: J. (Jasper) Biemolt
Supervisors: G. Rothenberg, N. Yan
Group: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
Link:  Read or download this thesis

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26 November 2021

Radicals and London Dispersion in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry

Author: F. (Flip) Holtrop
Supervisor: J.C. Slootweg
Co-supervisor: A.R. Jupp, J.H. van Maarseveen
Group:  Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis

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24 November 2021

Unraveling the mechanism of biomimetic hydrogen fuel production

Author: R. (Rakesh) C. Puthenkalathil
Supervisor: B. Ensing, P.G. Bolhuis
Group: Computational Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis

22 October 2021

Confinement effects in homogeneous catalysis using well-defined supramolecular architectures

Author: V. (Valentinos) Mouarrawis
Supervisors: J.N.H. Reek, B. de Bruin
Group: Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis 
Link: Read or download this thesis

8 October 2021

Dye-sensitized solar and photoelectrochemical cells

Fundamental insights and design principles

Author: T. (Tijmen) M.A. Bakker
Supervisor: J.N.H. Reek
Co-supervisors: S. Mathew, R. Detz
Group: Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis 
Link: Read or download this thesis

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22 September 2021

Traversing the free-energy pathways of intricate biomolecular processes

Enhanced simulation development and applications

Author: A. (Alberto) Pérez de Alba Ortíz
Supervisor: B. Ensing
Co-supervisor: E.J. Meijer
Group: Computational Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis

15 September 2021

Pseudorotaxane strategies for guiding self-assembly and the application of molecular machinery in photoelectrochemical devices

Author: T. (Tessel) Bouwens
Supervisor: J.N.H. Reek
Co-supervisor: S. Mathew
Group: Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis
Link: Read or download this thesis

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3 June 2021

Surface-mounted metal-organic frameworks for extreme ultraviolet lithography

Exploration of new nanopatterning processes

Author: O. (Olivier) C.M. Lugier
Supervisor: A.M. Brouwer
Co-supervisor: S. Castellanos Ortega
Group: Molecular Photonics
Link: Read or download this thesis

26 April 2021

Structural characterisation studies during synthesis of industrial mixed metal oxide catalysts

Author: M. (Michelle) Hammerton
Supervisor: M. Tromp
Co-supervisor: K. Köhler
Link: Read or download this thesis

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12 April 2021

Understanding confinement effects and nano structuring in heterogeneous catalysis

Author: T. (Thierry) K. Slot
Supervisors: G. Rothenberg, N. Shiju
Group: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
Group: Catalysis Engineering
Link:  Read or download this thesis

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9 April 2021

What to do with CO2?

Towards valuable chemicals using plasma and catalysis

Author: M. (Maria) Ronda Lloret
Supervisors: N. Shiju, G. Rothenberg
Group: Catalysis Engineering
Group: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
Link:  Read or download this thesis

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7 April 2021

Sustainable selective oxidations in confined spaces

Author: I. (Ilse) M. Denekamp
Supervisors: G. Rothenberg, D. Dubbeldam
Group: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
Group: Computational Chemistry
Link:  Read or download this thesis

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31 March 2021

Supramolecular control of regioselectivity in the hydroformylation reaction

Substrate preorganization and second coordination sphere catalysis

Author: P. (Pim) Linnebank
Supervisor: J.N.H. Reek
Co-supervisor: A.M. Kluwer
Group: Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis 
Link: Read or download this thesis

17 March 2021

The hidden life of cosmic carbon

Infrared fingerprint spectroscopy and fragmentation chemistry of gas-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Author: S. (Sandra) Wiersma
Supervisor: W.J. Buma
Co-supervisors: A. Petrignani, J.M. Bakker
Group: Molecular Photonics
Link: Read or download this thesis

11 March 2021

Palladium catalyzed C-H functionalization of amine derivatives and its application in total synthesis

Author: W.-L. (Wen-Liang) Jia
Supervisor: M.Á. Fernández-Ibáñez
Co-supervisor: J.H. van Maarseveen
Group:  Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis

9 March 2021

Transition path sampling of clathrate hydrate formation

Author: A. (Arjun) Wadhawan
Supervisor: P.G. Bolhuis
Co-supervisor: N. Shahidzadeh
Group: Computational Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis

03 March 2021

Developing microchemical imaging for the study of pigment degradation in oil paint

Author: S. (Selwin) Hageraats
Supervisor: K. Keune 
Co-supervisor: M. Thoury
Group: Computational Polymer Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis

26 February 2021

On the conversion of nanocomposite architectures

Author: H. (Hans) C. Hendrikse
Supervisor: H.J. Bakker
Co-supervisor: W.L. Noorduin
Group: Molecular Photonics
Link: Read or download this thesis

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16 February 2021

Synthesis of Multicyclic Peptides via CLiPS and Oxime Ligations

Author: D. (Dieuwertje) E. Streefkerk
Supervisors: J.H. van Maarseveen, P. Timmerman
Group:  Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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9 February 2021

Peptide cyclization strategies in confined spaces

Author: A. (Arnout) P.T. Hartendorp
Supervisors: J.N.H. Reek, J.H. van Maarseveen
Group: Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis and Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis

26 January 2021

Maximum caliber approach to reweight dynamics of non-equilibrium steady states

Author: M. (Marius) Bause
Supervisor: T. Bereau
Co-supervisor: E.J. Meijer
Group: Computational Chemistry
Link: Read or download this thesis