For the John van Geuns lecture series at the UvA, renowned international scientists are invited to present their research. Lectures presented since 2012 are listed below.

A list of John van Geuns lectures from 2005 until 2011 can be found here.
A list of upcoming lectures can be found here.


Results: 136
  • UvA

    Supramolecular Quantasomes for Artificial Photosynthesis

    Lecture by Prof. dr. Marcella Bonchio, University of Padova

    Lecture
    16 Oct 2026
    11:00 – 12:00
  • UvA

    Automation and Miniaturization = Acceleration

    Lecture by Prof Alexander Dömling (Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic). This lecture is sponsored by the John van Geuns Foundation.

    Lecture
    23 Sept 2026
    11:00 – 12:00
    Science Park 904
  • Assembly of Metal-Organic Cages as a Versatile Supramolecular Platform toward Multiply Functionalities

    Lecture by Dr. Cheng-Yong Su (Sun Yat-Sen University)

    Lecture
    17 Sept 2026
    15:00 – 16:00
  • UvA

    Biocatalysis and Chemoenzymatic Cascades: Expanding the Toolbox of Organic Synthesis

    Lecture by Prof. Daniele Castagnolo, University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Lecture
    26 May 2026
    15:00 – 16:00
    Science Park 904
  • UvA

    All-Atom Simulations of Co-Translational Protein Folding Reveal Functional and Pharmacological Roles of Folding Intermediates

    Lecture by Dr. Pietro Faccioli from the University of Milan-Bicocca.

    Lecture
    7 May 2026
    15:00 – 16:00
  • UvA

    Computational CO2-Reduction Catalysis: From Mechanistic Insights to the Development of New Simulation Tools

    Lecture by Dr. Albert Solé Daura, Rovira i Virgili University and the Institut Català d'Investigació Química, Tarragona, Spain

    Lecture
    28 Jan 2026
    11:00 – 13:00
  • UvA

    Synthetic Chemistry with Laughing Gas

    Lecture by Dr. Kay Severin, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

    Lecture
    7 Nov 2025
    11:00 – 12:00
  • UvA

    Changing Paintings: When Crystal Structure Matters

    Lecture by Dr. Silvie Švarcová, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

    Lecture
    27 Oct 2025
    11:00 – 12:00
  • UvA

    Shape-Persistent Organic Cages and their Catenanes

    Lecture by Prof. Michael Mastalerz (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany)

    Lecture
    17 Jun 2025
    10:15
  • UvA

    Interfacial Mechanisms of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Catalysis

    Lecture by Prof. Fan Dong (University of Electronic Science & Technology of China)

    Lecture
    15 Apr 2025
    11:00
  • UvA

    HIMS Lecture April 2025

    PhD presentations by Ariane Mader and Jens Tolboom. Invited speaker PD Dr. Frank Trixler (LMU)

    Lecture
    9 Apr 2025
    11:00 – 13:00
  • UvA

    Redox-driven alterations of lead chromate and cadmium sulfide pigments in oil paintings: an experimental and computational study

    Lecture by Dr. Letizia Monico (Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies “Giulio Natta” (SCITEC) of the National Research Council (CNR), Perugia, Italy)

    Lecture
    20 Mar 2025
    15:00
  • UvA

    Molecular Modelling of Cage Catalysts for CO2 Reduction

    Lecture by Dr. Eva Pluhařová (Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic)

    Lecture
    11 Mar 2025
    14:00
  • UvA

    Single molecule spectroscopy: from blinking molecules to applications

    Lecture by Prof. Johan Hofkens (KU Leuven)

    Lecture
    3 Mar 2025
    11:00
  • HIMS Lecture February 2025

    PhD presentations by Ida Fazlic and Matteo Gasparetto. Invited speaker Prof. Yixiang Shi (Tsinghua University, China): Innovation in Hydrogen Energy Technology at Elevate...

    Lecture
    12 Feb 2025
    11:00 – 13:00
  • UvA

    Catalytic C-H Functionalization: Unlocking the Path to Fluorinated Molecules

    Lecture by Dr. Tatiana Besset (Université de Rouen, France)

    Lecture
    5 Feb 2025
    15:30
  • UvA

    Supramolecular Approach for Artificial Photosynthesis – How far did we get?

    Lecture by Prof. Frank Würthner (Universität Würzburg, Germany)

    Lecture
    23 Sept 2024
    16:00
  • UvA

    HIMS Lectures

    "HIMS lectures" is a monthly event on Wednesday with 2 PhD-students giving each a 15 minutes lecture followed by a lecture from an external speaker of 1hour (45 min plus ...

    Lecture
    17 Jul 2024
    11:00 – 12:30
  • UvA

    Magnetic nanoparticles for magnetically induced catalysis in solution and in the gas phase

    Lecture by Prof. Bruno Chaudret (CNRS, Paris, France)

    Lecture
    21 May 2024
    16:00
  • UvA

    Transparent p-type semiconductors for efficient solar energy capture, conversion and storage

    Lecture by Elizabeth Gibson (Energy Materials, Newcastle University, United Kingdom)

    Lecture
    25 Apr 2024
    16:00