Dr. Huub Kooijman

Short Curriculum Vitæ

• Date of Birth: February 4, 1964, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• MSc Chemistry, 1987, Utrecht University
• PhD Crystallography, Utrecht University, 1992
  Thesis: Molecular Structures of Muscarinic Agonists and Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
• Short post-doctoral stay at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (1992)

Current Position and Research Interests

Working for the National Service Facility, I see a lot of crystal structures, determined by X-ray crystallography. Within the service centre I specialize in non-bonding interactions (hydrogen bonding, co-crystals, supramolecular chemistry...). Some of the most beautiful structures (subjective selection) are reproduced here .

A list of publications can be found here

Material supporting my educational activities can be found on the following links:

• Structural Analysis: X-ray Crystallography - An introductory course in the second year of the bachelor programme "Chemistry"
• Physical Chemistry - An introductory course in the first year of the bachelor programme "Biomedical Sciences"
• Interpretation of Crystal Structure Determinations - A course for PhD-students and Post-docs

Other science-related activities:

• Treasurer Dutch Crystallography Association (NVK)
• Co-editor Acta Crystallographica Section E

• Reading science fiction, fantasy and parodies thereof: Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Jack Vance, Larry Niven....
• Classical music: Dmitri Shostakovich, Gustav Mahler, Ralph Vaughan Williams...
• Motorcycling on my Honda ST1300 PanEuropean
  
• Cooking: cakes, affluent dinners, buffets, tea parties, ...

(Just in case the above combination might start you wondering: yes, I am gay :-).

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Last update: Wed Mar 22 17:28:54 CET 2006