NWO CHAINS 2025
Invited speakers: Emiliano Cortés, Sander Woutersen, Özgür Yazaydın
Evgeny Pidko, Marja Lamoree, Tobias J. Erb, Herma Cuppen, Dörte Rother, Claudia Filippi,
Friedrich Förster, Stefan Hecht
Read all about NWO CHAINS 2025: The Chemistry of Bonding, and view the pictures in the recap.
Recap 2025
NWO CHAINS 2024
Invited speakers: Ewine van Dishoeck, Raffaella Buonsanti, Andrea Rentmeister, Marthe Walvoort, Dek Woolfson, Evan Spruijt, Toni Forner Cuenca, Renee Frontiera, Johan Padding, Shuxia Tao, Mischa Bonn.
Want to take a step into the past and watch how NWO CHAINS 2024 looked like? Take a look at the photo album or view the aftermovie below!
Photo album
IUPAC-CHAINS 2023
During the special edition of the conference, NWO and KNCV joined forces to organize a conference that combined NWO CHAINS and the IUPAC World Chemistry Conference.
NWO CHAINS 2022
Invited Speakers: Robert Schlogl, Sylvestre Bonnet, Henk Bolink, Francesca Grisoni, Luc Brunsveld, Alan Aspuru Gurzik, Sophie Hermans, Wim Noorduin, Siliva Bordiga, Gijsje Koenderink, Titia Sixma
NWO CHAINS 2021
Invited speakers: Takuzo Aida, Erik Bakkers, Tati Fernandez, Irene Groot, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Burkhard König, Marc Koper, Kathrin Lang, Timothy Noël, Jana Roithova, Petra Schwille
NWO CHAINS 2020
Invited speakers: Craig Crews, Patricia Dankers, Laura Kiessling, Kitty Nijmeijer, Stefan Kaskel, Ron Heeren, Sjaak Neefjes, Jan van Hest, Martin Jinek, Daniela Kraft, Regina Palkovits, Célia Fonseca Guerra, Caroline Ross
NWO CHAINS 2019
Invited speakers: Marcel Wubbolts, Frances Arnold, Robert Tampe, Marjolein Dijkstra, Sophia Haussener, Helma Wennemers, Lee Cronin, Irene Braakman, Alexander Boeker, Marc Koper, Ali Alavi, Craig Hawker
NWO CHAINS 2018
Invited speakers: Kenichiro Itami, Kevin Verstrepen, Anna Akhmanova, Jason Chin, Kevin Plaxco, Bert Weckhuysen, Pieternel Levelt, Paula Hammond, Cristina Nevado, Mark Johnson, Tanja Weil
NWO CHAINS 2017
Invited speakers: Feng Zhang, Jaqueline Barton, Ferdi Schüth, Ben Feringa, Zhenan Bao, Albert Heck, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Ana Pombo, Michel Orrit, Dick Broer, Freek Kapteijn, Nathalie Katsonis
NWO CHAINS 2016
Invited speakers: Clare Grey, Odile Eisenstein, Sarah Reisman, Jillian Buriak, Jane Clarke, Georg Seelig, Thorsten Bach, Carsten Schultz, David Leys, Syuzanna Harutyunyan, Wybren Jan Buma, Joost Reek, Ilja Voets, Jan van Hest, Peter Schoenmakers, Tjeerd Barf
NWO CHAINS 2015
Invited speakers: Karl Deisseroth, Stefan Hell, René Janssen, Klaus Müllen, Jens Nørskov, Ada Yonath, Chris Abell, Herbert Waldmann, Xile Hu, John van der Oost, Marc Baldus, Titia Sixma, Katja Loos, Sjors Scheres, Marleen Kamperman, Rosa Bulo, Ton Broekhuis, Petra de Jongh, Joris Sprakel
NWO CHAINS 2014
Invited speakers: Arieh Warshell, Emmo Meijer, David Weitz, Joanna Aizenberg, Antoine van Oijen, Michael Grätzel, Kim Nasmyth
NWO CHAINS 2011
Invited speakers: Roger Kornberg, Stuart Schreiber, Michael Braungart, Carol Robinson, Chad Mirkin, Kevin Lee, Viola Vogel, Avelino Corma
