Institute for Molecules and Materials Nigel Hussey (Professor of Experimental Physics and director of the High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML). In 2014 Nigel Hussey and his team received from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (OCW) and NWO a Roadmap subsidy for large-scale infrastructure (worth €14.9 million) to build new high-power magnets and extend the cooling system.
Prof. Huck acquired a prestigious NWO TOP-PUNT grant (€2 million) – together with colleagues at Delft and Groningen Universities – for the bottom-up construction of a synthetic cell using complex enzymatic networks. Prof. Buydens, Dr Jansen, and Dr Cuppen each received an NWO ECHO subsidy. Dr Jansen also obtained a project on in-flow multidimensional particle analysis that is funded through TA-COAST. Profs. Parker and Rowan each acquired a Horizon 2020 grant for an Innovative Training Network. Dr Redlich obtained a subsidy from the COMPASS (Coherent Optical Microwave Physics for Atomic-Scale Spintronics in Silicon) project for measurements at the FELIX Laboratory. COMPASS is subsidized by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK. Dr Hauptmann was awarded a prestigious fellowship from the “Alexander von Humboldt Foundation” for postdoctoral researchers. Prof. Rowan received the 2014 Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry for his pioneering work on processive catalysis, functional self-assembly and the development of biomimetic extracellular matrices. Dr Rijs was awarded the Mildred Dresselhaus Award, which includes a guest professorship at the Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging. Prof. Katsnelson became an elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Emeritus Prof. Van der Avoird received a Royal decoration (Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion) for his lifelong contribution to theoretical chemistry and training students. Emeritus professors Janner and Janssen were awarded the tenth Ewald Prize for the development of super-space crystallography and its application to the analysis of aperiodic crystals.
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Societal impact IMM has cooperative arrangements with leading companies in the Netherlands, including ASML, DSM, Philips, NXP, Solvay, Unilever and AkzoNobel. And, in recent years, the IMM has given birth to many spin-off companies, including Chiralix, Encapson, FutureChemistry, Mercachem, ModiQuest, Noviotech, Pansynt, ReRa Systems, SensorSense, Sphere Fluidics, Spinnovation, SynAffix, Syntarga, Synthon, TeraOptronics, and tf2 devices. Grants for new chemical innovations (the so-called KIEM subsidy) were awarded to Prof. Pruijn, Prof. Rutjes, and Dr Feiters. Prof. Pruijn and NovioSmart plan to develop a new blood test for detecting the antibodies that are specifically related to rheumatoid arthritis. Dr Feiters and Okklo Life Sciences aim to make a medicine that will avoid the accumulation of harmful substances in the body, caused for instance by a genetic disorder. Profs. Rutjes and Pansynt will focus on a new class of compounds that look like very promising antibiotics. These compounds can only be produced under high pressure. On 2 October 2014 the Radboud Research Facilities, which give mainly small and medium-sized enterprises access to state-of-theart equipment for research and development, were officially opened. Selected research equipment from the IMM is included in these facilities and is thus made more widely available. The Radboud Research Facilities are partly funded by a ‘Robuuste Investerings impuls’ from the Province Gelderland worth €6 million.
Future research A continuing challenge is provided by a €27 million grant from the national investment in large infrastructures (NWO-BIG) in 2006 for the Nijmegen Centre for Advanced Spectroscopy (NCAS). This exceptional grant provides the resources IMM needs to construct