MSE Seminar Series: Roel Tempelaar (Northwestern)
Bio:
Roel (pronounced “Rule”) was born in the Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from the University of Groningen, where he was advised by Jasper Knoester and Thomas La Cour Jansen. During his graduate years the Dutch government awarded him the Huygens Fellowship to conduct research at Temple University under guidance of Frank Spano. For his postdoctoral studies at Columbia University in the group of David Reichman he received the Rubicon Grant from the Dutch Research Council. He started as an assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern University in January 2020. In 2022 he was a recipient of the NSF CAREER award.
