Meet Our Team
The Miloserdov Lab combines fundamental chemistry with sustainable applications. Meet the researchers driving our work in homogeneous catalysis, organic synthesis, and coordination chemistry.
Dr. Eman Abdelraheem
Postdoctoral researcher
Synthetic oligomeric lignin model compounds to pave the way for lignin valorization
Education
PhD with Alex Dömling, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2018
Wouter Nieuwstraten
PhD Candidate
Synthesis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and isotopologs
Education
BSc, Hogeschool Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2010
Ben Kras
PhD candidate
Taming heterobimetallic complexes of Ru(0) for enantioselective catalysis
Education
MSc, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2024
Kathleen Cheasty
PhD Candidate
Study of σ-P/π-arene Ru(0) complexes towards asymmetric catalysis
Education
MSc, Molecular Chemistry, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 2023
Jesse Goed
PhD Candidate
Functionalized pillararenes for PFAS adsorption
Education
MSc Molecular Life Sciences, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 2023
Rick Nooijen
PhD Candidate
PFAS degradation (part of PhD project Pillar[5]arene-based adsorbents for efficient and scalable PFAS removal)
Education
MSc Molecular Life Sciences, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 2024
Yu Han
PhD Candidate
SuFEx-based synthesis of sequence-defined macromolecules and design of chiral sulfur (VI) Brønsted acid catalysts
Education
MSc, Hunan Normal University, China, 2020
Dieuwertje Streefkerk
Research Associate
NWO-VIDI project “Taming Ru(0) toward Enantioselective Catalysis (TRuE)“
Education
PhD with Jan van Maarseveen and Peter Timmerman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2021
Jacques Geraets
Technician Spectroscopy
NWO-VIDI project “Taming Ru(0) toward Enantioselective Catalysis (TRuE)“
Education
MSc, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 2011
Alumni
Dr. Yifei Zhou
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Prof. Leo Liu’s group (SUSTech)
Former role: PhD Candidate
“Rational Design of Ruthenium Complexes: P,Arene-Chelation and Anion Effects in Bond Activation and Catalysis“
Education
MSc, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2020
Dr. Tunan Gao
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Dr. Tomáš Solomek group (HIMS, UVA)
Former role: PhD Candidate
“Rim-based binding of perfluorinated acids to pillararenes“
Education
MSc, Jilin University, China, 2019
Dr. Natassa Lional
Current position: Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Former role: PhD Candidate
“Diverse Synthetic Methodologies toward Chiral Sulfur(VI) Compounds“
Dr. Dmitry Pirgach
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Chatzigiannakis group, TU/e, Eindhoven, NL
Former role: PhD Candidate
“Electrochemical valorization of biobased chemicals“
MSc thesis
Taha Gomma
Mathijs Lagarde
Kelsey de Graaf
Jesse Goed
Niels Wensink
Thijmen van Voorthuizen
BSc thesis
Nasreddine El Khallouki
Caspar van den Assem
Sander van den Belt
Mira van Driel
Joep Peeters
Zümra Misir
Hannah Lubberhuizen
Silke Heskamp
Anno van Haandel
Marie van der Borgh
Rick Nooijen
Ibrahim Kilinç
Martijn Kerstens
Stijn Kouwenberg
Clara Ansel
Visits/Internships
Doğuş Akyol (HAN)
Yin-Yin Zhou (Wetsus/VU)
Rick Nooijen (Wetsus/WUR)
Pim Vink (Symeres)
Jelle van der Veen (HAN)
Victor Koolma (Boehringer Ingelheim/WUR)
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