Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
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Alex van der Ham, Ph.D.
Alex van der Ham, Ph.D.
Senior Post-doctoral researcher
at the
Weizmann Institute of Science
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Herzl st 234, 7610001 Rehovot, Israel
Research experience
Post-doctoral researcher
Aug. 2025 - now ⚫︎ Weizmann Institute of Science - Lucio Frydman, Rehovot (IS)
Post-doctoral researcher
Aug. 2022 - Aug. 2025 ⚫︎ MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences - Marina Bennati, Göttingen (DE)
Post-doctoral researcher
Jan. 2022 - Jun. 2022 ⚫︎ University of Manchester - Gareth Morris, Manchester (UK)
Education
Ph.D. Candidate
2016 - 2021 ⚫︎ LIC - Gregory Schneider Group; Leiden University, Leiden (NL)
M.Sc. in Chemistry (cum laude*)
2014 - 2016 ⚫︎ LACDR; Leiden University, Leiden (NL)
B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical sciences (cum laude*)
2011 - 2014 ⚫︎ LACDR; Leiden University, Leiden (NL)
* Average score > 85%
2026
11. Real Lives: Eduard Friedrich Kärger
A van der Ham, LH Huang. The Historian (No. 169), accepted manuscript
10. Recent progress in high-field liquid-sate Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization
L Yang, I Tkach, A van der Ham, M Reinhard, Y Rao, T Wolf, I Kuprov, M Levien, T Orlando, M Bennati. Prog Magn Reson Spectrosc (invited review)
2025
9. Enhancing NMR Signals in Liquids by Fluorine-19 Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) and Hyperpolarization Transfer to Carbon-13
M Reinhard, A van der Ham, L Yang, L Bröker, T Orlando, I Tkach, M Levien, M Bennati. ANGIE, e202517498
8. Nanoparticle-assisted dynamic nuclear polarization in liquids
B Mascitti, G Zanoni, A van der Ham, L Yang, L Franco, F Mancin, F Rastrelli, T Orlando. PCCP 27(42), 22366-22374
2024
7. Discontinuous hyperpolarization schemes in liquid-state overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization experiments
A van der Ham*. JMRO 21, 100160
6. Overhauser enhanced liquids state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in one and two dimensions,
M Levien, L Yang, A van der Ham, M Reinhard, [...], I Tkach, T Orlando, M Bennati. Nat Comm 15(1), 5904
2023
5. Azobenzene-Based Amino Acids for the Photocontrol of Coiled-Coil Peptides
NSA Crone, N van Hilten, A van der Ham, HJ Risselada, A Kros, AL Boyle. Bioconjugate Chem 34(2), 345-357
2022
4. Freestanding non-covalent thin films of the propeller-shaped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon decacyclene
A van der Ham, X Liu, D Calvani, A Melcrová, M Kozdra, F Buda, [...], GF Schneider. Nat Comm 13(1), 1920
2021
3. Inert Mask Lithography of Edge Narrowed Graphene Nanoribbons Directly Contacted to Metallic Electrodes
H Arjmandi‐Tash, A Bellunato, A van der Ham, GF Schneider. Adv Mat Interfaces 8(20), 2100293
2. A Three-Step Synthesis of 4H-Cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene from Pyrene
A van der Ham, HS Overkleeft, DV Filippov, GF Schneider. EurJOC 2021(13), 2013-2017
2019
1. Computational and NMR Studies on the Complexation of Lithium Ion to 8-Crown-4
A van der Ham, T Hansen, G Lodder, JDC Codée, TA Hamlin, DV Filippov. ChemPhysChem 20(16), 2103-2109
Conference attendence
2026
EUROMAR (Gothenburg, SW) ⚫︎
HYP2026 (Göttingen, DE) ⚫︎
EFEPR (Brno, CZ) ⚫︎ Co-organizer
Israel-Mag-Res conference (Tel-Aviv, IL) ⚫︎
2025
Frontiers of Magnetic Resonance, ⚫︎ Plenary talk
RSC (Southampton, UK)
2024
FGMR45 (Rostock, DE) ⚫︎ Poster
EUROMAR (Bilbao, ES) ⚫︎ Poster
2023
Minerva-Weizmann Workshop (IS) ⚫︎ Poster
EUROMAR (Glasgow, UK) ⚫︎ Poster
FGMR44 (Konstanz, DE) ⚫︎ Parallel talk
2022
EUROMAR (Utrecht, NL) ⚫︎
PGR Conference (Manchester, UK) ⚫︎ Session chair
2020
CHAINS (Veldhoven, NL) ⚫︎ Parallel talk
2019
CHAINS (Veldhoven, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
Chem2DMat (Dresden, DE) ⚫︎ Poster
Reedijk Symposium (Leiden, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
2018
CHAINS (Veldhoven, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
Noble Prize Conference (Groningen, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
Reedijk Symposium (Leiden, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
2017
CHAINS (Veldhoven, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
Chem2DMat (Strassbourg, FR) ⚫︎ Poster
Reedijk Symposium (Leiden, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
2016
CHAINS (Veldhoven, NL) ⚫︎ Poster
Language proficiency
Dutch ⚫︎ Native speaker
English ⚫︎ Fluent
Russian ⚫︎ Certified CEFRL B2
German ⚫︎ Conversational
Skills
Magnetic resonance
Solution-state NMR
⚫︎ Measurement of common most nuclei
⚫︎ Extensive experience in pulse programming in a TopSpin
environment
⚫︎ Instrument maintenance (cryogen filling and data storage)
DNP and EPR
Practical experience with ⚫︎ liquid-state Overhauser DNP
⚫︎ dissolution-DNP ⚫︎ CW EPR
Organic Chemistry
⚫︎ Synthesis of organic molecules, with emphasis on
biologically active molecules / pharmaceuticals, and
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Analytical chemistry
⚫︎ Hands-on experience with: UV-Vis, excitation-emission
spectroscopy, IR, HPLC / GC / CE, MS
Quantum chemical computations
⚫︎ DFT calculations using Gaussian, Spartan and ADF software
packages
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