Alexander Ryabchun

Scientific coordinator
University of Groningen

Contact information

Room
Feringaborg 5616-0417

Key expertises

Smart polymer materials, photoresponsive materials, liquid crystal polymers, molecular motors and switches, spectroscopy.

About me

Alexander Ryabchun obtained his Ph.D. from Moscow State University (Russia) in 2012. Later in 2013, he joined Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (Germany) as Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow. In 2016, he moved to the Netherlands to work with Prof. Nathalie Katsonis (University of Twente). Since March 2022, he joined the group of Prof. Ben Feringa as a research manager and later as scientific coordinator of ARC CBBC RUG hub.

About my research

Alexander’s research is focused on smart adaptive materials powered by artificial molecular machines (molecular motors and switches) and includes broad aspects of polymer science and liquid crystals.

ARC CBBC publications

Amplification of Light-Induced Helix Inversion of Intrinsically Chiral Diarylethene Molecular Switches

J. Hou, J. Wang, A. Ryabchun, B.L. Feringa