Ruben Andringa

Postdoctoral researcher
University of Groningen

Department

Chemical Biology

Contact information

Room
51.720.825

Email address
b.l.h.andringa@rug.nl

Key expertises

Total synthesis, photocatalysis, homogeneous catalysis, glycosides, natural product synthesis

About me

I was born in 1990 in Usquert, a small village in the north of Groningen. I am a synthetic organic chemistr by training and I am very interested in the fields of total synthesis and catalysis. The synthesis of new complex molecules, or finding different methods towards important molecules is important and very exiting. My other passion next to chemistry is kitesurfing, if I am not on the lab I am on the water trying to fly as high as I can.

About my research

My research focuses on finding novel methods for the functionalization of sugars, with the end goal to find a green and sustainable method modify and process cellulose. Currently we are working on finding photocatalytic methods to couple new functional groups on sugars.

Academic career

Postdoctoral experience 2022- present: Postdoctoral research fellow for the ARC-CCBC in the chemical biology department at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Under the supervision of Prof. A.J. Minnaard PhD candidtate 2017- 2021: PhD research on the total synthesis of macrocyclic archaeal lipids and related-long chain isoprenoids in the chemical biology department at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Under the supervision of Prof. A.J. Minnaard Early Stage Researcher August 2016 – December 2016⸱ guest researcher, Magauer Group ⸱ Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany - Asymmetric Pd-catalyzed intramolecular allylic dearomatization of 1-naphtol derivatives - Total synthesis of Salima Bromide August 2015 – Juli 2016 ⸱ Master research project, Minnaard Group ⸱ University of Groningen, The Netherlands - Synthetic studies on Archaeal membrane spanning lipids.

Awards and scientific honors

["Nominated for KNCV Golden Master award","Winner of the Unilever Research prize for best master thesis","Winner of the Strating Prize for best written colloquium."]