Alex van der Ham
Alex van der Ham, Ph.D.
Senior post-doctoral researcher
Weizmann Institute of Science

Narrative CV

Research experience

Aug. 2025 – now
Post-doctoral researcher
Weizmann Institute of Science — Lucio Frydman, Rehovot (IL)
Aug. 2022 – Aug. 2025
Post-doctoral researcher
Max Planck Institute — Marina Bennati, Göttingen (DE)
Jan. 2022 – Jun. 2022
Post-doctoral researcher
University of Manchester — Gareth Morris, Manchester (UK)

Education

2016 – 2021
Ph.D. Candidate
LIC — Gregory Schneider Group; Leiden University, Leiden (NL)
2014 – 2016
M.Sc. in Chemistry (cum laude*)
LACDR; Leiden University, Leiden (NL)
2011 – 2014
B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (cum laude*)
LACDR; Leiden University, Leiden (NL)

* Average score > 85%

Conference attendance

2026
EUROMAR — Gothenburg, Sweden
EFEPR — Brno, Czech Republic

2025
Frontiers of Magnetic Resonance
RSC — Southampton, UK

2024
FGMR45 — Rostock, Germany
EUROMAR — Bilbao, Spain

2023
Minerva-Weizmann Workshop
EUROMAR — Glasgow, UK
FGMR44 — Konstanz, Germany

2022
EUROMAR — Utrecht, Netherlands
PGR Conference — Manchester, UK

2020
CHAINS — Veldhoven, NL

2019
CHAINS — Veldhoven, NL
Chem2DMat — Dresden, DE
Reedijk Symposium — Leiden, NL

2018
CHAINS — Veldhoven, NL
Noble Prize Conference — Groningen, NL
Reedijk Symposium — Leiden, NL

Language proficiency

Dutch — Native speaker
English — Fluent
Russian — Certified CEFR B2
German — Conversational

Skills

Magnetic resonance

Solution-state NMR; measurement of common nuclei; extensive experience in pulse programming in a TopSpin environment; instrument maintenance.

DNP and EPR

Practical experience with liquid-state Overhauser DNP, dissolution-DNP and 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 and MS.

Quantum chemical computations

DFT calculations using Gaussian, Spartan and ADF software packages.