Timothy Noël is a researcher in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and technology, with a particular interest in the delicate synergy between the two fields. In 2004, Tim earned his MSc degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering before pursuing his passion for synthetic organic chemistry, which led him to complete his PhD in the field at Ghent University in 2009. Following his PhD, he traveled across the Atlantic as a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Professor Stephen L. Buchwald at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he gained valuable experience and expertise in flow chemistry. Upon returning to Europe, he joined Eindhoven University of Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2012, and later became an Associate Professor in 2017. In 2020, Tim was promoted to Full Professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he is now the Chair of Flow Chemistry.
He coordinated the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ETN programs “Photo4Future” (2015-2018) and “PhotoReAct” (2021-2024). He is the editor in chief of Journal of Flow Chemistry and the current president of the Flow Chemistry Society.
His research in the area of flow chemistry was recognized with several awards, including the DECHEMA award (2017), the Hoogewerff Youth Prize (2019), the IUPAC-ThalesNano Flow Chemistry Award (2020), the KNCV Gold Medal (2021), ERC Consolidator Grant (2022), the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award (2022) and the ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship (2023). He was also named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2024.
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Full Professor
University of Amsterdam, 2020 – present
Associate Professor (tenured)
Eindhoven University of Technology, 2017 – 2020
Assistant Professor
Eindhoven University of Technology, 2012 – 2017
Postdoc
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-2011
MIT-Novartis Center of Continuous Manufacturing
Advisor: Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald
Ph.D. in Organic Synthetic Chemistry
Ghent University, 2005-2009
Advisor: Prof. Johan Van der Eycken
M.Sc. Industrial Chemical Engineering
KaHo Sint Lieven, Ghent, 2000-2004
Awards:
| 2024 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 2023 | ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship |
| 2022 | ERC Consolidator Grant |
| 2022 | ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award |
| 2021 | KNCV Gold Medal (2021) |
| 2020 | IUPAC-ThalesNano Flow Chemistry Award |
| 2019 | Hoogewerff Jongerenprijs. |
| 2017 | “DECHEMA Award” in recognition of his pioneering work on continuous photochemical conversion in microfluidic systems. |
| 2016 | “Thieme Chemistry Journal Award” for promising young professors at the beginning of their career. |
| 2015 | VIDI award (Netherlands Institute for Scientific Research, NWO) |
| 2013 | Marie Curie Career Integration Grant. |
| 2012 | VENI grant (Netherlands Institute for Scientific Research, NWO)Finalist European Young Chemist Award, EuCheMS Conference. |
| 2011 | Incentive Award for Young Researchers 2011 (Comité de Gestion du Bulletin des Sociétés Chimiques Belges). |
| 2010 | Fulbright – Hays Award. |
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