Curriculum
Vitae
Frank de Groot is Professor of Synchrotron and Theoretical Spectroscopy of
Catalytic Nanomaterials in group of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis of the
Department of Chemistry at Utrecht University. His work reflects a concern with
both the theoretical and the experimental aspects of X-ray spectroscopy,
including both fundamental studies and applications. His current interest is in
the use of X-ray spectroscopies for the study of the electronic and magnetic
structure of condensed matter, in particular for transition metal oxides,
(magnetic) nanoparticles and heterogeneous catalysts under working conditions.
In July 2009, he won the Edward Stern Outstanding Achievement Award, the highest
award of the IXAS that is given every three years for outstanding
accomplishments across all X-ray absorption spectroscopy disciplinary areas. The
award recognizes the fundamental contributions of Frank de Groot to the theory
of X-ray spectroscopy. He has given 165 talks (47 invited) and published 190
articles (with over 6000 citations, see also the WebofScience ResearcherID
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-1918-2009 )
Frank de Groot studied Chemistry at the University of Nijmegen, with major theme Theoretical Chemistry under supervision of Dr. Paul Wormer. In 1991 he received his Ph.D. degree (cum laude) also from the University of Nijmegen under supervision of John Fuggle. The title of his thesis was 'X-ray absorption spectroscopy of transition metal oxides'. From 1992, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the LURE Synchrotron in Orsay, France. In 1995, he became a Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts (KNAW) fellow at the University of Groningen, under supervision of George Sawatzky. He obtained a personal vidi grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) in 2001. End 2006 he was awarded the NWO vici grant.
Master
University of
Nijmegen / June 1987 / Theoretical
Chemistry
Doctorate
University of Nijmegen /
November 1991 / Solid State Chemistry
X-ray absorption of transition
metal oxides
From January
1993
Post-doc at LURE, CNRS Orsay, France
EU human capital and
mobility / Core level spectroscopies of magnetic materials
From
January 1995
Post-doc at the Department of solid state physics,
University of Groningen
KNAW academy researcher / New synchrotron
spectroscopies for research on transition metal systems
From
January 1999
Assistant professor, from 2001 tenured, at the Department
of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University
NWO-CW VIDI
(in 2001) / The local electronic structure of 3d transition metal ions in
solids
From January 2003
Associate professor in the
Group of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht
University
NWO-CW VICI (in 2006) / In-situ X-ray spectromicroscopy
of nanoparticle-adsorbate interactions
From September 2009
Full professor in the Group of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of
Chemistry, Utrecht University
Chair: Synchrotron and Theoretical Spectroscopy of Catalytic Nanomaterials