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D-Index
99
Citations
35179
World Ranking
1335
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Joost N. H. Reek is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily the fields of chemistry and materials science, with significant contributions to subfields such as organic chemistry, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, inorganic chemistry, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including supramolecular chemistry and complexes, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, metal-organic frameworks - synthesis and applications, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and nanocluster synthesis and applications.

Frequent collaborators in Reek's research include Bas de Bruin, Eduard O. Bobylev, Simon Mathew, Felix J. de Zwart, and David A. Poole.

Among the regular venues where their research has been published are The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry - A European Journal, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and ChemCatChem.

Selected recent papers highlight the scope of their work:

  • Transition Metal Catalysis Controlled by Hydrogen Bonding in the Second Coordination Sphere, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Supramolecular Coordination Cages for Artificial Photosynthesis and Synthetic Photocatalysis, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • Supramolecular strategies in artificial photosynthesis, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Homogeneous Catalysts Based on First-Row Transition-Metals for Electrochemical Water Oxidation, 2020, ChemSusChem
  • Transition Metal Catalysis in Living Cells: Progress, Challenges, and Novel Supramolecular Solutions, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Joost N. H. Reek has been recognized by multiple scientific academies, including being named a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2019 and an inductee of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

    Aaron M. Appel;John E. Bercaw;Andrew B. Bocarsly;Holger Dobbek

  • Ligand Bite Angle Effects in Metal-catalyzed C−C Bond Formation

    P.W.N.M. van Leeuwen;P.C.J. Kamer;J.N.H. Reek;P. Dierkes

  • Dendrimers as support for recoverable catalysts and reagents.

    Rieko van Heerbeek;Paul C. J. Kamer;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Reactivity within a confined self-assembled nanospace

    Tehila S. Koblenz;Jeroen Wassenaar;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Supramolecular catalysis beyond enzyme mimics

    Jurjen Meeuwissen;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Transition Metal Catalysis Using Functionalized Dendrimers.

    G. Eric Oosterom;Joost N. H. Reek;Paul C. J. Kamer;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Wide bite angle diphosphines: xantphos ligands in transition metal complexes and catalysis.

    Paul C. J. Kamer;and Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Transition metal catalysis in confined spaces

    Stefan H. A. M. Leenders;Rafael Gramage-Doria;Bas de Bruin;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Neutral tridentate PNP ligands and their hybrid analogues: versatile non-innocent scaffolds for homogeneous catalysis.

    Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Synthesis of functional ‘polyolefins’: state of the art and remaining challenges

    Nicole M. G. Franssen;Joost N. H. Reek;Bas de Bruin

  • Co@NH2-MIL-125(Ti): cobaloxime-derived metal–organic framework-based composite for light-driven H2 production

    M. A. Nasalevich;R. Becker;E. V. Ramos-Fernandez;S. Castellanos

  • 'Carbene radicals' in Co-II(por)-catalyzed olefin cyclopropanation

    Wojciech I. Dzik;Xue Xu;X. Peter Zhang;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Origin of the Bite Angle Effect in Rhodium Diphosphine Catalyzed Hydroformylation.

    L.A. van der Veen;H. Keeven;G.C. Schoemaker;J.N.H. Reek

  • Self-assembled nanospheres with multiple endohedral binding sites pre-organize catalysts and substrates for highly efficient reactions

    Qi-Qiang Wang;Sergio Gonell;Stefan H. A. M. Leenders;Maximilian Dürr

  • Supramolecular Coordination Cages for Artificial Photosynthesis and Synthetic Photocatalysis

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  • Ligands that Store and Release Electrons during Catalysis

    Wojciech I. Dzik;Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt;Joost N. H. Reek;Bas de Bruin

  • The future of solar fuels: when could they become competitive?

    R. J. Detz;R. J. Detz;J. N. H. Reek;B. C. C. van der Zwaan;B. C. C. van der Zwaan;B. C. C. van der Zwaan

  • IPr* an easily accessible highly hindered N-heterocyclic carbene.

    Guillaume Berthon-Gelloz;Guillaume Berthon-Gelloz;Maxime A. Siegler;Anthony L. Spek;Bernard Tinant

  • Complexes with Nitrogen‐Centered Radical Ligands: Classification, Spectroscopic Features, Reactivity, and Catalytic Applications

    Alma I. Olivos Suarez;Volodymyr Lyaskovskyy;Joost N. H. Reek;Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt

  • The dynamics of electronic energy transfer in novel multi-porphyrin functionalized dendrimers: A time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy study

    E.K.L. Yeow;K.P. Ghiggino;J.N.H. Reek;J.N.H. Reek;M.J. Crossley

  • Mononuclear water oxidation catalysts.

    Dennis G. H. Hetterscheid;Joost N. H. Reek

Frequent Co-Authors

Bas de Bruin
Bas de Bruin University of Amsterdam
Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen
Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt
Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt University of Amsterdam
Paul C. J. Kamer
Paul C. J. Kamer University of Amsterdam
Martin Lutz
Martin Lutz Utrecht University
Anthony L. Spek
Anthony L. Spek Utrecht University
Maxime A. Siegler
Maxime A. Siegler Johns Hopkins University
Roeland J. M. Nolte
Roeland J. M. Nolte Radboud University
Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović
Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Johannes G. de Vries
Johannes G. de Vries Leibniz Institute for Catalysis

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