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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
137
Citations
69268
World Ranking
233
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Wim E. Hennink is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields including Materials Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a substantial focus on biomaterials, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, and pharmaceutical science.

The main topics covered in Wim E. Hennink's research include:

  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies

Key recent publications by Wim E. Hennink include:

  • Hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate (meth)acrylate-based hydrogels for tissue engineering: Synthesis, characteristics and pre-clinical evaluation (2020), Biomaterials
  • Polymeric delivery systems for nucleic acid therapeutics: Approaching the clinic (2021), Journal of Controlled Release
  • Clinically established biodegradable long acting injectables: An industry perspective (2020), Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Intravitreal hydrogels for sustained release of therapeutic proteins (2020), Journal of Controlled Release
  • Urea removal strategies for dialysate regeneration in a wearable artificial kidney (2020), Biomaterials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wim E. Hennink include:

  • Cornelus F. van Nostrum
  • Tina Vermonden
  • Twan Lammers
  • Yang Shi
  • Marcel H.A.M. Fens

Publication venues where Wim E. Hennink has frequently contributed include:

  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Biomacromolecules

Best Publications

  • Novel crosslinking methods to design hydrogels

    W.E. Hennink;C.F. van Nostrum

  • 25th Anniversary Article: Engineering Hydrogels for Biofabrication

    Jos Malda;Jos Malda;Jetze Visser;Ferry P. Melchels;Ferry P. Melchels;Tomasz Jüngst

  • Novel crosslinking methods to design hydrogels.

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  • Reduction-sensitive polymers and bioconjugates for biomedical applications.

    Fenghua Meng;Wim E. Hennink;Zhiyuan Zhong

  • Hydrogels for protein delivery.

    Tina Vermonden;Roberta Censi;Roberta Censi;Wim E. Hennink

  • Cationic polymer based gene delivery systems.

    S C De Smedt;J Demeester;W E Hennink

  • Polymeric Micelles in Anticancer Therapy: Targeting, Imaging and Triggered Release

    Chris Oerlemans;Wouter Bult;Mariska Bos;Gert Storm

  • Hydrogels in a historical perspective: from simple networks to smart materials.

    Sytze J. Buwalda;Kristel W.M. Boere;Pieter J. Dijkstra;Jan Feijen

  • Curcumin nanoformulations : A review of pharmaceutical properties and preclinical studies and clinical data related to cancer treatment

    Ornchuma Naksuriya;Siriporn Okonogi;Raymond M. Schiffelers;Wim E. Hennink

  • Protein instability in poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microparticles.

    Marco van de Weert;Wim E. Hennink;Wim Jiskoot

  • Identification of Formaldehyde-induced Modifications in Proteins REACTIONS WITH MODEL PEPTIDES

    Bernard Metz;Gideon F.A. Kersten;Peter Hoogerhout;Humphrey F. Brugghe

  • Chitosan-based delivery systems for protein therapeutics and antigens

    Maryam Amidi;Enrico Mastrobattista;Wim Jiskoot;Wim E. Hennink

  • In situ gelling hydrogels for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

    Sophie R. Van Tomme;Gert Storm;Wim E. Hennink

  • Cyclodextrin-based polymeric materials: synthesis, properties, and pharmaceutical/biomedical applications.

    Frank van de Manakker;Tina Vermonden;Cornelus F. van Nostrum;Wim E. Hennink

  • Sheddable Coatings for Long-Circulating Nanoparticles

    Birgit Romberg;Wim E. Hennink;Gert Storm

  • Interpenetrating Polymer Networks polysaccharide hydrogels for drug delivery and tissue engineering

    Pietro Matricardi;Chiara Di Meo;Tommasina Coviello;Wim E. Hennink

  • Triggered destabilisation of polymeric micelles and vesicles by changing polymers polarity: an attractive tool for drug delivery.

    C.J.F. Rijcken;O. Soga;W.E. Hennink;C.F. van Nostrum

  • Biodegradable polymers as non-viral carriers for plasmid DNA delivery.

    Jordy Luten;Cornelus F. van Nostrum;Stefaan C. De Smedt;Wim E. Hennink

  • Hydrogels as extracellular matrices for skeletal tissue engineering: state-of-the-art and novel application in organ printing.

    Natalja E. Fedorovich;Jacqueline Alblas;Joost R. de Wijn;Wim E. Hennink

  • Core-crosslinked polymeric micelles: principles, preparation, biomedical applications and clinical translation

    Marina Talelli;Matthias Barz;Cristianne J.F. Rijcken;Fabian Kiessling

  • Structure−Activity Relationships of Water-Soluble Cationic Methacrylate/Methacrylamide Polymers for Nonviral Gene Delivery

    P. van de Wetering;E.E. Moret;N.M.E. Schuurmans-Nieuwenbroek;M.J. van Steenbergen

  • Preparation and characterization of protein-loaded N-trimethyl chitosan nanoparticles as nasal delivery system.

    Maryam Amidi;Stefan G. Romeijn;Gerrit Borchard;Hans E. Junginger

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelus F. van Nostrum
Cornelus F. van Nostrum Utrecht University
Gert Storm
Gert Storm Utrecht University
Twan Lammers
Twan Lammers RWTH Aachen University
Daan J.A. Crommelin
Daan J.A. Crommelin Utrecht University
Tina Vermonden
Tina Vermonden Utrecht University
Wim Jiskoot
Wim Jiskoot Leiden University
Raymond M. Schiffelers
Raymond M. Schiffelers Utrecht University
Jan Feijen
Jan Feijen University of Twente
Bruno G. De Geest
Bruno G. De Geest Ghent University
Fabian Kiessling
Fabian Kiessling RWTH Aachen University

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