Prof. Dr. Rob Leurs studied Medicinal Chemistry at VU University, Amsterdam, and graduated in 1987. He performed his PhD research on G protein-coupled receptors and obtained his PhD degree from VU University in 1991. As a postdoctoral fellow at INSERM in Paris, he was involved in the cloning of genes encoding histaminergic and serotonergic receptors. In 1993, he was awarded a five-year fellowship of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was appointed as assistant and full professor of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry in 1998 and 2000, respectively. From 2003 to 2005, he was one of the two scientific directors of the Leiden-Amsterdam Center of Drug Research. From 2005 to 2008, he was a member of the executive board of the Top Institute Pharma. He served as director of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006 and as vice-dean of the Faculty of Science from 2007 until 2010. He was awarded the Galenus Research Prize in 1997, the Organon Award for Pharmacology in 2000, and a Pfizer Academic Award and an STW/NWO Pioneer grant, both in 2001. Moreover, the research group was selected as one of the few Dutch Centers of Excellence in Chemistry in 2014 and awarded a EUR 2 million TOP-PUNT grant from the Dutch Foundation for Chemical Sciences. In 2016, he was appointed as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Short Biography
Prof. Dr. Rob Leurs studied Medicinal Chemistry at VU University, Amsterdam, and graduated in 1987. He performed his PhD research on G protein-coupled receptors and obtained his PhD degree from VU University in 1991. As a postdoctoral fellow at INSERM in Paris, he was involved in the cloning of genes encoding histaminergic and serotonergic receptors. In 1993, he was awarded a five-year fellowship of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was appointed as assistant and full professor of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry in 1998 and 2000, respectively. From 2003 to 2005, he was one of the two scientific directors of the Leiden-Amsterdam Center of Drug Research. From 2005 to 2008, he was a member of the executive board of the Top Institute Pharma. He served as director of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006 and as vice-dean of the Faculty of Science from 2007 until 2010. He was awarded the Galenus Research Prize in 1997, the Organon Award for Pharmacology in 2000, and a Pfizer Academic Award and an STW/NWO Pioneer grant, both in 2001. Moreover, the research group was selected as one of the few Dutch Centers of Excellence in Chemistry in 2014 and awarded a EUR 2 million TOP-PUNT grant from the Dutch Foundation for Chemical Sciences. In 2016, he was appointed as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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