Skip to ContentSkip to Navigation
About us Faculty of Science and Engineering News

UPB awards honorary doctorate to Professor Siewert Jan Marrink

17 January 2020

On January 15th, The Polytechnic University of Bucharest has awarded the academic title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Prof. Siewert Jan Marrink from the University of Groningen. The celebration took place in the Rectorate of the UPB-Senate Hall and enjoyed the presence of His Excellency Mr. Roelof Sander van Ees - Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Romania.

Professor Siewert Jan Marrink
Professor Siewert Jan Marrink

Prof. Siewert Jan Marrink (Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute) is the founding parent of the MARTINI coarse-grained molecular modeling tool, which has revolutionized the fields of computational chemistry, biomolecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecular processes, such as: membrane fusion, membrane protein oligomerization and membrane domain formation.

Honorary doctorate

An honorary doctorate (Latin: doctoratus honoris causa) is a doctorate that is awarded to a person who has made an exceptional contribution to academia without necessarily having written a PhD thesis.

More information

-

Last modified:20 June 2024 08.22 a.m.
Share this Facebook LinkedIn
View this page in: Nederlands

More news

  • 02 July 2025

    € 30 million investment for UG spin-off Portal Biotech

    Portal Biotech, a pioneer in nanopore-based protein identification and sequencing technology, has raised € 30 million in Series A funding. The funding will support commercial rollout and team growth.

  • 01 July 2025

    ‘Give seals space’

    The Wadden Sea is constantly changing. Native animals need to be able to adapt in   order to thrive in an environment that is shaped by the tides. By conducting research on seals in the area, PhD students Margarita Méndez-Aróstegui and Beatriz...

  • 30 June 2025

    David Lentink partners international research project on animal navigation

    Prof. David Lentink is a partner in the NaviSense project awarded 54.7 million euros by the German government to research the mechanisms animals use to navigate and how these mechanisms can inspire technology.