About us

The NMR Expertise Centre is a core facility for structure characterisation and molecular analysis in chemical, biochemical, biomedical and materials sciences

Our mission

To formalize the operation of the existing and already integrated NMR technology platform consisting of 5 NMR spectrometers, consolidate the knowledge and research expertise developed over the years within the NMR and Structure Analysis unit (together with is collaborative partners) while ensuring a sustainable long term operational structure. 

The goal of the NMR Expertise Centre is to make the NMR infrastructure and knowledge accessible to the entire UGent Research Community and beyond. The figure below provides a number of research areas and specific studies were NMR has played a central role in providing crucial information. The areas highlighted here are non exhaustive and include only a few examples.

UGent and external researchers can collaborate with the NMR EC in an interdisciplinary fashion in a wide variety of research domains.

  • For externals, an overview of the service measurements available via the expertise center click here
  • Download the NMR EC business presentation, including several case studies and examples here

Steering Committee

As a core facility, our steering commitee is repsonsible for its long-term strategy, governance and oversight . The committee itself is comprised of our daily management team as well as a number of UGent PIs that employ NMR extensively in their own day-to-day research and/or have experience in running similar service & knowledge centra.

Dialy management team

Prof. José Martins
Academic Responsible
Dieter Buyst
Core Facility Manager
Emile Ottoy
Core Facility Assistant

Steering Committee

Prof. Annemieke Madder
Department of organic and macromolecular Chemistry
Prof. Bruno Linclau
Department of organic and macromolecular Chemistry
Prof. Filip Du Prez
Department of organic and macromolecular Chemistry
Prof. Johan Winne
Department of organic and macromolecular Chemistry
Prof. Klaartje De Buysser
Department of chemistry
Prof. Pascal Van Der Voort
Department of chemistry
Prof. Peter Dubruel
Department of organic and macromolecular Chemistry
Prof. Serge Van Calenbergh
Department of medicinal chemistry
Prof. Thomas Heugebaert
Department of green chemistry and technology
David Vermeersch
UGent policy officer