Symeres
Weert, The Netherlands
Weert, The Netherlands
André de Vries received a PhD in organic chemistry in 1996 from the University of Groningen, under the supervision of Prof Ben L. Feringa. During his PhD study he introduced the MonoPhos-Phosphoramidites, highly selective ligands in copper catalyzed conjugate addition reactions. After a post-doctoral position in the group of John M. Brown (University of Oxford) on catalytic asymmetric hydrogenations, he joined DSM in the summer of 1998. At DSM, André has held several positions, including competence manager homogeneous catalysis, resulting in the successful plant scale applications of catalytic and continuous production processes for the pharmaceutical industry, also vested in over 20 patent applications. In 2017 the chemical process R&D group of DSM spun-out to become InnoSyn BV, providing innovative technologies to the chemical industry. Since early 2022, André is the director of innovation and business development at Symeres BV, a leading transatlantic CRO and CDMO