Dr. Alexander Willem Peter Blokhuis

Dr. Alex Blokhuis obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from ESPCI Paris in 2019, where his research focused on the physical principles underlying origins-of-life scenarios, including autocatalysis, transient compartmentalization, and the thermodynamics of chemical reaction networks. He subsequently joined the University of Groningen, working at the interface of theoretical chemistry, systems chemistry, and statistical physics. In 2023, he joined the Systems Chemistry Laboratory at IMDEA Nanociencia as a postdoctoral researcher. His current research develops theoretical frameworks for understanding complex chemical reaction networks, with particular emphasis on autocatalysis, oscillations, emergent conservation laws, and the inference of reaction mechanisms from experimental data.