Rate My Professor Kim Bonger

Bonger's research focuses on the development of novel bioorthogonal chemistry and chemoenzymatic methods for imaging, target discovery, and precision therapeutics. She designs molecular probes to explore and modulate cellular mechanisms in (auto)immune diseases, contributing to chemical biology and immunology. Since 2013, she has supervised 15 PhD candidates and 6 postdoctoral researchers. Her achievements include major grants such as the ERC Starting Grant (1.5 million euros, 2018), ERC Consolidator Grant (2.5 million euros, 2023), ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2024), Aspasia Grant from NWO (2021), and the Radboud Women Professor Network Prize (2017). With over 52 peer-reviewed publications amassing more than 1,800 citations and an h-index of 23, her influential work includes “Environment-Sensitive Fluorescent Probe Enables Live Cell Imaging of Myeloperoxidase Activity during NETosis” (Communications Chemistry, 2024) and “Effect of Antigen Valency on Autoreactive B-Cell Targeting” (Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2023). Bonger actively engages in the scientific community through teaching courses in molecular physiology, medicinal chemistry, and chemical biology, organizing conferences like the EFMC-ISMC (2025), and delivering invited lectures at international symposia such as the 14th International Activity Based Protein Profiling meeting (2025).