After completing his MSc in organic chemistry in 1994, Löwik received his PhD in 1998 at Utrecht University under supervision of Prof. Dr. Rob Liskamp. This was followed by a post-doctoral position at the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge (UK) in the group of Prof. Chris Lowe, till 2000. After a year’s stay at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the group of Prof. Bert Meijer, he was appointed in 2001 at the University of Nijmegen in the Bio-organic chemistry group of Jan van Hest. He is currently investigating peptide and protein synthesis and materials.