He received his MSc degree in Chemistry in 2008 at the University of Groningen. In 2012, he got his PhD for his work in the group of Prof. Jan van Esch and Prof. Rienk Eelkema at Delft University of Technology. He pursued his academic career as a Rubicon postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Sam Stupp at Northwestern University from 2012 to 2016. Boekhoven's current work focusses on the development of supramolecular materials via non-equilibrium self-assembly.