His first time in Japan was a great success… Laurens Mandemaker has won the poster prize at the NC-AFM2025 conference in Toyama! He talked about our AFM-based work on nanoplastics […]
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Over 45 million euros awarded for the new HyCARB project
HyCARB is the result of the call “Hydrogen and green electrons for carbon-based chemistry”, which originates from the National Growth Fund (NGF). This large research programme, which brings together Dutch […]
A New Way of Recycling Plastics – with Adrian
Ever wanted to know how ball milling works? In an easy to understand outreach video, Adrian Hergesell explains how ball milling works, and how it can help in recycling plastics […]
Carolin Rieg Receives Poster Award at YOURHETCAT Conference
We congratulate Carolin Rieg to her award for her poster “Advanced characterization methods for coke deposits on Ni-Mo/Al2O3 and Ni/Al2O3 extrudates for the catalytic upgrading of fast pyrolysis bio-oil” at […]
ICC runs the singelloop
“Mens sana in corpore sano” – a healthy mind in a healthy body In order to do great research, we also need to look after our (mental) health. Last sunday […]
Three grants for Ina Vollmer
Assistant professor Ina Vollmer has recently received an ERC Starting Grant of 1.6 million euros, the Incubator grant from Circular Plastics NL for 660k euros and a NWO Demonstrator grant of 160k […]
Two available PhD Positions: Mechano-Catalytic Depolymerisation of Plastic Waste
Are you looking to do a PhD project and are you interested in catalysis, spectroscopy, mechano-chemistry, or polymer science to develop a sustainable pathway for plastic waste recycling through mechano-catalytic […]
Nature Communications paper on hydrodesulfurization
Sulfur is an undesirable impurity in many feedstocks for the production of transportation fuels and chemicals, both fossil-based and biomass-based. While the process of hydrodesulfurization is one of the largest […]
Dr. Laurens Mandemaker appointed assistant professor
Since May 2024 Dr. Laurens Mandemaker has been appointed as assistant professor in our group! After completing both his PhD as well as his PostDoc here at ICC, Laurens is […]
Dr. Xinwei Ye is awarded the Embassy Science Fellowships
Dr. Xinwei Ye has been awarded the prestigious Embassy Science Fellowship by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NWO has granted seven Embassy […]
Two ICC projects received funding within National Growth Fund programme Circular Plastics NL
How do we ensure that we can reuse plastic packaging material? Or how can dyes in PET bottles be reused and contribute to making plastics circular? Two research projects within […]
New Joint Research Center UU/ECUST
Utrecht University and East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST, Shanghai, China) have established a Joint Research Center (JRC) for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. The JRC […]