Bert Weckhuysen has been invited to join the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB). On 12 December, Weckhuysen will formally be welcomed at the Public […]
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ARC CBBC: National research center for chemical building blocks
On 7 December 2015, Minister Henk Kamp announced the kick off of ARC CBBC; a Joint investment by government, businesses and universities. AkzoNobel, BASF, Shell, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, […]
Krijn de Jong and Jovana Zečević publish breakthrough in Nature
The article entitled “Nanoscale intimacy in bifunctional catalysts for selective conversion of hydrocarbons” is published in Nature on December 10, 2015. Zečević, Vanbutsele, de Jong and Martens have successfully synthesized […]
Pieter Bruijnincx joins De Jonge Akademie
Pieter Bruijnincx has been asked to join The Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie), an independent KNAW platform of top young scientists with outspoken views about science and scholarship and the […]
Thesis defense Joe Stewart on December 16, 2015
Joe Stewart will defend his dissertation, entitled: ‘Towards Green Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis – Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalyst Development’. Date and Time: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 10:30 AM. Location: Academic […]
Thesis defense Sophie Wiedemann on December 9, 2015
Sophie Wiedemann will defend her dissertation, entitled: ‘Ferrierite-Catalysed Branching of Unsaturated Fatty Acids’. Date and Time: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 10:30 AM. Location: Academic Building, Domplein 29, Utrecht. Promotor: […]
Thesis defense Thomas Eschemann on October 21 2015
Thomas Eschemann will defend his dissertation, entitled ‘Structure-Performance Relationships for Supported Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts’. Date and Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 02:30 PM. Location: Academic Building, Domplein 29, Utrecht. […]
Krijn de Jong member of the Academia Europaea
On the recommendation of the Academic Sections and following a peer review by the class committees of the Academia Europaea, the Council of the Academy invited Krijn de Jong to […]
Krijn de Jong speeches at the 200th anniversary of the Faculty of Science
In occasion of the 200th anniversary of Science, Krijn de Jong speaks about the world of Science in 2025. In his speach, de Jong reflects on our perception of time […]
Minister Bussemaker visits our group
Prior to her lecture during the opening of the new academic year, minister Bussemaker visited the Utrecht Science Park. The politica talked with the young researchers that are involved in […]
ISHHC17 congress successful
In the afternoon of Sunday, July 12, the 17th International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC17) started with an opening ceremony in the Dom church in the […]
Veni grant for Gareth Whiting and Jovana Zecevic
Recently, both Dr. Gareth Whiting and Dr. Jovana Zecevic are awarded a personal Veni grant by NWO. Jovana received the grant for her research entitled ´ Real-time studies at the […]