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PhD defences August-November
From the 1st of July, live defences will be organised again in the Senaatszaal of the Utrecht University Hall (Academie gebouw) with a limited number of people. More information can […]
Read moreUpcoming online PhD defences
Due to the measures taken at Utrecht University to contain the coronavirus, all public PhD defences from the 17th of March to the 1st of June are postponed. As an […]
Read moreEline Hutter appointed as Assistant Professor at ICC
From January 2020, Eline Hutter has started as an Assistant Professor in the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis (ICC) group. She will work on advanced spectroscopic and structural characterization to investigate […]
Read moreICC Christmas dinner and Princetonplein Muziekfestijn
The end of 2019 was celebrated in a festive atmosphere with a great Christmas dinner with interesting prizes, organised by Savannah, Christia, Max and Bas, and participation in the Princetonplein […]
Read moreMatteo Monai wins the Eni Young Researcher of the Year award
The Young Researcher of the Year award is presented every year to two researchers under the age of 30 who have received a research doctorate in an Italian university. It […]
Read moreWard van der Stam appointed as Tenure Tracker at ICC
In March 2019, Ward initially started as a postdoc in the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis (ICC) group, but recently, his position was changed into Tenure Track Assistant Professor. He will […]
Read moreUtrecht twice in ‘final’ for European billion-euro grant
The Energy-X research proposal led by The Technical University of Denmark is one of the six finalists for the billion-euro flagship scientific initiatives. Bert Weckhuysen is a participant in this […]
Read moreMethane promising route for storage of renewable energy from sun and wind
Charlotte Vogt, Matteo Monai, Gert Jan Kramer and Bert Weckhuysen recently published in Nature Catalysis on the renaissance of the Sabatier reaction. This work focusses on CO2 reduction towards value […]
Read moreCarbon to carbon: chemistry and legislation need to work together for a true circular economy
Bert Weckhuysen gave a lecture at the Royal Institution London. In his lecture, Bert takes his audience on a journey from the discovery of crude oil to our current problems […]
Read morePetra de Jongh appointed as member of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
Members of the KHMW are responsible for organising activities that shorten the distance between society and the scientific community. The UU press release can be found here. (in Dutch)
Read moreNature Communications publication for Jingxiu Xie and Krijn de Jong
Nature Communications: Emissions of carbon dioxide dramatically reduced in new chemical production process. Click here for UU press release. Click here for the paper on the Nature Communications website.
Read moreAnne-Eva Nieuwelink receives CHAINS 2018 poster award
Anne-Eva Nieuwelink wins one of the 4 Chemistry of Materials & Chemical Conversion Poster Prizes at CHAINS 2018. Real team effort by two of our PhD students, Anne-Eva & Marjolein […]
Read moreEllen Sterk wins AkzoNobel Graduation Prize for Chemistry and Process Technology 2018
The Royal Netherlands Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has named Ellen Sterk as the winner of the AkzoNobel Graduation Prize for Chemistry and Process Technology 2018. Ellen Sterk completed […]
Read moreNature Chemistry publication for Dr. Gareth Whiting, Nikolaos Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Dr. Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury and Prof. Bert Weckhuysen
In their research, the chemists from Utrecht studied the sustainable production of methanol, one of the building blocks for products such as plastics. Sustainable methanol can be synthesised from CO2 […]
Read moreThe China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) has granted Krijn de Jong a Honorary Professorship
Krijn de Jong, professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis (Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science), has been conferred a Honorary Professorship at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in […]
Read morePoster prize for Thijs Verkaaik
PhD candidate Thijs Verkaaik (ICC) won a poster prize for his work entitled “Photothermal Suzuki Cross-Coupling using Bimetallic Nanorods”, authored by Thijs Verkaaik, Roos Grote, Nicole Meulendijks, Francesc Sastre Calabuig, Pascal […]
Read moreNature communications paper for Carlos Hernández Mejía, Tom van Deelen & Krijn de Jong
Researchers Carlos Hernández Mejía, Tom van Deelen and Krijn de Jong found a facile method to effectively control metaloxide decoration over cobalt nanoparticles that involves expansion of the nanoparticles followed […]
Read morePostdoctoral scholar Joel Schmidt won a Catalysis Science & Technology poster prize award at the 8th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT8)
Postdoctoral scholar Joel Schmidt won a Catalysis Science & Technology poster prize award at the 8th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT8). At the conference he presented a poster […]
Read moreposter award for Rolf Beerthuis at the 8th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis in June 2018
PhD candidate Rolf Beerthuis won a prize for the best poster communication at the 8th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis in June 2018. At the conference he presented a combined […]
Read moreNext Einstein Forum Fellow Award and Alumnus of the month nomination for Peter Ngene
Peter Ngene is one of the seventeen ‘Next Einstein Forum’ Fellows 2017-2019, for Africa’s most outstanding and promising young scientists. On 27 March, he received the award from Paul Kagame, […]
Read morePoster award for Petra Keijzer at MCEC annual meeting 2018
On the 5th of April, Petra Keijzer won a poster prize during the Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC) Annual Meeting, in Enschede. The poster was entitled “Fundamental […]
Read moreProf. Petra de Jongh is elected as a new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Prof. Petra de Jongh is elected as a new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing her important work on nanomaterials for catalysis and energy storage […]
Read moreMarie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND grant for MCEC
The Gravitation Programme Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC) has been awarded 1.7 million Euros to cover part of the costs for the participation of 16 ambitious new […]
Read moreNWO grant for Florian Meirer
Florian Meirer (ICC), together with colleagues Katrien Keune (Rijksmuseum) and Koen Janssens (University of Antwerp), has been awarded funding for a project called “3D understanding of degradation products in paintings”. […]
Read moreBert Weckhuysen receives Certificate for Achievements from the Belgian Ambassador
On February 7 2018 Belgian Ambassador in the Netherlands, Chris Hoornaert, has awarded Professor Bert Weckhuysen a Certificate for Achievements (‘Oorkonde van Verdienste’) of the Christoffel Plantin fund for his […]
Read moreTwo NWO projects awarded to the ICC group
Two projects within the NWO Materials for Sustainability Research program have been awarded to the ICC group: Baira Donoeva will work with Bastian Mei (UT) in collaboration with HyET on […]
Read moreKrijn de Jong elected for the shortlist of the UU Teaching Award
Prof. Krijn de Jong has been nominated by the Chemistry Student Association Proton and has been elected for the shortlist of the Teaching Award of Utrecht University. An article about […]
Read moreKrijn de Jong receives Eminent Visitor Award
The Catalysis Society of South Africa (CATSA) aims to recognise excellence in catalysis research by overseas scientists. In acknowledgement of their significant contributions, an Eminent Visitor Award is presented to […]
Read moreKrijn de Jong was interviewed by NPO Radio 1
Krijn de Jong was interviewed on NPO Radio 1 about CO2 storage underground the North Sea. The new government develops plans to capture and store 18 million ton of CO2 […]
Read moreVolkskrant: interview with Petra de Jongh
An article appeared in the Volkskrant (in Dutch) about work in the group of Petra de Jongh regarding sustainable energy conversion and storage. It focuses on the search to develop […]
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