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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 […]
Read moreCarolin 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 […]
Read moreICC 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 […]
Read moreThree 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 […]
Read moreTwo 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 […]
Read moreNature 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 […]
Read moreDr. 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 […]
Read moreDr. 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 […]
Read moreTwo 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 […]
Read moreNew 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 […]
Read moreUpcoming ISCC Lecture – Prof. dr. Gert Jan Kramer
On Friday June 28, we have our next ISCC Lecture, this time by Prof. dr. Gert Jan Kramer of the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (UU). Prof. Kramer will provide […]
Read moreThe Da Vinci Programme 2024
Coming September, the Da Vinci Project will once again kick off. This 30 EC profile offers an immersive experience for Master students where you learn all about design thinking through […]
Read moreNew website responsibles
As of this month, Martijn Hut and Jan den Hollander took over the website responsibility. They are replacing Thimo Jacobs and Kirsten Siebers, and they thank them for their efforts […]
Read morePlastics expert answers curious reader
Ever wondered if medical equipment could shed microplastics within the body? You might just get the answer. Earlier this month, our very own Laurens Mandemaker was featured in an article […]
Read moreRoadmap to a carbon-neutral refinery by 2050 – Nature cover article
Would it be possible to build a refinery that is completely fossil-free, and thereby significantly contributing to a carbon-neutral society by as early as 2050? According to two of our […]
Read moreProf. Bert Weckhuysen receives honorary doctorate from Ghent University
Ghent University awarded an honorary doctorate to Bert Weckhuysen. The doctorate is a special honour for his exceptional scientific achievements. The honorary doctorate was awarded during the Dies Natalis of […]
Read moreRembrandt broke new ground with lead-based impregnation of canvas for The Night Watch
New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer. Such […]
Read moreAngela and Ellen win poster awards at NCCC XIV!
Angela Melcherts and Ellen Sterk both won a poster award at the 24th NCCC Conference in Noordwijkerhout. Their posters “Understanding Nickel-Support Interactions in Catalytic CO2 Hydrogenation with Modulation Excitation Infrared […]
Read morePublication in Angewandte Chemie: Review of techniques to study nano plastics
On October 21, 2022, Laurens Mandemaker and Florian Meirer published a review in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Angewandte Chemie investigating the different micro-spectroscopic techniques available specifically for the detection of […]
Read moreAurora Insights – Laura did a Research Exchange in New York
This summer, Laura spent a couple of week in New York City to visit a partner from her consortium. You might have already seen some astonishing pictures from Central Park […]
Read moreLoreta received an NWO XS grant for groundbreaking research project
Loreta Muscarella (ICC) has received an NWO XS grant of 50.000 euro for groundbreaking research into photocatalysis. In this project, indoor pollution will be tackled by developing a smart perovskite-based […]
Read moreIna & Ward received an NWO XS grant for curiosity-driven research
Ina Vollmer and Ward van der Stam (both ICC) have received an NWO XS grant of 50.000 euro for curiosity-driven research into new ways to recycle plastic and CO2. Ina […]
Read morePublication in Nature Materials – Two for the price of one: Researchers design unique catalyst to make carbon-neutral transportation fuels
An important step towards a carbon-neutral society is making transportation fuels like diesel and gasoline from carbon-neutral carbon sources like biomass, waste plastic, and even CO2. Because diesel and gasoline […]
Read morePress release ICC – Nature Communications, Metal or Metal Oxide, That’s The Question
ICC scientists, in cooperation with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, have discovered new fundamental insights into the reaction mechanism of CO2 hydrogenation. CO2 hydrogenation is one of a set […]
Read morePress Release ICC – 6 Jan 2022 – Nature Reviews – Chemistry: Towards Solving the Puzzle of Active Sites in Catalysis
Catalysts are used in essentially all chemical processes to increase their efficiency and lower energy costs. They help by making the desired reaction pathways faster, or more favorable compared to […]
Read moreIn memoriam: Jos van Dillen
Deze week bereikte ons het droeve bericht dat Dr. Jos (A.J.) van Dillen op Kerstavond is overleden. Jos promoveerde in 1977 als eerste promovendus van John Geus aan de Universiteit […]
Read moreICC Christmas Song out now!
To celebrate the Christmas season, a few colleagues (Anne-Eva, Joyce, Thimo, Jim & Thomas) created the ICC Christmas song which you can listen to here. Enjoy!
Read moreA needle in a haystack: weeding out dead catalyst
Publication in Nature Catalysis Catalysts are important materials that are used to increase the resource and energy efficiency of chemical reactions and processes. Although catalysts operate in cycles that normally […]
Read moreICC Researchers solve mystery of ‘structure-insensitive’ catalytic reactions
A team of researchers from the ICC group at Utrecht University has solved one of the fundamental mysteries in catalysis: the paradox of structure insensitivity. The work was a collaboration […]
Read moreJim de Ruiter wins poster award at INTERECT 2021
Jim de Ruiter has won the Poster Award for his poster “Time Resolved Spectral Footage of CO2 Electroreduction on Copper Catalysts” during the INTERECT conference in Valencia, organized by nanoGe.
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