News 2015
Bert Weckhuysen appointed as foreign member of KVAB
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 […]
Read moreARC 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, […]
Read moreKrijn 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 […]
Read morePieter 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 […]
Read moreThesis 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 […]
Read moreThesis 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: […]
Read moreThesis 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. […]
Read moreKrijn 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 […]
Read moreKrijn 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 […]
Read moreMinister 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 […]
Read moreISHHC17 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 […]
Read moreVeni 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 […]
Read moreNature Communications article on 3-D mapping of single aluminum atoms in zeolites
An international team of researchers, among which Zoran Ristanović and Bert Weckhuysen, was the first to make a detailed 3-D scan of individual aluminium atoms in a zeolite crystal. Their results […]
Read moreThesis defense Carlo Angelici on June 24, 2015
Carlo Angelici will defend his dissertation, entitled: ‘Ethanol-to-Butadiene Conversion over SiO2-MgO Catalysts: Synthesis-Structure-Performance Relationships’. Date and Time: Wednesday, Juni 24, 2015 at 04:15 PM. Location: Academic Building, Domplein 29, Utrecht. […]
Read moreThesis defense Rafael de Lima Oliveira on June 3, 2015
Rafael de Lima Oliveira will defend his dissertation, entitled ‘Nanoreactors in Catalysis’. Date and Time: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 10:30 AM. Location: Academic Building, Domplein 29, Utrecht. Promotor: Prof. […]
Read moreTwo PhD students of the group featured in ‘De Werkplek’ on DUB
PhD students Antonio Martinez Pascual and Özgün Attila show their workplace in the David de Wied building. Antonio Martinez Pascual working in the laboratory of the David de Wied building. […]
Read moreBert Weckhuysen Knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion
Bert Weckhuysen has received the Royal honour of Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion. He is one of the international leaders in his field and has earned a […]
Read moreNature Communication article on Catalytic Biomass Conversion
The group of Bert Weckhuysen and Pieter Bruijnincx has managed, together with colleagues in UK and in the US, to speed up the processing of biomass into a variety of […]
Read moreDimitrije Cicmil – VIRAN Poster Award at NCCC
PhD student Dimitrije Cicmil of the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group won the VIRAN award for the best poster presented during the 16th Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC) in […]
Read moreTwo publications in ESRF Scientific Highlights 2014
In the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Highlights 2014, two publications appeared, including results of the research performed at ESRF. The article of Zoran Ristanovic and Bert Weckhuysen, entitled ‘Crystallographic […]
Read moreThesis defense Ilona van Zandvoort on 16 March 2015
Ilona van Zandvoort will defend her dissertation, entitled ‘Towards the Valorization of Humin By-products: Characterization, Solubilization and Catalysis’. Date and Time: Monday, 16 March 2015 at 10:30 AM. Location: Academic […]
Read moreERC grant for Petra de Jongh
The ERC awards this prestigious European grants to experienced scientists who perform high-quality and innovative research. With Petra receiving this grant, all four professors of the group Inorganic Chemistry and […]
Read moreMarjolein Dijkstra new Scientific Director Debye
On 26 January 2015, Prof. Marjolein Dijkstra was appointed Scientific Director of the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science by dean Gerrit van Meer. With this appointment, Prof. Marjolein Dijkstra succeeds […]
Read moreRoadmap Catalysis for the Netherlands published
On January 12, 2015, a team of scientific and industrial partners published the Roadmap ‘Catalysis, key to Sustainable future’. This roadmap will form a solid base for a strong catalysis […]
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