News 2015

11 December 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 […]

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09 December 2015

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, […]

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09 December 2015

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 […]

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26 November 2015

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 […]

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26 November 2015

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 […]

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25 November 2015

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: […]

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14 November 2015

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. […]

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14 October 2015

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 […]

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09 September 2015

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 […]

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01 September 2015

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 […]

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20 July 2015

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 […]

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20 July 2015

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 […]

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20 July 2015

Nature 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 […]

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01 June 2015

Thesis 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. […]

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26 May 2015

Thesis 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. […]

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22 May 2015

Two 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. […]

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26 April 2015

Bert 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 […]

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17 March 2015

Nature 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 […]

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10 March 2015

Dimitrije 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 […]

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10 March 2015

Two 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 […]

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07 March 2015

Thesis 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 […]

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23 February 2015

ERC 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 […]

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02 February 2015

Marjolein 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 […]

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20 January 2015

Roadmap 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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