Dr. Christia Jabbour - Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis

Research

Christia has started working as a PhD candidate at the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group on the first of April. In this MCEC-project, entitled ‘Chemical Imaging of Solid Catalysts with Nano-Infrared Spectroscopy’, she is supervised by dr. Florian Meirer and prof. dr. ir. Bert Weckhuysen.

Her project will be focused on using recently acquired photoinduced force microscopy (PiFM) to chemically image metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In the first phase, focus will be directed towards the synthesis and characterization of newly developed MOFs. This will be done by trying different synthesis approaches and comparing results obtained by several spectroscopic and analytical techniques.

You can find her in the DDW on the 4th floor, open space. Outside office hours Christia enjoys playing the piano and traveling.

C.V.

2023-now

PostDoc at the inorganic chemistry and catalysis group

2019-2023

PhD at the inorganic chemistry and catalysis group

2014-2016

M.Sc. in Chemical and Materials Engineering; Option Process Technology

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)- Brussels, Belgium

2016-2017

Internship at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)- Industry Verification Branch (IVB), The Hague, Netherlands.

2017-2018

Research and teaching assistant Ghent University Global Campus, South Korea.

Publications

Pulumati, Sri Harsha; Sannes, Dag Kristian; Jabbour, Christia R.; Mandemaker, Laurens D. B.; Weckhuysen, Bert M.; Olsbye, Unni; Nova, Ainara; Skúlason, Egill

Mechanistic Insights in the Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 over Pt Nanoparticles in UiO-67 Metal-Organic Frameworks Journal Article

In: ACS Catalysis, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 382 – 394, 2024, (Cited by: 6; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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Jabbour, Christia R.; Schnabl, Kordula B.; Yan, Haoxiang; O'Beirn, Naoise N.; Dorresteijn, Joren M.; Meirer, Florian; Mandemaker, Laurens D. B.; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Chitosan as Support Material for Metal-Organic Framework based Catalysts Journal Article

In: ChemPhysChem, vol. 25, no. 17, 2024, (Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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title = {Chitosan as Support Material for Metal-Organic Framework based Catalysts},

author = {Christia R. Jabbour and Kordula B. Schnabl and Haoxiang Yan and Naoise N. O'Beirn and Joren M. Dorresteijn and Florian Meirer and Laurens D. B. Mandemaker and Bert M. Weckhuysen},

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doi = {10.1002/cphc.202400154},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

journal = {ChemPhysChem},

volume = {25},

number = {17},

publisher = {Wiley},

abstract = {Turning waste into valuable products is one of the main challenges of the chemical industry. In this work, chitosan (CS), an abundant, low‐cost, and non‐toxic biopolymer derived from chitin, was reshaped into beads of ~ 3 mm. Their suitability as a support material for active phase catalyst materials was tested for a zirconium‐based Metal‐Organic Framework (MOF) with incorporated Pt, namely UiO‐67‐Pt. Its incorporation was investigated via two procedures: a one‐pot synthesis (OPS) and a post‐synthetic functionalization (PSF) synthesis method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images show good UiO‐67‐Pt dispersion throughout the CS beads for the one‐pot synthesized material (UiO‐67‐Pt‐OPS@CS). However, this uniform dispersion was not observed for the post‐synthetically functionalized material (UiO‐67‐Pt‐PSF@CS). The success of the implementation of UiO‐67‐Pt was evaluated with ultraviolet‐visible and infrared spectroscopy for both composite materials. Thermogravimetric analysis reveals higher thermal stabilities for UiO‐67‐Pt‐OPS@CS composite beads in comparison to pure CS beads, but not for UiO‐67‐Pt‐PSF@CS. The study provides valuable insights into the potential of chitosan as a green, bead‐shaped support material for MOFs, offering flexibility in their incorporation through different synthesis routes. It further contributes to the broader goal of the sustainable and eco‐friendly design of a new generation of catalysts made from waste materials.},

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Jabbour, C. R.; Parker, L. A.; Hutter, E. M.; Weckhuysen, B. M.

Chemical targets to deactivate biological and chemical toxins using surfaces and fabrics Journal Article

In: Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021, (cited By 0).

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Jabbour, Christia R.; Parker, Luke A.; Hutter, Eline M.; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Author Correction: Chemical targets to deactivate biological and chemical toxins using surfaces and fabrics (Nature Reviews Chemistry, (2021), 5, 6, (370-387), 10.1038/s41570-021-00275-4) Journal Article

In: Nature Reviews Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 440, 2021, (Cited by: 1; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access, Green Open Access).

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Jabbour, Christia R.; Parker, Luke A.; Hutter, Eline M.; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Chemical targets to deactivate biological and chemical toxins using surfaces and fabrics Journal Article

In: Nature Reviews Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 370 – 387, 2021, (Cited by: 43; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access, Green Open Access).

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