Daan Groefsema

PhD Candidate
Employed since: December 2019
Email: d.w.groefsema@uu.nl
Room: David de Wied building, 4th floor, study area

Research

Research

The focus of this project is the development of thermally stable and efficient probe nanoparticles for Luminescence Thermometry and Shell-Isolated Nanoparticle Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SHINERS), ultimately leading to a widely applicable analytical tool set for operando spectroscopy in catalytic reactions. Using these techniques, we aim to study the oxidative coupling of methane and the dehydrogenation of propane in order to gain detailed insight in the mechanisms involved, thereby obtaining detailed understanding of the relations between structure, activity, selectivity and local temperature.

C.V.

C.V.

2019 – present

PhD candidate in the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group of Utrecht University

“Luminescence Thermometry for Operando Monitoring of Local Temperatures during Endothermic and Exothermic Hydrocarbon Conversion Processes”

Prof. Dr. Ir. B. M. Weckhuysen

 

2017

Internship at Lumileds Netherlands B.V.

Report: “Quantum dots for on chip applications”

Dr. Ir. M. Böhmer and Prof. Dr. A. Meijerink

 

2015 – 2019

Master’s degree: ‘Nanomaterials Science’ at Utrecht University

Thesis: “Ln3+ doped rare earth phosphate nanocrystals for luminescence nanothermometry”

Prof. Dr. A. Meijerink

 

2009 – 2015

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Utrecht University

Thesis: “Synthesis of silica coated butterfly-shaped haematite colloidal particles”

Prof. Dr. A. P. Philipse