Our former group members typically find new positions either with a multinational (Shell, AKZO NOBEL, Avantium, Johnson Matthey, Haldor Topsoe, Evoqua-Magneto, BASF, SABIC, Q8, etc), in academia (at universities in the Netherlands and abroad), in smaller companies or in societally relevant institutes (such as RIVM, TNO and Rijkswaterstaat). Below you will find a list of our former colleagues, a link to their PhD thesis (if available), and in some cases information about the first position after they left the group.
Scientific Staff
Prof. dr. Harry Bitter
Assistant professor (1997-2013)
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Full professor at Biobased Chemistry and Technology, Wageningen University
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Masoud Lazemi
Femtosecond XAS and RIXS of perovskite transition metal oxides
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prof. dr. Frank de Groot
prof. dr. Uwe Bergmann
m.lazemi@uu.nl
Postdoctoral fellow at Materials Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University
Matt Peerlings
Studying the Stability of Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Peter Ngene
Maaike Vink-van Ittersum
Silver electrodes for CO2 conversion – nanomorphology and composition
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Peter Ngene
m.e.t.vink-vanittersum@uu.nl
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Qijun Che
Operando X-ray absorption and resonant photoemission spectroscopy of transition metal oxides
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prof. dr. Frank de Groot
prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Chris Baeumer
q.che@uu.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Photon Science Faculty, Stanford University
Claudia Keijzer
Ultra-pure and structured supports for silver catalysts for ethylene epoxidation
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Remco Dalebout
c.j.keijzer@uu.nl
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Advisor Innovation (Industry) at Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Yuang Piao
Bifunctional catalysts for dimethyl ether and methanol synthesis
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Peter Ngene
y.piao@uu.nl
Postdoctoral fellow at Materials Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University
Henrik Rodenburg
Solid Electrolytes for Electrochemical Hydrogen Transport
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dr. Peter Ngene
prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
h.p.rodenburg@uu.nl
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R&D Technologist at TechnipFMC
Kristiaan Helfferich
Preparation of Pd-Ni/SiO2 nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
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Process Engineer at Veco Precision
Savannah Turner
The Fundamentals of the Activation of Industrial Nickel Based Catalyst Precursors
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em. prof. dr. Krijn de Jong
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High end EM Specialist – Utrecht University Electron Microscopy Center & Soft condensed matter and biophysics
Suzan Schoemaker
Carbon nanofiber growth from methane decomposition over Ni-based catalysts
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Tom Welling
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Milieuadviseur Gevaarlijke Stoffen -Witteveen+Bos
Francesco Mattarozzi
Carbon-Supported Silver Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO
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dr. Peter Ngene
prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
f.mattarozzi@uu.nl
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Postdoctoral fellow at Inorganic Chemistry & Catalysis, Utrecht University
Johan de Boed
Support Effects in Gold-Catalyzed Direct Propylene Epoxidation
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em. prof. dr. Krijn de Jong
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Scientist Chemistry at VSL National Metrology Institute
Oscar Brandt Corstius
Selective Hydrogenation of Butadiene with Carbon-Supported Palladium Catalysts
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Jessi van der Hoeven
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Programmamanager Energietransitie Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA
Luc Smulders
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Wetenschappelijk medewerker omgevingsveiligheid & stralingsbescherming – Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Giorgio Totarella
Copper catalysts for the conversion of polyunsaturated hydrocarbons
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Laurent Delannoy
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Design Engineer at ASML
Laura Barberis
Carbon Supports and Promoters: Key to Design Copper Catalysts for CO2 Conversion
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
prof. dr. Frank de Groot
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R&D Engineer at TotalEnergies
Nienke Visser
Carbon-supported nickel catalysts for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Jessi van der Hoeven
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Researcher Battery Technology at Institute for Energy Technology
Laura de Kort
Fast ion conduction in metal hydride/oxide nanocomposites
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dr. Peter Ngene
prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
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Research Team Lead – Research Scientist at LionVolt B.V.
Petra Keijzer
Preparation of supported silver catalysts
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Researcher Industrial and Environmental Safety at RIVM
Lars van der Wal
Advanced Electron Microscopy Studies of Zeolite-Supported Bifunctional Catalysts
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em. prof. dr. Krijn de Jong
dr. Jovanna Zečević
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Field Service Engineer at DENSsolutions
Federica Frati
Metal clusters for selective hydrogenation of olefins
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prof. dr. Frank de Groot
dr. Myrtille Hunault
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Business Development Manager at Oncode Accelerator
Jogchum Oenema
Proximity of Metal and Acid Sites in Bifunctional Catalysts for the Conversion of Hydrocarbons
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Catalysts & Refining Researcher at Neste
Rolf Beerthuis
Carbon-Supported Copper for Gas-Phase Hydrogenation Catalysis
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
em. prof. dr. Krijn de Jong
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Team Leader R&D AkzoNobel
Jeroen van den Reijen
Supported Silver Catalysts for Ethylene Epoxidation
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
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Engineer at Avantium
Christa van Oversteeg
Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Celso de Mello Donegá
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Researcher Microplastics at Rijkswaterstaat
Jessi van der Hoeven
Gold based nanorods: tuning the structure for catalysis and sensing
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
prof. dr. Alfons van Blaaderen
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Assistant professor at Materials Chemistry & Catalysis, Utrecht University
Jovana Zecevic
Gold based nanorods: tuning the structure for catalysis and sensing
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em. prof. dr. ir. Krijn de Jong
prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
dr. Heiner Friedrich
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Team Lead Materials Chemistry, Next Generation Breakthrough Research, Shell ETCA
Postdoctoral fellows
Dr. Jur de Wit
Local fluctuations in electrolyte temperature of Li-ion batteries
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dr. Peter Ngene
Scientist at materials for energy conversion group at EMPA Switzerland
Dr. Sergei Cherniak
Effect of promoters on the performance of Cu-based catalysts in CO2 thermocatalytic hydrogenation
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
Junior Professor – Electrocatalytic Materials From Bio-based Carbon – University of Lorraine, Institute Jean Lamour, ENSTI
Dr. Komal Patil
Supported metal catalysts for high pressure hydroformylation
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
Postdoctoral fellow at Industrial Catalysis Lab, Chemical Engineering, TU Delft
Dr. George Tierney
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy on Supported Catalyst Materials
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prof. dr. Petra de Jongh
g.tierney@tudelft.nl
Postdoctoral fellow at Urakawa group, TU Delft
Prof. dr. Philipp Adelhelm
Sodium and magnesium based hydrogen storage materials
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em. prof. dr. ir. Krijn de Jong
philipp.adelhelm@hu-berlin.de
Full professor at the Operando Battery Analysis group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Humboldt-University Berlin
Technical Staff
Materials Chemistry and Catalysis 