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NCCC XXVII in Noordwijkerhout
From March 2nd till March 4th, members of MCC ventured out to the West of the Netherlands to attend the annual Dutch Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC). Once more, our PhD students, postdocs, and MSc students were proud to present their research. PhD candidate Just Pé Jonasse presented his work on strain-engineered gold/copper-platinum core-shell nanoparticles,…
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MCC Yearly Ice Skating
On February 26th, MCC took part in their yearly tradition of going ice skating at the Vechtse Banen ice rink in Utrecht. This year, even Peter Ngene gave ice skating a try for the first time!
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Hidde’s Eye-Opener
Curious about Hidde Nolten’s PhD research? Take a look at this video! He was given the chance to make a video with the Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging-KNCV, in which he explains his research in an accessible way.
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Petra de Jongh and Peter Ngene receive funding for NANEXBAT
Full article: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/uu-participates-in-two-major-research-projects-for-circular-batteriesNWO article: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/three-projects-funded-for-battery-development Petra de Jongh and Peter Ngene have been awarded funding from the Dutch National Growth Fund programme Material Independence and Circular Batteries, for the NANEXBAT project. This project is focused on the development of sodium-ion batteries; a rapidly growing and extremely relevant research field. Sodium, as an alternative charge-carrier to…
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Prof. dr. Krijn de Jong receives honorary awards in China
Professor (emeritus) dr. Krijn de Jong, MCC group leader from 1997 till 2021, received an honorary professorship from Xiamen University on November 19th 2025. The professorship was awarded to him in view of his long-standing cooperation with Xiamen University and his advice on their research in Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces. Later that month,…
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Snow in Utrecht
It was the week after New Year’s, when all festivities were done. It was that week, when the Netherlands got snow fun. Trains were cancelled, cars got stuck; piles of snow on the bike lanes, even cyclists were out of luck. Those who bested the weather to get office work done, were sure to enjoy…
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Christmas and New Year’s at MCC
At the end of December, before the Christmas break, we have the great traditions of our annual Christmas breakfast and dinner at the MCC group! Everyone contributed something to the festive breakfast on Friday the 19th. A few days earlier, we had a great dinner at restaurant ‘Buurten in Oost’ in Utrecht, which we concluded…
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MCC goes NWO CHAINS!
On December 2nd & 3rd, MCC traveled to Veldhoven for the annual Dutch chemistry conference NWO CHAINS! The boards were filled with MCC posters; many PhD students, postdocs, and MSc students were proud to present the results of their hard work. Press on a picture to see the presenter’s name and poster title Besides the…
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Daan wins the ARC-CBBC poster prize!
On the 30th of October, the Advanced Research Center – Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC-CBBC) held their annual meeting; this year they met in Groningen. MCC’s Daan van Eck won the Poster Prize with his poster on “Effect of Dopants on Ni/C Catalysts for Methane Pyrolysis”. Congratulations Daan and thank you to the jury of…
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Prof. dr. de Jongh and dr. Ngene on RTL Z
“This is a company which we [the Netherlands, red.] can be extremely proud of.” Prof. dr. Petra de Jongh and dr. Peter Ngene recently featured in an interview with broadcasting network RTL to discuss the success of Dutch company LeydenJar, which will produce silicon anodes that they claim can increase the energy storage capacity of…
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