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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!
Last week, 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 Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou, Nongnuch…
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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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PhD Defense Kristiaan Helfferich: Bimetallic Paladium-based Hydrogenation Catalysts
Congratulations to Dr. Kristiaan Helfferich, who successfully defended his PhD thesis on June 16th, supervised by prof. dr. Petra de Jongh and dr. Jessi van der Hoeven. In his thesis, Kris investigated preparation methods for bimetallic paladium catalysts. Using advanced electron microscopy techniques as his primary set of characterization methods, he found preparation methods to…
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The Golden Team goes South!
From the 11th to the 14th of May, Marianne Bijl, Jan-Willem Lankman, and Marta Perxés Perich attended the 2025 Gold Conference in San Sebastián. In addition to enjoying the beautiful city with its lovely beaches and even better food, they presented posters, and Jan-Willem and Marta also gave oral presentations. It was fascinating to learn…
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North American Catalysis Society Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
Two weeks ago, Juliette, Marta, Daan and Hidde were at the North American Catalysis Society Meeting in Atlanta. The conference opened with a spectacular cocktail party in the Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the world. A group of inspiring catalysis researchers in one room, together with some whale sharks, dolphins, penguins and hammerhead sharks,…
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