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Joint boardgame borrel with CMI
The borrel committees of MCC and CMI put their hands together to organize a joint boardgame borrel. After eating some pizza, the games got started. People either brought their own games or joined at someone else’s game. While some people only participated in one long game, others did multiple shorter games with different people. It…
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Sweat, Smiles, and Painted Mugs: the Annual MCC Group Outing 2026!
On June 12th, we ditched our desks for the yearly MCC group outing. We kicked off the morning by taking a major trip down memory lane. Everyone got to unleash their inner child with some seriously nostalgic playground games. We played some fierce games of Apenkooi (an absolute classic for anyone who grew up in…
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Several group members contributed to the ECNS 2026 conference in Utrecht
The Electrochemical National Symposium (ECNS) was organized under the auspices of ANION and the Debye Institute on 11th May 2026. Notably, our very own Dr. Peter Ngene co-chaired the conference, and several group members presented their research (see photos). Jonas Hehn presented recent advances in hydridoborate nanocomposites as promising solid electrolytes for next-generation batteries. In…
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Jessi received a NWO XS grant titled “Solar-driven CO2 Conversion for Sustainable Chemical Production”
Jessi received a NWO XS grant titled “Solar-driven CO2 Conversion for Sustainable Chemical Production”. Sunlight is a powerful and abundant energy source to drive chemical reactions and to directly store renewable energy in chemical bonds. However, chemical industry still relies predominantly on fossil fuels as both energy source and feedstock. Achieving a sustainable, circular economy requires rapid defossilization…
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Hidde’s Eye-Opener – Video About Gold-Catalyzed Chemistry
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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Harsh Wadhwani and Hannah Dickinson win prizes in the ANION Photo Competition!
Original press release MCC PhD candidate Harsh Wadhwani and postdoc Hannah Dickinson won both a prize at the Photo Competition organized by the ANION consortium! The consortium “[…] invited members of the ANION community to share visually engaging images that capture the science and creativity behind nano-electrochemistry research,” as stated in their post. Harsh won…
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Prof. dr. Petra de Jongh elected Chemistry Europe Fellow!
On June 23rd, at the annual KNCV meeting in Utrecht, Petra de Jongh received from Matthias Bickelhaupt, chair of the KNCV (Royal Netherlands Chemical Society) the official recognition of being elected a Chemistry Europe Fellow, for her contributions to the European chemistry community and science, for instance in editorial boards and via high impact publications…
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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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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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