• Thesis Cover Henrik Rodenburg

    Thesis Cover Henrik Rodenburg

    We are proud to announce that Henrik Rodenburg has successfully completed his thesis on Solid Electrolytes for Electrochemical Hydrogen Transport. Well done, Henrik, and best of luck with the next chapter of your journey!

  • A Stunning Cover Design!

    A Stunning Cover Design!

    Big congratulations to Claudia Keijzer. One of our talented researchers who not only published her work in Catalysis Science & Technology but also designed the striking cover for the issue. Your creativity and hard work shine through—what an incredible achievement! 🎉

  • Scientist on Ice

    Scientist on Ice

    Trading lab coats for skates, a group of our researchers recently took to the ice at De Vechtsebanen, embracing a chilly yet cheerful break from their usual routines. The shared fun left everyone eager for more—future skating outings are almost certainly on the horizon!

  • Publications and Holiday joyfulness

    Publications and Holiday joyfulness

    What a lovely ending to 2024 we experienced as a group! As the year drew to a close, we tallied up all of the group’s publications—and what an impressive number it is! A stunning 42 publications in total. This is a remarkable achievement that we’re incredibly proud of as a team. Our holiday spirit was…

  • Christmas and Babies

    Christmas and Babies

    On the last Friday morning before our Christmas holiday, we enjoyed a delightful breakfast together. Traditionally, this breakfast is the perfect time to bring your baby, and what a treat it was! This year, our group had five babies in attendance. It was a truly wonderful sight to see so many happy parents and their…

  • CAIA 2024

    CAIA 2024

    Last week, the MCC PhD students participated in the CAIA 2024 course, where they represented the largest group. Jessi van der Hoeven contributed by teaching a lecture during the course. To top it all off, they took a great group photo and won the pub quiz! 🎉

  • Debye Institute 35th anniversary Symposium

    Debye Institute 35th anniversary Symposium

    On November 29th we celebrated the 35-year existence of the Debye Institute. The symposium was opened with an historical overview by Alfons van Blaaderen who shared his memories and rare archival photos of the early years of the Institute and some episodes of its rich history. Exciting ongoing research in the institute was highlighted by five…

  • BatteryNL

    BatteryNL

    On November 21, many of the battery team from Utrecht (both UU and HU, see photo) attended the BatteryNL consortium meeting in Amsterdam at the ETCA Shell campus. Here they learned about the most recent advances of consortium partners in different research directions. In addition, within the work package led by Petra de Jongh, Jonas,…

  • Gravitation program ANION kicks off in Leiden!

    Gravitation program ANION kicks off in Leiden!

    On October 18th the Gravitation program ANION held its festive kick-off meeting in Leiden, in which several Debye chemists and physicists participated. In ANION the fundamentals of electrochemical processes are investigated for electrocatalysis and battery applications and Utrecht is the node for Nanomaterials research. Three projects were awarded in the first round: “Course Graining from…

  • Research paper on promoters for ethylene epoxidation catalysts

    Research paper on promoters for ethylene epoxidation catalysts

    Claudia Keijzer et al. published a research paper on “the influence of Re and Cl on Ag catalysts in ethylene epoxidation” in Catalysis Science and Technology. In their research, they studied a series of silver catalysts promoted with rhenium to determine the effects on ethylene epoxidation. This work was funded by the Advanced Research Center…

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