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Presentation at Science@FELs 2024 Conference
In June, Masoud Lazemi travelled to Paris to attend the Science@FELs 2024 conference. He presented his work on “Real-time and element-specific observation of ultrafast carrier dynamics in LaFeO3 epitaxial thin films by femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy“. He had been awarded a fee waiver by the scientific committee.
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Presentations at 18th International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems
Last week, our group members dr. Petra de Jongh, dr. Peter Ngene, Juliette Verschoor, and Jonas Hehn travelled to Saint-Malo, France for the 18th International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems. On Monday, Juliette presented her recent work on “Metal Hydride Nanocomposite Materials as TM-free Catalysts for Ammonis Synthesis”. Next, on Wednesday, Jonas gave a presentation about “Interface-Induced High…
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Celebrating 20 years at Utrecht University!
On May 24th, we all celebrated Petra’s 4th “lustrum” at Utrecht University! Former and current PhD students, post-docs, and colleagues visited MCC in Utrecht to congratulate and celebrate Petra.
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Claudia Keijzer gives Debye Lunch Lecture on “Influence of Alumina Phase Purity and Ag Particle Size on Ethylene Epoxidation“
On May 15th, PhD candidate Claudia Keijzer presented part of her research about catalysts for ethylene epoxidation in a Debye Lunch Lecture. In this lecture she discussed two parts of her PhD research: the synthesis and characterization of templated high surface area (HSA) α-alumina; and a comparison of the effect of two synthesis strategies on the Ag…
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Petra de Jongh receives ERC Advanced Grant for PromSusCat research
Congratulations to Petra de Jongh for securing an ERC Advanced Grant for fundamental research into the role of promoters on catalysts for the production of fuels from CO2. Petra and her team will research the complex interactions between a promoter and catalyst. This will involve a combination of advanced electron microscopy and x-ray spectroscopy techniques…
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Gravity funding for ANION project
The Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute of the Netherlands (ANION) consortium, led by dr. Marc Koper, has received the ‘Zwaartekracht’ or Gravity funding. Petra de Jongh was co-applicant for the proposal. The new consortium seeks to bring together chemists and physicists to investigate electrochemical processes at the smallest scales to find new fundamental insights. Scientists from the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science…
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25th Netherlands’ Cataysis and Chemistry Conference
During the week of March 4th, the 25th Netherlands’ Catalysis and Chemistry Conference took place in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands. This festive special edition was organized by a committee from Utrecht University with prof. Petra de Jongh (MCC) as chairwoman and prof. Pieter Bruijnincx (OCC) as vice-chairman. For this quarter-century milestone, the committee also invited emeriti who were part of…
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Dr. Jur de Wit joins the MCC Group as a Postdoc!
On March 1st, we welcomed Dr. Jur de Wit as a postdoc in the MCC group. He will be working with Dr. Peter Ngene to investigate Li-ion batteries using luminescence thermometry.
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Prof. Frank de Groot’s 60th Birthday
On Feb 16th, we celebrated Prof. Frank de Groot’s 60th Birthday through a specialized symposium in honoring his impactful contributions in X- ray spectroscopy. Special thanks to Dr. Nong Artrith, Dr. Hebatalla Elnaggar (Sorbonne University), and Dr. Kristina Kvashnina (ESRF) for the organization!
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Presentation at NWO Physics 2024 Conference
At the end of January, Masoud Lazemi attended NWO Physics 2024 conference in Veldhoven, where he presented a poster on his recent results. Moreover, he performed music at the Open Stage with his Persian musical instrument called “Setar“.
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