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Congratulations to Dr. Peter Ngene on promotion to Associate Professor!
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Ngene has recently been promoted to Associate Professor. Dr. Ngene has demonstrated outstanding dedication to electrocatalysis and battery fields. He has consistently shown significant achievements, impactful research contributions, and a strong commitment to teaching and mentorship.Congratulations to Dr. Ngene on this well-deserved promotion!
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First papers published of Matt Peerlings, Marta Perxés Perich, Marianne Bijl, and Kristiaan Helfferich!
Congratulations to Matt, Marta, Marianne, and Kris on publishing their first papers! Matt recently published in ACS Catalysis on bimetallic oxide-derived CuO–ZnO electrocatalysts. The authors found that cationic Cu species were stabilized by interaction with partially reduced ZnO, which affected the selectivity towards H2 and CO production. Marta recently published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A on the redistribution of…
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Review Paper on Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers
Prof. Frank de Groot et al. published a review paper on “Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering” in Nature Reviews Methods Primers. This comprehensive review is co-authored by his PhD and postdoc alumni, Dr. Hebatalla Elnaggar, Prof. Amélie Juhin, Dr. Pieter Glatzel, and colleagues from Diamond Light Source and Heidelberg University.
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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
In August 2024, 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…
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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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