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Dr. Nong Artrith wins Sebastian Haben award for Open Science!
Dr. Nong Artrith, assistant professor at the Materials Chemistry and Catalysis group of the Debye Institute, received the first Sebastian Haben award. The other winner was PhD candidate in Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Douwe Schulte. Nong’s nomination stood out because her career encompasses a combination of open software, open data and open education. She developed Atomic…
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Prof. Petra de Jongh wins Gilles Holst Medal!
Our group leader prof. Petra de Jongh has received the Gilles Holst Medal, in recognition of her contributions to science towards the sustainable energy transition. The jury praised her specifically on: “[…] her interdisciplinary approach [to research], her tireless quest for knowledge, and the industrial applications that emerge from her research on nanomaterials.” Prof. Petra…
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244th Electrochemical Society Meeting
In the week of 8-12 October 2023, PhD students Maaike Vink-van Ittersum and Henrik Rodenburg travelled to Gothenburg, Sweden, together with dr. Peter Ngene to present at the 244th Electrochemical Society Meeting. Maaike presented about her research on Pore Size Effects in Templated Porous Ag Electrodes for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction.Henrik gave an oral presentation about his research on Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductivity in Oxygen-Free K2NiF4-Type…
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EuropaCat 2024
Prof. dr. Petra De Jongh, dr. Jessi van der Hoeven, Suzan Schoemaker, Oscar Brandt Corstius, and Maaike Vink-van Ittersum presented lectures at the EuropaCat congress in August 2024.Prof. dr. De Jongh gave a lecture on ‘Competition between reverse water gas shift reaction and methanol synthesis from CO2: Influence of copper particle size’, and dr. Jessi van der Hoeven presented a lecture on ‘Unraveling…
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IUPAC | CHAINS 2023
On the 20th of August, several of our PIs and PhDs travelled to The Hague to present at IUPAC | CHAINS 2023. Dr. Peter Ngene presented about Interface engineered metal hydrides as multi-functional energy materials. In another parallel session, dr. Nongnuch Artrith discussed Atomistic Modeling Unveiling Complex Glassy-Ceramic Battery Structures. PhD candidate Oscar Brandt Corstius presented his results…
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Luc Smulders gives first plenary lecture at PREPA13
In July, three of our PhD candidates travelled together with prof. Petra de Jongh and prof. Krijn de Jong to Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium for PREPA13: International Symposium on “Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts”. On the first day, Luc Smulders gave the first plenary lecture on “Advanced preparation of metal-acid bifunctional catalysts to…
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Matt Peerlings goes to NAM28
On June 23rd, PhD candidate Matt Peerlings presented his work on CuZn-based electrodes for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction at the 28th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM28). He discussed recent results that show that his Cu/ZnOx electrocatalyst selectively reduces CO2 to CO. More information can be found here.
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Marta presents at EMRS
At the end of May, Marta went by train to Strasbourg to attend the European Materials Research Society (EMRS) spring meeting, where she presented her work on “Studying restructuring of Au-Pd core-shell catalysts using in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy” in a in situ TEM session filled with nice images and videos. The abstract can be…
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UU Electron Microscopy Centre opening!
On Friday 14 April, the Electron Microscopy Centre was officially opened! Many MCC researchers regularly use the electron microscopes for a variety of applications, ranging from imaging surfaces and determining pore and particle sizes to the imaging of catalyst performance during reactions.
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Dr. Nong Artrith interviewed by Illuster
Nong Artrith’s interview titled “A better environment starts with reflection!” has been published by Illuster Magazine. During the interview, she discussed her ongoing research on the search for cheaper and more efficient catalysts for hydrogen production using AI and big data. This project is funded by the Pathways to Sustainability – Energy in Transition Hub…
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