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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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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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