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·  Prof. Petra de Jongh

·  Prof. Frank de Groot

·  Prof. Dr. Ir. Krijn de Jong (em)

·  Dr. Peter Ngene

·  Dr. Jessi van der Hoeven

·  Dr. Nong Artrith

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Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Komal Patil: Supported metal catalysts for high pressure hydroformylation
  • Sergei Cherniak: Effect of promoters on the performance of Cu-based catalysts in CO2 thermocatalytic hydrogenation
  • Théophile Tchakoua: In-Silico Procedures for Drug Discovery

PhD Candidates

Former group members

  • Claudia Keijzer: Ultra pure and structured porous materials as catalyst supports.
  • Daan van Eck: Design of efficient catalysts for methane decomposition into hydrogen and carbon nanostructures.
  • Henrik Rodenburg: Developing high-performance solid-state anion conductors.
  • Hidde Nolten: Supported Au-based catalysts for selective oxidation.
  • Jian He: Developing Machine Learning Models to Understand Cathode-Electrolyte Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries.
  • Jonas Hehn: Interface effects in polymer-based hybrid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium ion batteries.
  • Juliette Verschoor: Metal hydride nanocomposite materials as TM-free catalysts for ammonia synthesis.
  • Just Pé Jonasse: Unravelling the influence of shell lattice spacing on the catalytic performance of core-shell catalysts.
  • Karan Kotalgi: Cathode-electrolyte interphase engineering for lithium-ion batteries.
  • Koen Draijer: Screening low-cost catalyst materials for seawater splitting.
  • Kristiaan Helfferich: Fundamental study of bimetallic catalyst preparation.
  • Kyra van Nieuwkerk: Mixed metal oxides for CO2 to methanol conversion.
  • Maaike van Ittersum: New electrodes for CO2 conversion – nanomorphology and composition.
  • Marianne Bijl: CO2 photoreduction using AuCu/TiO2 nanorod assemblies as a sustainable approach for ethylene production.
  • Marta Perxés: Studying restructuring in bimetallic catalysts using in-situ transmission electron microscopy.
  • Masoud Lazemi: Femtosecond XAS and RIXS of transition metal oxides.
  • Matt Peerlings: Understanding the degradation and increasing the lifetime of electrodes and membranes under harsh operating conditions.
  • Qijun Che: Operando x-ray spectroscopy of the oxygen evolution reaction.
  • Robert John Wolterbeek: Developing catalysts to synthesize liquid fuels (‘’e-fuels’’) from circular sources.
  • Sonja Wilms
  • Yuang Piao: Bifunctional catalysts for DME and methanol synthesis.