Unlocking the Renewable Energy Future! The second @sunergy_eu consortium meeting took place on February 15 & 16 in Brussels. We also held a workshop towards a shared vision & European roadmap on solar fuels (a.o., chaired by Ann Magnuson & Huub de Groot). Keynote lecture by James Durrant @durrant_group. Read more on the SUNERGY website.
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Bert Weckhuysen has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief for Catalysis Science & Technology
“The rapid development of sustainability in chemistry, energy, and materials science ask for a flagship broad-scope interdisciplinary scientific journal in the field of catalysis that not only fosters fundamental science in the more traditional catalysis fields, but also brings in new, often somewhat more remotely developed methods, materials, and insights that not only inspire, but
Bert Weckhuysen Awarded the 2023 Inaugural Chemistry Europe Award
Chemistry Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries publishing a family of high-quality scholarly journals and the magazine ChemistryViews, recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry with its new Chemistry Europe Award. The 2023 Chemistry Europe Award will go to Bert Weckhuysen, Professor at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, who is being honored “for
Loreta Muscarella received an NWO XS grant for groundbreaking research project
Loreta Muscarella (ICC) has received an NWO XS grant of 50.000 euro for groundbreaking research into photocatalysis. In this project, indoor pollution will be tackled by developing a smart perovskite-based photocatalyst that can simultaneously degrade a wide variety of indoor pollutants by fully exploiting the indoor light. Read more at: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/twenty-six-groundbreaking-research-projects-launched-open-competition-domain-science-xs-0 Source: website Inorganic Chemistry and
4 M€ grant to accelerate innovation on solar fuels and chemicals, and to support the transition toward a fossil-free EU economy
Under the umbrella of the SUNERGY pan-European initiative, the newly funded SUNER-C programme will strengthen the solar fuels and chemicals community within Europe. To mitigate climate change, our society must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and find solutions to move away from fossil resources, while undergoing a gradual transition from a linear to a circular
Ina Vollmer & Ward van der Stam received an NWO XS grant for curiosity-driven research
Ina Vollmer and Ward van der Stam (both ICC) have each received an NWO XS grant of 50.000 euro for curiosity-driven research into new ways to recycle plastic and CO2. Ina will use solid organometallic catalysts in an innovative ball mill to convert polyolefins. Ward will develop a unique combined X-ray diffraction and fluorescence setup
Prof. Bert Weckhuysen winner of Max Planck Frontier Award 2022
The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) has awarded this year’s Max Planck Frontier Award to Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. He receives the prize for his excellent research in the field of chemical energy conversion. Prizewinners are nominated in a highly competitive procedure by the institute’s staff council. This year’s award ceremony was part of the
Jim de Ruiter wins Poster Award at INTERECT 2021
Jim de Ruiter has won the Poster Award for his poster “Time Resolved Spectral Footage of CO2 Electroreduction on Copper Catalysts” during the INTERECT conference in Valencia, organized by nanoGe. Source: website Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
ICC-Alumna Charlotte Vogt wins Clara Immerwahr Award
ICC-alumna Dr. Charlotte Vogt was awarded the 2022 Clara Immerwahr Award by UniSysCat, a cluster of excellence at four universities and four research institutes in the Berlin/Potsdam area. The Clara Immerwahr Award “promotes equity and excellence in catalysis research, and promotes young female scientists at an early stage of their career”, and “is associated with a
Freddy Rabouw receives prestigious VIDI-grant
Freddy Rabouw was awarded a VIDI grant from the NWO Talent Scheme. The VIDI grant, for researchers who have already conducted several years of research after their PhD, involves a scholarship of 800,000 euros intended for the development of their own research line, and allows for the appointment of one or two PhD students. Freddy
ARC-CBBC hub explained
Ina Vollmer and Matteo Monai, ICC’s new assistant professors (see May 1 news item) have prepared a video explaining the tools and techniques available at the Utrecht ARC-CBBC hub. The ARC CBBC infrastructure is available for everyone affiliated with ARC-CBBC, including ARC-CBBC researchers who work at other universities. The video can be found here: https://youtu.be/KT6XAGG-fTk Source: website Inorganic Chemistry
Da Vinci Project 2020-2021 Reunion at Strand Oog in Al
To festively celebrate the end of the Da Vinci Project 2020-2021 program, a Comenius Teaching Fellow project conceptualized and lead by Prof. Weckhuysen, a physical reunion was organized for the students and the external partners at Strand Oog in Al (Utrecht). This year marked the second edition of the interdisciplinary honours program, in which groups