The Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium is a Dutch national research center that investigates chemical building blocks for novel sustainable materials. It is a public-private organization in which academic, industrial and governmental partners are cooperating intensively. Its research projects focus on three themes: Functional materials & specialties, coatings and energy carriers. Prof. Bert Weckhuysen is one of the initiators of this grand project and current programme director.
ARC CBBC
Head of the group - Distinguished university professor
prof. dr. ir. Bert Weckhuysen
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht University+31 30 253 4328
B.M.Weckhuysen@uu.nl
The central research theme of the Weckhuysen group is the development of structure-activity relationships and expert systems in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and materials science with special emphasis on the development and use of advanced in situ characterization techniques.
Associate and assistant professors
dr. Eline Hutter
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - Vening Meinesz-C
E.M.Hutter@uu.nl
It fascinates me how much energy is provided by (sun-)light, and I am curious to find out how we can use the interactions between materials and light to e.g. store >
dr. Matteo Monai
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - Vening Meinesz-B 4.44
M.Monai@uu.nl
My research focuses on structure-activity relationships in nanostructured heterogeneous catalysts for small molecules activation (e.g. CO2 hydrogenation, dry methane reforming) and biomass conversion. My aim is to obtain fundamental insights >
dr. Ina Vollmer
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - David de Wied 5.88
I.Vollmer@uu.nl
She wants to tackle the problem of plastic waste by developing better spectroscopic and microscopic methods to analyze various plastic samples and by developing chemical recycling pathways. The second part >
PhD candidates
Sofie Ferwerda
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - Vening Meinesz-C
S.Ferwerda@uu.nl
My project, which is part of ARC CBBC and in collaboration with BASF, will focus on dry reforming of methane (DRM), in which greenhouse gasses CH4 and CO2 are converted >
Mirjam de Graaf
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - Vening Meinesz-C, 2.08
M.E.deGraaf1@uu.nl
Mirjam de Graaf is PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Weckhuysen and Dr. Eline Hutter. Her research focuses on developing a coating for the removal of harmful and/or odorous >
Daan Groefsema
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - David de Wied, 4th floor study area
D.W.Groefsema@uu.nl
The focus of Daan's project is the (further) development of Luminescence Thermometry and shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS), ultimately leading to a widely applicable analytical toolset for operando spectroscopy >
Bram Kappé
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - Vening Meinesz-C 2.08
B.T.Kappe@uu.nl
Bram’s project is part of ARC CBBC, and in collaboration with BASF Bram will investigate structure sensitivity in nickel catalyzed (de)hydrogenation reactions, such as CO2 methanation. To study structure sensitivity, >
Kordula Schnabl
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - David de Wied, 5th floor study area
K.B.Schnabl@uu.nl
Kordula will work on the controlled catalytic breakdown of humin and chitin to waterborne building blocks for coatings, including spatially-resolved spectroscopy of film formation and drying processes.
Bas Terlingen
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - Vening Meinesz-B 4.44
B.J.P.Terlingen@uu.nl
For AkzoNobel, the project concerns the re-use of the by-product hydrochloric acid to generate valuable compounds, thereby aiming to close the raw material loop, to reduce the carbon footprint and >
Sophie van Vreeswijk
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - David de Wied, 4th floor study area
S.H.vanVreeswijk@uu.nl
In this research project, several non-commodity zeolite framework structures are investigated as examples of small molecule activation processes. To gather detailed physicochemical insights of these materials, a wide variety of >
Florian Zand
Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis - Utrecht UniversityRoom - David de Wied, 5th floor study area
F.Zand@uu.nl
In his project, Florian will focus on the characterization of bimetallic catalysts, including their size, structure and composition during synthesis and CO2 hydrogenation.
Support Staff
Marijke Badings
Advanced Research Center-Chemical Building Blocks ConsortiumRoom - Vening Meinesz-C 2.15
M.L.Badings@uu.nl
Marijke Badings is communication officer at ARC CBBC.
ir. Hannie van Berlo-van den Broek
Advanced Research Center-Chemical Building Blocks ConsortiumRoom - Vening Meinesz-B 4.50
J.M.vanBerlo-vandenBroek@uu.nl
Hannie van Berlo-van den Broek is research technician at the Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium.
Anita ter Haar
Advanced Research Center-Chemical Building Blocks ConsortiumRoom - Vening Meinesz-C / Hans Freudenthal
A.terHaar@uu.nl
Anita ter Haar is the financial controller to ARC CBBC and the Weckhuysen group.
dr. Ramon Oord
Advanced Research Center-Chemical Building Blocks ConsortiumRoom - Vening Meinesz-B 4.50
+31 6 39 015 426
R.Oord@uu.nl
Ramon Oord works as Research and Education Assistant at ARC CBBC.