PhD Theses
Mark Mangnus
Mystifying Photoluminescence Mechanisms Unraveling and exploiting non-ideal behavior of luminescent nanomaterials![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_0270-211x300.jpeg)
February 2024
Thesis supervisor: prof. dr. ir. B.M. Weckhuysen
Co-supervisors: prof. dr. A. van Blaaderen and dr. F. Rabouw
Shuang Yang
Structure−Performance Relationships of Copper and Post−Transition Metals in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cover-Shuang-211x300.jpg)
January 2024
Thesis supervisor: prof. dr. ir. B.M. Weckhuysen
Co-supervisor: dr. W. van der Stam
Iris ten Have
Spectroscopy of the Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO and CO2![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/F_-G_A3W0AAybh5-212x300.jpg)
November 2023
Thesis supervisor: prof. dr. ir. B.M. Weckhuysen
Co-supervisor: dr. F. Meirer
Luca Carnevale
Microreactors for In Situ Single Catalyst Particle Characterization Using Advanced Imaging Techniques![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/F_zV6zuXkAEl46b-211x300.jpg)
November 2023
Thesis supervisor: prof. dr. ir. M. Odijk
Co-supervisor: prof. dr. ir. B.M. Weckhuysen
Ahmed Ismail
The Chemical Dynamics of Water Splitting Oxides![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cover-208x300.jpg)
Max Werny
Probing the Morphology, Composition and Temperature of Olefin Polymerization Catalyst Particles with Microscopy and Spectroscopy![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5307-211x300.jpeg)
Silvia Zanoni
Characterization of Supported Metallocene Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cover-zanoni-205x300.jpg)
September 2023
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Erik Maris
Mapping Porous Solid Catalysts with Fluoresecent Molecules and Nanoparticles![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FyIIoI0WYBMOEyU-214x300.jpg)
June 2023
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Co-supervisors: dr. F. Meirer and dr. F.T. Rabouw
Bas Terlingen
New Insights in the Working Principles of Europium-Based Methane Oxychlorination Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FmqPi6tXkAIQHcZ-201x300.jpg)
January 2023
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Co-supervisor: Dr. E. Hutter
Thomas van Swieten
The Design and Application of Luminescent Thermometers![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/thomas-211x300.jpeg)
January 2023
Thesis supervisors: Prof. A. Meijerink and Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Sophie Van Vreeswijk
Advanced Zeolite Characterisation Methods to Investigate the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sophie-thesis-214x300.png)
December 2022
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Nikolaos Nikolopoulos
Waste-derived zeolites and shaped catalysts for the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nikos_Thesis_5-1-1-214x300.jpg)
November 2022
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Xinwei Ye
Structure-Performance Relationships in the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide with Ammonia over Copper-Based Zeolites![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_4448-215x300.jpeg)
October 2022
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Co-supervisors: Dr. F. Meirer and Dr. J.E. Schmidt
Roozbeh Valadian
Porous Catalyst Characterization Using X-ray Nano Tomography and Pore Network Modeling![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Valadian_thesis-cover-215x300.jpg)
Koen Bossers
On the Fragmentation Behavior of Ziegler-Type Catalysts During the Early Stages of α-Olefin Polymerization![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cover_Bossers-212x300.png)
Maarten Jongkind
Effect of Metal-Alkyl Components on the Formation of Active Sites in Chromium-Based Ethylene Polymerization![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MJongkind_PhDThesis_cover-232x300.jpg)
Khaled Khalili
Operando Attenuated Total Reflection-Infrared Spectroscopy of Biomass Conversion Processes![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Khaled-Khalili-thesis_2-210x300.jpg)
Stijn Hinterding
Beyond the ensemble: Excited-state dynamics unveiled by single-nanoparticle spectroscopy![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Hinterding_thesis-cover-e1637313650184-206x300.jpg)
Guusje Delen
In Situ Nano-Spectroscopy on Surface-Anchored Metal-Organic Frameworks![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Guusje-thesis-cover-single-page-217x300.png)
Laurens Mandemaker
The Birth, Life and Death of Surface-Mounted Metal-Organic Frameworks![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mandemaker_Thesis-Cover--212x300.png)
Suzanne Verkleij
Binder Effects in Catalyst Extrudates - An Operando Micro-Spectroscopy Study![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cover-Suzanne-2-209x300.png)
Pasi Paalanen
Iron Carbides and Sodium-Sulphur Promotion in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Paalanen-209x300.png)
Katarina Stanciakova
Water in Zeolite Pores: Modelling of Water-Active Site Interactions![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Stanciakova-212x300.jpg)
Anne-Eva Nieuwelink
Spectroscopy and Microreactor Technology for Single catalyst Particle Diagnostics![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nieuwelink_thesis-203x300.jpg)
Beatriz Luna Murillo
Aromatization of Oxygenates over Zeolite Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Beatriz-Luna-Murillo_thesis-211x300.jpg)
Miguel Rivera Torrente
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Defects, Spectroscopy and Catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Rivera-Torrente-218x300.png)
Charlotte Vogt
Structure Sensitivity in Catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Vogt-219x300.png)
Jochem Wijten
Characterization of Ni-Mo based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution from Water![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Jochem-Wijten_thesis-210x300.jpg)
Donglong Fu
Oriented zeolite membranes - synthesis, characterization and applications![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Fu-210x300.png)
Jelle Vollenbroek
Microreactors for single catalyst particle diagnostics - Measuring catalytic activity at high-throughput in multi-phase flows![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Vollenbroek-208x300.png)
Katinka Wondergem
Time to Shine - PERS for catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Wondergem-thesis-213x300.png)
Egor Vasilievich Fufachev
Chemical Building Blocks from Fermented Wastewater by Chemocatalytic Conversion![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fufachev-209x300.jpg)
José Gerardo Moya Cancino
New Insights in the Activation and Deactivation of Cobalt-Titania Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Moya-Cancino-220x300.jpg)
Ivan Garcia Torregrosa
Metal-oxide Photoelectrodes fro Water Splitting: Effect of Co-catalyst and Nanostructured Scaffold![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Garcia-Torregrosa-214x300.png)
Hai Le The
Nanomachining Regular Noble Metal/Ceramic Structures for Catalytic Applications![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Le-The-232x300.jpg)
Marjolein Velthoen
LEWIS ACIDITY in Cracking and Polymerization Catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Velthoen3.jpg-224x300.png)
Miguel Solsona
SINGLE CATALYST PARTICLE DIAGNOSTICS using Magnetic and Electric Fields![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Solsona-213x300.jpg)
Thomas Hartman
SHINERS (shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy) for Heterogeneous Catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Hartman-226x300.jpg)
Robin Geitenbeek
Luminescence Thermometry - Fundamentals and Applications![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Robin-Geitenbeek_edited-212x300.jpg)
Ana Hernández Gimenez
Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration during Bio-oil Upgrading Processes![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ana-M.-Hernandez-Gimenez_edited-210x300.jpg)
Fang Liu
Support Stability and Strong Metal-support Effects in Catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Fang-Liu_edited-211x300.jpg)
Özgün Attila
Advanced Characterization of Large Zeolite Crystals and Their Use in the Methanol-to-hydrocarbons Process![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Attila_edited-214x300.jpg)
Naresh Kumar
Development of Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and its Application to Heterogeneous Catalysis Research![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Naresh-Kumar_edited-212x300.jpg)
Joris Goetze
Operando Spectroscopy on the Reaction Mechanism and Deactivation of MTO Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Goetze_edited-212x300.jpg)
Zafer Öztürk
Spectroscopy & Microscopy on the Formation of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Ozturk2_edited-219x300.jpg)
Ramon Oord
Spectroscopic Insights into Microporous Zeolites for NH3-SCR of NOx and Methane-to-Methanol Activation![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Cover-thesis-Ramon-Oord-209x300.png)
December 2017
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Frank Hendriks
Accesibility, Structure and Reactivity of Individual Catalyst Particles Studied by Fluorescence Microscopy![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Hendriks2_edited-215x300.jpg)
William van der Graaff
Heterogeneous catalysts for selective conversion of carbohydrates![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Thesis-cover-William-van-der-Graaff-13-Dec-2016-212x300.jpg)
December 2016, TU/e (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands)
Thesis supervisors: Prof. E.J.M. Hensen, Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. E.A. Pidko
Sam Kalirai
Advances in X-ray chemical imaging of a single catalyst particle![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Thesis-cover-Sam-Kalirai-12-Dec-2016-210x300.jpg)
December 2016
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. F. Meirer
Zoran Ristanović
Zeolite chemistry studied at the level of single particles, molecules and atoms![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Zoran-Ristanovic-209x300.png)
March 2016
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Robin Jastrzebski
Catalytic C-C bond cleavage for the production of chemicals from lignin![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Robin-Jastrzebski-209x300.png)
March 2016
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Korneel Cats
On the deactivation of Cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Korneel-Cats-209x300.png)
March 2016
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Mustafa al Samarai
X-ray spectroscopy and microscopy of cobalt and nickel in CoMoS and CoNiMoS hydrodesulfurization catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mustafa-al-Samarai-211x300.png)
March 2016
Thesis supervisors: Prof. F.M.F. de Groot and Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Dimitrije Cicmil
Selective Oligomerization/Polymerization of Ethylene with Cr-based Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Dimitrije-Cicmil-209x300.png)
March 2016
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Joseph Stewart
Towards Green Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis - Hetergeneous and Homogeneous Catalyst Development![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Joe-Stewart-212x300.png)
December 2015
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Matthijs de Winter
Focused Ion Beam - Scanning Electron Microscopy Applied to Electrically Insulating Materials![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/D-de-Winter-211x300.png)
Carlo Angelici
Ethanol-to-Butadiene Conversion Over SiO2-MgO Catalysts: Synthesis-Structure-Performance Relationships![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Carlo-Angelici-214x300.png)
June 2015
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Sophie Wiedemann
Ferrierite-Catalysed Branching of Unsaturated Fatty Acids![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sophie-Wiedemann-208x300.png)
March 2015
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Ilona van Zandvoort
Towards the Valorization of Humin By-products: Characterization, Solubilization and Catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ilona-van-Zandvoort-210x300.png)
March 2015
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Wenhao Luo
Hydrodeoxygenation of levulinic acid over supported metal catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Wenhao-Luo-210x300.png)
December 2014
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Evelien van Schrojenstein Lantman
Raman nanospectroscopy of a photo-catalytic reaction![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Eveline-van-Schrojenstein-Lantman-212x300.png)
December 2014
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Hendrik van der Bij
Phosphatation of Zeolites: A Combined Spectroscopy, Microscopy and Catalysis Study![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Hendrik-van-der-Bij-212x300.png)
December 2014
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Jesper Sattler
Propane dehydrogenation on metal and metal oxide catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Jesper-Sattler-210x300.png)
November 2014
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Qingyun Qian
Catalytic Conversion of Alcohols into Olefins: Spectroscopy, Kinetics and Catalyst Deactivation![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Qingyun-Qian-212x300.png)
February 2014
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. J. Ruiz-Martinez
Peter Spannring
Fe-Catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of Unsaturated Fatty Acids![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Peter-Spannring-211x300.png)
December 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. R.J.M. Klein Gebbink, Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Dilek Boğa
Aqueous-Phase Reforming of Renewable Polyols for Production of Hydrogen using Platinum Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Dilek-Boga-210x300.png)
November 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Clare Harvey
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Heterogeneous Catalysis Research![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Clare-Harvey-210x300.png)
November 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. A.J.G. Mank
Annelie Jongerius
Catalytic Conversion of Lignin for the Production of Aromatics![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Annelie-Jongerius-211x300.png)
September 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Upakul Deka
Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx over Copper-Based Microporous Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Upakul-Deka-209x300.png)
April 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. A.M. Beale
Peter Hausoul
Palladium-Catalyzed Telomerization of 1,2-Butadiene with Biomass-Based Oxygenates![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/P-Hausoul-213x300.png)
January 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. R.J.M. Klein Gebbink and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Luis Aramburo Corrales
Spatiotemporal Spectroscopy of Molecular Sieves: Interplay between Hydrothermal Treatments and the Methanol-To-Hydrocarbons Reaction![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Luis-Aramburo-211x300.png)
December 2012
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Inge Buurmans
Catalyst particles for fluid catalytic cracking visualized at the individual particle level by micro-spectroscopy![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Inge-Buurmans-208x300.png)
December 2011
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Davide Mores
In-situ micro-spectroscopy on coke formation processes in zeolites![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Davide-Mores-211x300.png)
December 2011
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Bart Hereijgers
Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons over Supported Gold Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bart-Hereijgers-211x300.png)
November 2011
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Lukasz Karwacki
Internal architecture and molecular transport barriers of large zeolite crystals![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Lucasz-Karwacki-2010-211x300.png)
December 2010
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Nadzeya Beznis
Co and Cu ZSM-5 zeolites for the direct production of oxygenates from methane and oxygen![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Nadzeya-Beznis-211x300.png)
November 2010
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Emiel de Smit
Iron-based Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis : new insights from in-situ (micro)spectroscopy, diffraction and theory![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Emiel-de-Smit-207x300.png)
November 2010
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. F.M.F. de Groot
Pieter de Peinder
Characterization and Classification of Crude Oils Using a Combination of Spectroscopy and Chemometrics![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Peter-de-Peinder-2009-210x300.png)
December 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. T. Visser
Marianne Kox
Spatial Heterogeneities Within an Individual Catalyst Particle as Revealed by In-Situ Micro-Spectroscopy![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Marianne-Kox-2009-212x300.png)
Letitia Espinosa Alonso
Space and Time Resolved Spectroscopy During the Preparation of Hydrogenation Catalyst Bodies![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Leticia-Espinosa-Alonso-2009-211x300.png)
November 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. A.M. Beale
Muriel Lepage
Support and promoter effects in automotive exhaust catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Muriel-Lepage-2009-210x300.png)
June 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. T. Visser
Elena Parvulescu
New mechanistic insight into the gold-based propene epoxidation![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Elena-Parvulescu-2009-210x300.png)
May 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. T.A. Nijhuis
Ingmar Swart
Adsorption of CO and H2 on Transition Metal Clusters : insights from Vibrational Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Ingmar-Swart-2008-208x300.png)
Alwies van der Heijden
Conversion of chlorinated waste streams from the production of polyvinyl chloride over La-based catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Alwies-van-der-Heijden-209x300.png)
Daniel Radu
Creation of α-oxygen during the N2O decomposition over Mn-ZSM-5![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Cornel-Daniel-Radu-2007-210x300.png)
October 2007
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. F.M.F. de Groot
Jaap Bergwerff
Spatially resolved spectroscopy on the preparation of CoMo/Al2O3 hydrodesulphurization catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Jaap-Bergwerff-2007-212x300.png)
March 2007
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. T. Visser
Pieter Bruijnincx
Structural and Functional Models of Non-Heme Iron Enzymes : A Study of the 2-His-1-Carboxylate Facial Triad Structural Motif![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Pieter-Bruijnincx-2007-212x300.png)
January 2007
Thesis supervisors: Prof. G. van Koten, Prof. R.J.M. Klein Gebbink and Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Joost van Lingen
A comprehensive model for the supported vanadium oxide catalyst: The umbrella model![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Joost-van-Lingen-2006-212x300.png)
November 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Dr. J.H. van Lenthe and Dr. O.L.J. Gijzeman
Cristina Nenu
Controlled assembly of a Cr-based heterogeneous single-site ethylene trimerisation catalyst![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Cristina-Nenu-2006-212x300.png)
November 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P. Bodart
Daphne Keller
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Daphne-Keller-2006-211x300.png)
November 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. D.C. Koningsberger, Dr. F.M.F. de Groot and Dr. T. Visser
Stan Tinnemans
Combined operando Raman/ UV-Vis-NIR specrocsopy as a tool to study supported metal oxide catalysts at work![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stan-Tinnemans-210x300.png)
June 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Dr. T.A. Nijhuis and Dr. T. Visser
Fernando Morales Cano
Manganese Promotion in Titania-Supported Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Fernando-Morales-Cano-2006-212x300.png)
April 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. F.M.F. de Groot
Gerbrand Mesu
Host-Guest Chemistry of Cu2+/Histidine Complexes in Molecular Sieves![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proefschrift-Gerbrand-Mesu-2005-211x300.png)
May 2005
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. T. Visser
Willem Heijboer
New Frontiers in X-ray Spectroscopy of FeZSM-5![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Willem-Heijboer-209x300.png)
April 2005
Thesis supervisors: Prof. D.C. Koningsberger, Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. F.M.F. de Groot
Pieter Van der Avert
Catalytic Destruction of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons over Lanthanide Oxides![](https://bertweckhuysen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_4452-202x300.jpeg)
2003
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof R.A. Schoonheydt