Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis

At the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries in Leuven, Belgium, Devanshu presented his recent work, and won the best PhD talk prize! He showed his progress on enhancing […] The post Devanshu Sajwan wins Best PhD Talk Prize in Leuven appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

Dr. Laurens Mandemaker was featured on the radio to talk about microplastics and their possible harm to society. Listen to it here! The post Laurens featured on FunX radio appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

His first time in Japan was a great success… Laurens Mandemaker has won the poster prize at the NC-AFM2025 conference in Toyama! He talked about our AFM-based work on nanoplastics […] The post Laurens wins poster prize in Japan appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

HyCARB is the result of the call “Hydrogen and green electrons for carbon-based chemistry”, which originates from the National Growth Fund (NGF). This large research programme, which brings together Dutch […] The post Over 45 million euros awarded for the new HyCARB project appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

Ever wanted to know how ball milling works? In an easy to understand outreach video, Adrian Hergesell explains how ball milling works, and how it can help in recycling plastics […] The post A New Way of Recycling Plastics – with Adrian appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

We congratulate Carolin Rieg to her award for her poster “Advanced characterization methods for coke deposits on Ni-Mo/Al2O3 and Ni/Al2O3 extrudates for the catalytic upgrading of fast pyrolysis bio-oil” at […] The post Carolin Rieg Receives Poster Award at YOURHETCAT Conference appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

“Mens sana in corpore sano” – a healthy mind in a healthy body In order to do great research, we also need to look after our (mental) health. Last sunday […] The post ICC runs the singelloop appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

Assistant professor Ina Vollmer has recently received an ERC Starting Grant of 1.6 million euros, the Incubator grant from Circular Plastics NL  for 660k euros and a NWO Demonstrator grant of 160k […] The post Three grants for Ina Vollmer appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

Are you looking to do a PhD project and are you interested in catalysis, spectroscopy, mechano-chemistry, or polymer science to develop a sustainable pathway for plastic waste recycling through mechano-catalytic […] The post Two available PhD Positions: Mechano-Catalytic Depolymerisation of Plastic Waste appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

Sulfur is an undesirable impurity in many feedstocks for the production of transportation fuels and chemicals, both fossil-based and biomass-based. While the process of hydrodesulfurization is one of the largest […] The post Nature Communications paper on hydrodesulfurization appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

Since May 2024 Dr. Laurens Mandemaker has been appointed as assistant professor in our group! After completing both his PhD as well as his PostDoc here at ICC, Laurens is […] The post Dr. Laurens Mandemaker appointed assistant professor appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .

Dr. Xinwei Ye has been awarded the prestigious Embassy Science Fellowship by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NWO has granted seven Embassy […] The post Dr. Xinwei Ye is awarded the Embassy Science Fellowships appeared first on Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis .