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Filippo Brienza defends his PhD on lignin depolymerization
Congratulations to Filippo for an exceptionnal PhD defense! Filippo has been working on “Extending the scope of reductive lignin depolymerization toward new feedstocks and innovative non-metal approaches“. His work paves the way to an improved val...
Post · February 22, 2024
Podcast long format: “les catalyseurs—le Tinder de la transition énergétique”
Mon collègue, le Professeur Francesco Contino, a entrepris de réaliser une série de podcasts intitulés “Exergie: Regards croisés sur l’énergie sous toutes ses formes”. Le podcast est basé sur les interview d’experts (Lionel Dubois, Philippe Lamber...
Post · February 22, 2024
Hippolyte Meersseman wins the first prize for the best oral communication at the “Club Biocatalyse en Synthèse Organique” symposium!
The 29th edition of the “Colloque du CBSO” took place on June 30 and July 1st 2022, online. This event allowed gathering the French (French-speaking) community of biocatalysis, biotechnology and biological synthesis. In her invited lecture, Caroli...
Post · February 22, 2024
Valentin Smeets wins the ISGS PhD Thesis Award
Dr. Valentin Smeets has received the 2019 ISGS PhD Thesis Award on May 15, 2020 for his work entitled « New synthetic approaches to efficient Ti–SiO2 epoxidation catalysts ». This prize, granted by the International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS), awards ...
Post · February 22, 2024
Interview of Damien Debecker by ChemCatChem
Damien was interviewed in celebration of his Young Researcher Award 2020, Catalysis Division of the French Chemical Society.
In fact, ChemCatChem holds a Special Collection which serves to highlight the profiles of scientists who have received a...
Post · February 22, 2024
Assessing the impact of chlorine ions on solar proton event induced ozone loss
Post · February 17, 2024
Jack Zhang receives AROP fellowship to visit ACN
Prof. Jack Zhang is vising us from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to start a collaboration on fNIRS neurofeedback for motor rehabilitation. Jack's visit is supported by the Advanced Research Opportunities Program (AROP) from RWTH Aachen Univ...
Post · February 15, 2024
JOB: we are looking for a postdoctoral candidate!
Profile: You must have a PhD in heterogeneous catalysis, or more broadly in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related fields (PhD diploma before April 15, 2024). A focus on liquid phase upgrading of bio-based chemicals is a plus. Expertise in ca...
Post · February 15, 2024
RWTH-NIRx state-of-the-art fNIRS workshop
We are thrilled to host a 3-day workshop (February 28 until March 1) on best practices and advanced fNIRS applications such as hyperscanning and fMRI-fNIRS. We have a line up of great key notes, including our very own Franziska Klein, Michael Lühr...
Post · February 14, 2024