New NIOK PhD Platform Board members
As announced in the NPP Newsletter of July 2010, a new group of enthousiastic PhD students have entered the NIOK PhD Platform Board (NPP). They will take over the activities and ambitions of the initiators of the NPP (founded in 2008). The new board members are: Jana Juan Alcañiz (Delft), Chris Reed (Twente) and Evelien van Schrojenstein Lantman (Utrecht).
TOP and ECHO grant for UvA
Two scientists of the University of Amsterdam have received a TOP and a ECHO grant: Joost Reek (TOP) and Bas de Bruijn (ECHO).
On cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry
Trapping metal nanoparticles in “smart silica” cages
The collaboration between the research groups of Gadi Rothenberg (UvA) and Hubert Koller (Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster) has resulted in a new catalyst synthesis method. Read more »
UvA catalysis researchers win the Science Park New Ideas Prize 2010
Dr. N.R. Shiju and prof.dr. Gadi Rothenberg have won the UvA Science Park New Ideas Prize contest 2010 with their finding of ‘A new catalyst for making nylons’. Read more »
Afscheid Prof.dr. Ben Nieuwenhuys
Op 28 mei a.s. neemt Ben Nieuwenhuys afscheid van de Universiteit Leiden waar hij 40 jaar heeft gewerkt. Op deze dag wordt een sypmposium georganiseerd. Voor verdere informatie, klik hier.