Confirmed speakers at Catalysis Connected 2025:
Speakers 2025
Welcome, Opening, and Scope of Catalysis Connected
Plenary speakers
Katalin Barta
A bright future for biorefining through efficient lignocellulose fractionation and creative product designAbstract/Bio
Veronique van Speybroeck
Multiscale Approaches from Molecular Design to Industrial Application: The Role of Machine Learning in Optimizing Catalytic ProcessesAbstract/Bio
Jeroen van Bokhoven
Methanol to Olefins, from zeolite structure to mechanism and improved performanceAbstract/Bio
Matthias Beller
Green carbonylation reactions - Can they make an impact in the chemical industry of the future?Abstract/Bio
Keynote speakers
An Verberckmoes
Advancing lignin valorization through specialized analysis, catalyst development and process optimizationAbstract/Bio
Stephan Schunk
Why the use of AI in Catalysis requires Community Efforts: Homestory summarizing 5 Years of intense CollaborationAbstract/Bio
Feng Ju
CO2, Plastic Waste and Biomass Conversion in Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process: towards the refinery of the futureAbstract/Bio
Annelie Jongerius
Plastic from CO₂: Developing new chemical processes to make the High-Performing and Biodegradable Materials of the futureAbstract/Bio
Nils Bottke
Jetting Towards Sustainability: Tackling Obstacles in Methanol-Based Aviation FuelAbstract/Bio
Track speakers
Nong Artrith
Machine Learning for Catalyst Design: Insights from Ethanol Reforming and Oxygen Evolution ReactionAbstract/Bio
Ivo Filot
Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticle Catalysis Using Machine Learning and Artificial Neural NetworksAbstract/Bio
Bettina Baumgartner
A Multi-Spectroscopic Approach to Study Photo-Active Metal-Organic FrameworksAbstract/Bio
Jochem van de Minkelis
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Polyethylene with Microporous and Mesoporous Materials: Assessing Performance and Mechanistic UnderstandingAbstract/Bio
Angela Melcherts
It Takes Two to Tango: The Two-Stage Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ into AromaticsAbstract/Bio
Joyce Kromwijk
It Takes Two to Tango: The Two-Stage Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ into AromaticsAbstract/Bio
Carolin Rieg
Advanced characterization methods for coke deposits on Ni-Mo/Al2O3 and Ni/Al2O3 extrudates for the catalytic upgrading of fast pyrolysis bio-oilAbstract/Bio
Jur de Wit
Mapping heat generation inside Li-ion batteries using luminescence thermometryAbstract/Bio
Tessa de Koning Gans
Electrochemical Epoxidation of Alkenes using Hollow Fiber ElectrodesAbstract/Bio
César Pernalete
Hydroprocessing pyrolysis oil from waste mixed polyolefins: experimental and kinetic studyAbstract/Bio
Sofie Ferwerda
Spatiotemporal Evolution of Ni Oxidation State of Ni-Mg-Al Catalysts During Dry Methane ReformingAbstract/Bio
Parviz Yazdani
Dynamic Behavior of Sr species in Sr/La2O3 under Oxidative Coupling of MethaneAbstract/Bio
Lukas Buelens
Performance of Ni-CaO-CeO₂ Dual Functional Materials for Integrated CO₂ Capture and UtilizationAbstract/Bio
Sebastian Rejman
Executable Manuscripts as Jupyter Notebooks: The Next Evolution in Scientific Publishing?Abstract/Bio
Eva Harsevoort
Renewable and Intrinsically Recyclable Polymers: Ring-Opening Polymerization of Furan Diels-Alder AdductsAbstract/Bio