Seven MSc students strengthen our group this academic year

This year, seven bioscience engineering students strengthen the team and will conduct their Master's thesis research under the supervision of Prof. Ameloot! We wish (L-R) Yousra, Benjamin, Brecht, Tom, Robbe, Marie en Sophie a warm welcome and an interesting research year!

Yousra, Brecht and Tom will work on high-throughput sorting techniques of plastics and ores.

Robbe and Marie will be working with MOFs, ranging from their synthesis to MOF-based sensing applications.

Benjamin will evaluate various adsorbentia for capturing CO2 in the presence of water.

Sophie will focus on 3D printed medicines for multidrug release.

Luca joins the group

We are pleased to welcome a new doctoral researcher to the Ameloot group.

Luca worked with us during his master’s thesis. He will continue his work on detection of plastics and plastic additives to enable high-throughput sorting and recycling.

A warm welcome to Luca!

Elif successfully defends her Ph.D.

Elif was awarded her Ph.D. after successfully completing the public defense of her thesis "3D printing porous ceramic materials". Her thesis explores how 3D printing can be used to create porous ceramics, carefully designed void spaces within the structure.

Congratulations Dr. Persembe!

Pieter successfully defends his Ph.D.

Pieter was awarded his Ph.D. after successfully defending his thesis “Adsorption-Based Electrochemical Sensor Design.” His research explores the world of materials science, with a particular focus on how carbon and zeolite materials can be combined to enhance sensor performance.

Congratulations Dr. De Smedt!

From curiosity to creation: science at summer camps

After three successful visits to schools during the year, our Robbie the Scientist kits joined the holiday excitement at the Sporty Camps around Leuven.

Children discovered the basics of 3D printing in an accessible and enjoyable way, working hands-on with our Chocolate 3D Print Kits. The activities combined creativity with technology, focusing on both new skills and a taste of how fun science can be.

Want to spark curiosity in your classroom, camp, or STEM event? Don't hesitate to get in touch to use our science kits! 👉 Contact us via [email protected] !

Lukas joins the group!

We are pleased to welcome a new research associate to the Ameloot Group!

After working as a student for the Recyclear project, Lukas will continue to work on the developement of hardware and software for the detection of materials for sorting technologies.

A warm welcome to Lukas!

Maarten joins the group!

We are pleased to welcome a new research associate to the Ameloot Group!

Following his master's thesis on optical detection of elastane in textiles in the Ameloot group, Maarten will continue as a research associate. He will contribute to developing sorting technologies via chemical tagging and spectroscopic methods.

A warm welcome to Maarten!

Margot successfully defends her Ph.D.!

Margot was awarded her Ph.D. after successfully completing the public defense of her thesis "The need for speed in separations and sensing: Transport diffusion in metal-organic frameworks". Over the past years, she developed a measurement protocol to reliably measure transport diffusion in nanoporous materials, and explored its potential in advanced sensing applications.

Congratulations Dr. Verstreken!

Leonard joins the group!

We are pleased to welcome a new postdoc to the Ameloot Group!

Leonard's research at KU Leuven focuses on combining binder jetting 3D printing with polymer-based drug dispersions for programmable, zero-order drug release. He will work with Cesar, Jonas and Lotte and collaborate with the Prof. Guy Van den Mooter’s group from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, KU Leuven.

He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Kiel University, Germany, where he specialized in additive manufacturing and self-organization.

Wenlong joins the group!

We are pleased to welcome a new postdoc to the Ameloot group!

Wenlong received his PhD from the TU Dortmund under the supervision of Prof. Sebastian Henke. Where he developed several new methods for the preparation of porous MOF glasses based on compositional engineering and mechanochemistry, etc.

At Ameloot Group, he will study MOF glasses as conductors for high-temperature electrolyzers and fuel cells applications, supported by the MSCA fellowship.