Ameloot Group

Manipulating Porous Matter

Group News

We are pleased to welcome a new postdoc to our group!

After his doctoral studies on the development of MOF adsorbents for CO2 capture, Nassos conducted postdoctoral research at TU-Dortmund on the formulation of MOF particles into porous liquids.

At Ameloot group, he will study multicomponent gas adsorption equilibria and kinetics by nanoporous materials.

A warm welcome to Nassos!

Five MSc students strengthen our group this academic year!

One chemical and five bioscience engineering students strengthen the team this year and will conduct their Master's thesis research under the supervision of Prof. Ameloot!

We wish (L-R) Noa, Maarten, Manu, Luca, Bram and Tine a warm welcome and an interesting research year!

Bram, Manu and Tine will be working with MOFs, ranging from their synthesis to MOF-based sensing applications. Noa will focus on 3D printed medicines, and Maarten and Luca will work on recycling plastics and textiles!

We are pleased to welcome a new PhD student to our group!

After doing his honours program and master thesis at the Ameloot group, Robbe now joins the group as A PhD student, continuing his work on the developement of a novel technique for measuring multicomponent adsorption and diffusion in nanoporous materials.

A warm welcome to Robbe!

After successfully completing the public defense of her thesis, Lore was awarded her Ph.D.! Her Ph.D. research focused on 3D printed power sources for point-of-care diagnostics.

Congratulations Dr. Van Looy!

After finishing his PhD in Applied Chemistry and Polymeric Materials at Basque country university and Borealis in a Marie Curie industrial framework, Sebastian started a Postdoc position at KU Leuven in recycling plastics.

In the Ameloot group, he will continue his research on the characterization and sorting of alternatives to recycling black plastics.

A warm welcome to Sebastián!

After finishing her M.Sc. in Photonics at the Warsaw University of Technology, Aleksandra started a joint PhD between TU Dublin and KU Leuven as a part of the MSCA SENNET Project - Porous Networks for Gas Sensing.

In the Ameloot group, she will continue her research on the development of optical microstructures functionalised with MOFs for the detection of volatile organic compounds.

Giel's research in the spotlight @Bio-ingenieus

We are pleased to welcome a new PhD student to the Ameloot group!

After her Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lotte graduated as a Master in Drug Development. During her Master’s thesis, she investigated formulation screening and Fused Deposition 3D printing of ASD tablets.

In the Ameloot group, her research will be focused on 3D printed gastroretentive dosage forms for timed multidrug release.

A warm welcome to Lotte!

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

Miriam de J. Velasquez-Hernandez received her PhD degree from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). During her doctoral studies, she explored the synthesis of hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) using organo-bis(silane-triols) as molecular building blocks. Then, she joined Graz University of Technology (TU Graz, Austria) as a CONACyT postdoctoral fellow, where she explored the synthesis of MOF-based biocomposites for drug delivery applications. Subsequently, she studied the fabrication of oriented MOF films and patterns for optical devices.

In the Ameloot group, her research will be focused on the synthesis and in-situ characterization of MOFs for multi-component separation. Simultaneously, she will explore the ceramic to MOF vapor-phase transformation.

A warm welcome to Miriam!

After successfully completing the public defense of her thesis, Hanne was awarded her Ph.D.! Her Ph.D. research focused on a novel method to improve the efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) through 3D printing.

Congratulations Dr. Vanduffel!