After clinching one of two spots in the Belgian National finals last September, Alex is off the international stage to showcase MOF materials as of the finalists for Science Breakthroughs of the Year.

João was awarded his PhD after successfully completing the public defense of his thesis entitled "Understanding and utilizing linker mobility in metal-organic frameworks".

Alex won the people's choice award in the 2020 edition of Falling Walls Lab on 28th September at Kinepolis Leuven. He is one of the two national finalists who will represent Belgium in the

Nanoscale patterning is a fundamental step to implement MOFs in miniaturized solid-state devices. We developed a resist-free, direct X-ray and electron-beam lithography process to pattern MOFs, which overcoming several drawbacks while maintaining the porosity and crystallinity.

After 4.5 years, the Ameloot group's first postdoctoral researcher, Min Tu, takes up a new challenge at the Max Planck Institute.

Two homegrown researchers will soon start their interdisciplinary Ph.D.s with a prestigious fellowship from the Research Foundation Flanders.

Clement was awarded his PhD after successfully completing the Coronavirus-proof public defense of his thesis entitled "Liquid handling in 3D-printed autonomous microfluidics."

Despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, four budding scientists (L-R) Sruja, An, Robrecht, and Maider joins the Ameloot Group for their Master projects.

Looks like the pandemic is not stopping our growth as we welcome three fresh PhDs today! Jonas, Margot, and Jorid all obtained their Master in Bioscience Engineering at KU Leuven and were former Master's thesis students at the Ameloot Group. They will be working on various projects on 3D-printing for point-of-care diagnostics and MOF-based sensors for their doctoral research. While the on-boarding activity is virtual for now, we are all excited to (physically) welcome them to the crew very soon!

Alex is one of the 13 researchers selected by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) to represent the region in the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) this year. ESOF is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Attended by renowned scientists from all over the world, ESOF brings together 4,500 leading researchers, innovators, government bodies, journalists, and educators from over 90 countries, to discuss current and future breakthroughs in contemporary science.