Joao Marreiros will join the group on August 1, 2015. Joao is originally from Portugal and knows about aerospace engineering as well as chemistry. In our group, he will investigate building block mobility and defect creation in metal-organic frameworks, supported by MSCA-ETN project DEFNET. The research and training in DEFNET are structured into 8 work packages (research, training, outreach, management) which will provide the ESRs with a fundamental knowledge and excellent education in the most exciting and emerging field of molecular framework materials science (MOFs). Welcome Joao!

Ivo's work on the electrochemical growth of UiO-66 films was published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations!

Clement Achille will join the group on Nov 1, 2014. Clement is originally from the south of France and studied Bio-engineering at ESSIE/ISBS (Paris). As a student, Clement spent a semester in the groups of B. Chu and M. Hadjiargyrou, in SUNY (US). His work there resulted in a first-author PLOS ONE paper, even before starting his PhD. Way to go Clement! In our group, he will launch a radically new research line that combines 3D printing and the design of porous materials. Bienvenue Clement!

Ivo stassen is the first official member of the Ameloot Group. He started his PhD in Oct 2012 and is co-supervised by Dirk De Vos and Rob Ameloot. Ivo is supported by a fellowship from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen) and will focus on the development of new film growth methods for metal-organic frameworks. Welcome Ivo!

Starting Oct 1, 2014 Rob will be appointed as BOF-ZAP tenure track professor at the Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis.

Olaya Gómez-Paz joins the Ameloot Group starting May 2019. She is originally from Spain and has completed her undergraduate chemistry degree in Chemistry in 2016 at the University of Vigo. In 2017, she received her Master's degree in chemistry research and industrial chemistry from the same institution. She is currently a Ph.D. student of the inorganic chemistry department in Vigo and her research focuses on new metallosupramolecular systems that will be used as carriers of bioactive molecules. While in Leuven, Olaya will focus on the study of structural dynamism of her coordination polymer compounds with different external stimuli (temperature, pressure, etc.)