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.

Lorenzo joins the group!

We are pleased to welcome a new master's thesis student to the Ameloot Group!

Following his bachelor's thesis on MOC linkage, Lorenzo is currently pursuing a master's thesis at the University of Milan, focusing on the synthesis and in-situ characterization of MOFs.

As part of an Erasmus traineeship, he will be joining the Ameloot Group to expand his research by conducting advanced X-ray powder diffraction experiments to collect adsorption isotherms of volatile organic compounds.

A warm welcome to Lorenzo!

Zhou joins the group!

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

After carrying out industrial doctorate studies regarding the synthesis of bio-based polymeric resins at Maastricht University and Chemstream BV, Zhou started a research associate position at KU Leuven in sorting waste plastics.

At the Ameloot group, he will contribute to the technology development for sorting plastic wastes based on chemical tagging and spectroscopic methods.

A warm welcome to Zhou!

Jorid successfully defends his Ph.D.!

Jorid was awarded his Ph.D. after successfully completing the public defense of his thesis. During his Ph.D., he developed new MOF film deposition processes compatible with microfabrication methods and investigated new approaches for volatile acid detection.

Congratulations Dr. Smets!

Nassos joins the group!

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!

Six 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!

Robbe joins the group!

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!

Lore successfully defends her Ph.D.!

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!