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Biography

Bert Weckhuysen received his Master's degree in Chemical & Agricultural Engineering from Leuven University (Belgium) in 1991. After obtaining his PhD degree in Catalysis from Leuven University in 1995 under the supervision of Prof. Robert Schoonheydt, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Israel Wachs at Lehigh University (USA) and Prof. Jack Lunsford at Texas A&M University (USA). Bert serves as the Distinguished University Professor in Catalysis, Energy & Sustainability at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) and was appointed as the first Distinguished Professor of the Faculty of Science at Utrecht University in 2012. He was a visiting professor at Leuven University (2000-2005), Stanford University & SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2013-2018), University College London (2014-2017) and ETH Z眉rich (2022).

The central research theme of the Wekhuysen group is the development of structure-activity relationships and expert systems in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and materials science with special emphasis on the development and use of advanced in situ characterization techniques.

RSC affiliations

• Editor-in-chief, Catalysis Science and Technology