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The lecture will be given online.

Dr Thijs de Groot is a professional in the area of innovation with a particular liking for electrochemical processes. His positions at Nouryon and TU/e enable him to work on both fundamental science as well as its practical application in a business environment. He has a broad chemical engineering knowledge, especially in process design, physical properties and separation science. In his industrial career he has led projects on the production of sustainable methanol (from carbon dioxide and hydrogen), the production of organic carbonates and the capture of carbon dioxide. 

Thijs de Groot studied Chemical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) where he obtained his master's degree cum laude in 2002. From 2003-2007 he performed PhD research at TU/e (Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis) and Leiden University (Leiden Institute of Chemistry). In 2007 he obtained his doctorate with his thesis 'Electrochemistry of immobilized hemes and heme proteins' under the supervision of Prof. Marc Koper. In 2007 he started working at AkzoNobel, first in Research, Development & Innovation (Arnhem, The Netherlands) and since 2011 at the Competence Team Technology of the Industrial Chemicals division (Amsterdam; currently Nouryon). In 2016 De Groot was appointed part-time Assistant Professor in Electrochemical Engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, research group Chemical Reactor Engineering.

Amcel is a joint initiative of the Amsterdam electrochemistry community, bringing together researchers who are working on, and interested in electrochemistry and its applications. Established on the initiative of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), Amcel connects researchers from institutes and companies at Amsterdam Science Park and the wider Amsterdam area. Industry is represented in the form of the Avantium Science Park lab.