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Prof. V. Van Speybroeck is co-chair of EuropaCat 2019

Prof. V. Van Speybroeck is co-chair of the 14th European Conference on Catalysis, EuropaCat 2019, which will be held in Aachen, Germany from 18-23 August 2019. The scientific programme of EuropaCat2019 will reflect the overall theme Catalysis without Borders and is a joint organization of the Catalysis Communities of Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. The overall organization is headed by Prof. Walter Leitner from the RWTH Aachen University.

More information can be found on http://europacat2019.eu.

MSCA fellowships

Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships

The Center for Molecular Modeling is open to host potential MSCA Individual Fellowships, provided your research topic fits into our active research lines and provided you have a proven excellent track record. We are typically interested in researchers who can enforce our team and have a strong motivation to work in a highly ambitious research team. If you are interested, we request that you send your CV to Prof. V. Van Speybroeck (Veronique.vanspeybroeck@ugent.be). All applications will be screened upon their suitability to the criteria set above.

Our university provides support to potential applicants who choose UGent as host institution. More information can be found here: http://www.ugent.be/en/research/funding/postdoc/msca-if.htm

Jubileumconcert Uni Ducenti – 16 mei 2017, Bozar Brussel

Prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck praat met Zijne Majesteit de Koning in het voorprogramma van Uni Ducenti /

Doctoraatsstudent van het Centrum voor Moleculaire Modellering, Kevin Hendrickx dirigeert ensembles van Gent en Luik in Bozar /

De koren en orkesten van de UGent en de Université de Liège brachten op 16 mei 2017 een prestigieus concert in Bozar om de gezamenlijke oprichting van beide universiteiten te vieren. Zijne majesteit de Koning woonde het concert bij ter gelegenheid van de 200ste verjaardag van de Universiteit Gent en Université Liège.

Voorafgaand aan het concert praatte Zijne Majesteit de Koning met wetenschappers van beide universiteiten die reeds jarenlang samenwerken in het kader van de Interuniversitaire attractiepolen (IAP). Prof. V. Van Speybroeck en Prof. C. Jerome lichtten zo de diepgaande samenwerking tussen beide instellingen toe omtrent hun gecombineerd experimenteel en computationeel onderzoek naar nieuwe functionele materialen.

Aan het concert namen alle universitaire ensembles van beide instellingen deel. Zo onder meer ook het Alumni- en Personeelsorkest van de UGent (www.continuo-ugent.be), onder leiding van CMM doctoraatsstudent Kevin Hendrickx. Kevin Hendrickx voert doctoraatsonderzoek uit onder leiding van Prof. Van Speybroeck (Centrum voor moleculaire modellering) en Prof. Van der Voort (Centre for Ordered Materials). Hij leidde de ensembles door Jean Sibelius’ Andante Festivo en nam als 1 van 4 dirigenten deel aan de creatie van Antifoon, een nieuw werk van Wim Hendrickx, componist in residentie van deFilharmonie, een complexe surroundcompositie die ter ere van dit event geschreven is. Naast deze werken stonden op het programma nog Brahms’ Akademische Festoverture, als eerbetoon aan het studentenleven, Sleep van Eric Whitacre en Meridian van Ola Gjeilo.

(Picture by Hilde Christeans, Universiteit Gent)

Highlighted Chemical Society Reviews contribution showcases the potential of metal-organic and covalent organic frameworks as single-site heterogeneous catalysts

While metal-organic and covalent organic frameworks are still in their infancy compared to zeolites, their versatility and nearly unlimited tunability endow these materials with an enormous potential as heterogeneous catalysts. In a recent review, to be published in Chemical Society Reviews, we highlight how recent advances, both in synthetic conditions as well as in modelling and characterization tools, contribute to unprecedented insight in heterogeneous catalysis and may be a game changer in catalyst design for a number of processes currently dominated by homogeneous catalysts. This review, which is part of a Chemical Society Reviews special issue on MOFs and is featured on the front cover, was coordinated by prof. Jorge Gascon from TU Delft and prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck from the Center for Molecular Modeling, in collaboration with the experimental groups of Francesc X. Llabrés i Xamena, Enrique V. Ramos-Fernandez, and Marco Daturi. This review forms a milestone within the ERC DYNPOR grant and DEFNET programme, which focus on the investigation of complex chemical transformations in nanoporous materials.

Lecture Rich Pastor, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

On Friday December 2 2016 Rich Pastor from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington DC, is visiting the CMM. He will a give a talk entitled 'Simulation of curvature induction and membrane disruption by antimicrobial peptides'.

Rich Pastor was a post-doc with Martin Karplus, the Nobel prize winner in Chemistry of 2013, and has made an enormous contribution to the field of modeling lipid membrane. His theoretical expertise includes force field development, barostats/thermostats, diffusion/viscosity, periodic boundary/size effects, and the applications are everything that is related to phospholipids.

Lecture by Prof. Chris G. Van de Walle

On September 26 2016 Prof. Chris G. Van de Walle (Materials Department, University of California, CA, USA) will give a lecture entitled 'Hydrogen interactions with materials: from semiconductors to hydrogen storage'.

When: September 26 2016 at 11h00
Location: Leszaal Magnel II, Technologiepark 904, Zwijnaarde.

Seminar Prof. Aliezer Martinez

On August 23 2016 Aliezer Martinez (University of Havana, Cuba) will give a seminar at the Center for Molecular Modeling entitled 'Molecular adsorption and isomerization on nanostructured surfaces'.

Lecture Dr. Céline Chizallet

On September 15 2016 at 10 AM Dr. Céline Chizallet (IFP Energies nouvelles, France) will give a lecture entitled 'Density functional theory simulations of complex catalytic materials in reactive environments: beyond the ideal surface at low coverage, towards predictive kinetic models' at the Center for Molecular Modeling in the framework of IAP VII. Location: Technologiepark 903, Auditorium Industrieel Beheer.

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