Still from 2020

Just before finishing the year, I had the great pleasure to hold a new type of Young Scientist Ambassador Programme missions, YSAP, from the Global Young Academy. Together with Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma, from the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, our two groups shared a full half-day sharing knowledge, and some food at the end! […]

Online lecture during Spotlight talks

Today I had the chance to present the main results of our Lorentz Center event related to Education and Process Intensification, during the European Federation of Chemical Engineering Spotlight Talks series. The links to the resulting papers are these Process intensification education contributes to sustainable development goals Part 1, Part 2. The link to the […]

Open days at the UT

Since we cannot have a “face to face” event this year, we had an online event to explain future Master students what is it all about. I contributed with a mini-lecture explaining the importance of Chemical Science & Engineering studies in our faculty. My part shows up in minute 47:10. (link)

A new Semester

This week the new semester started, and I am teaching two courses: Innovating Reactor Systems (Master – including Chemical Engineering programs) Innovation Project (Bachelor Honours programme – Shaping the Future) On both we will have to adapt to the new rules to mitigate risks during the Covid-19 pandemics.For sure it is hard for students and […]

Generous donation to my research activities

The University Foundation arranged a fundraising action as part of its annual campaign to support improvements of the Quality of life for Diabetics. Last October 4th I received the check, and had the opportunity to answer questions from many of the generous donors! Looking forward to using this contribution in the best possible way.

Alumni lecture in Rotterdam

Yesterday it was a great opportunity to present part of my research to alumni living in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The Future Under Our Skin

I am very excited about the support I have received from the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA), MESA+ Institute, and the Techmed Centre, to organize an event entitled The Future Under Our Skin, next April 18th at the Design Lab, University of Twente. More details about the program will follow.

Hydrogen as fuel for the future

This Thursday I will be talking about Hydrogen and some ideas for its future utilization as part of a mini-symposium organized by KIVI. The program can be found here.

Inaugural lecture of a new Investigation Centre in Mexico

Last November 7th, 2018,  I had the great privilege to open the First Congress on Nanobioengineering, as part of the inauguration of the Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología y Nanotoxicología (CIBYN), from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Monterrey, Mexico.

SAFE talk at the Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics 2018

Today I will be giving a Keynote presentation at SAFE2018. This event is organized within the three technical Dutch universities of Twente, Delft and Eindhoven. The conference is organized for the PhD students and is intended for the students to expand their network and share their research ideas which provide a unique opportunity for future collaborations. […]