Damien P. Debecker is a Professor at the University of Louvain. He is the principal investigator of a reasearch group that aims at developing innovative and sustainable catalytic materials, reactions, and processes.

Plaifa is an expert in CO2 hydrogenation. In the framework of a FNRS fellowship, she is currently working on non-conventional preparation methods to make supported metal nanoparticles catalysts.

Giovanni is working on (trans)-esterification reactions, using strongly basic catalysts, in the framework of a SPF Economie project on sustainable aviation biofuels. He is also an expert in bioethanol upgrading.

Marty is developing hybrid chemo-enzymatic systems for organic synthesis.

Feilong Yang is working on ethanol dry reforming by transition metal based catalyst.

Developping biocatalytic processes, based on transaminase enzymes and membranes, for the production of chiral amines.

Diego is working on the upgrading of Ecuadorian waste biomass through reductive catalytic fractionation. He is also teaching at Universidad Central del Ecuador.

Working on the development of Zr-based catalysts for the ketonization of valeric acid to 5-nonanone.

Investigating chemo-enzymatic routes for the production of high-value chemicals.

High entropy alloy nanomaterials for the thermocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2

Developing biomass-based photo-biocatalytic processes for immobilized methane monooxygenases and unspecific peroxygenases

François is "Research Logistician", helping manage the lab, equipment, training, maintenance, and providing valuable support to the researchs in our group and more boradly in the Institute.

Denis has been working on the deveolpment of bifunctional catalysts specifically dedicated to the ethanol-to-butadiene reaction.

Filippo has been working on the development of integrated "lignin-first" biorefineries for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass. His research focused on the depolymerization of lignin toward bio-based fuels, chemicals and polymer precursors.

Developing nano-structured and mutlifunctional catalysts via the aerosol-assisted sol-gel process for the upgrading of glycerol to methyl lactate through cascade reaction.

Yingrui has debeloped new types of high-performance Ni-based catalysts for the methanation of CO2. He has elucidated mechanistic aspects and explored various doping strategies.

Biocatalysis and hybrid catalysis for the synthesis of high value sugars from low-value substrates.