Energy and Sustainability

Per person, we throw away about 33 kilos of plastic packaging per year. Professor of Polymer Chemistry Katja Loos is working on a more sustainable future for plastics - by looking at more than the material itself.

During the RUG Ventures Innovation Day, Prof. Erik Heeres of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (RUG) was awarded the Impact Innovator Excellence Award.

Prof. Marleen Kamperman and Marijke Leliveld received EUR 100,000 from the Gratama Foundation for their research project aimed at producing organic textiles for sustainable fashion.

Aravind Purushothaman Vellayani is an expert on hydrogen, fuel cell systems and thermodynamics of energy conversion. In his role as director of Hydrogen Economy at the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate, Vellayani's primary objectives revolve around fostering interfaculty collaboration. On February 28, he holds his inaugural lecture.

A small company in Grootegast produces bicycle baskets and slippers from recycled rubber. That is remarkable because, until recently, it was impossible to recycle rubber. However, Francesco Picchioni, Professor of Chemical Technology at the University of Groningen, and Ton Broekhuis, now Emeritus Professor, discovered how this could be done.

Together with partners, Dr. Anatoli Mokhov has received 3 million euros to reduce gas emissions and avoid harmful flaring.