Damien Debecker
@deuxbeck.bsky.social
Father of 3 💪. Professor @UCLouvain_be 🎓. Preparation of heterogeneous catalysts (sometimes including enzymes) 🔬 for more sustainable chemical processes 🌱. Associate Editor at Chem & Bio Engineering (ACS)
Chem & Bio Engineering (@pubs.acs.org) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes significant advances in all aspects of chemical and biological engineering. pubs.acs.org/journal/cbeh...
August 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Chem & Bio Engineering (@pubs.acs.org) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes significant advances in all aspects of chemical and biological engineering. pubs.acs.org/journal/cbeh...
New paper out!
Ethanol dehydration with aerosol-made mesoporous aluminosilicates featuring dispersed active sites
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Ethanol dehydration with aerosol-made mesoporous aluminosilicates featuring dispersed active sites
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Ethanol dehydration with aerosol-made mesoporous aluminosilicates featuring dispersed active sites
Amorphous aluminosilicates are known for their excellent performance in (bio)ethanol dehydration for ethylene production. Several studies showed that …
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August 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New paper out!
Ethanol dehydration with aerosol-made mesoporous aluminosilicates featuring dispersed active sites
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Ethanol dehydration with aerosol-made mesoporous aluminosilicates featuring dispersed active sites
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Please note that fathers are NOT allowed to change diapers
August 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Please note that fathers are NOT allowed to change diapers
#courage
Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/e... #orban #Hungary #pride
Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/e... #orban #Hungary #pride
Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride | CNN
Beneath a blaze of rainbow flags and amid roars of defiance, big crowds gathered in the Hungarian capital Budapest for the city’s 30th annual Pride march – an event that, this year, is unfolding as bo...
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June 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#courage
Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/e... #orban #Hungary #pride
Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/e... #orban #Hungary #pride
The lab in the spotlight today (MOOC in the making)
June 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The lab in the spotlight today (MOOC in the making)
Artwork for next paper
June 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Artwork for next paper
pro tip: never mark your draft file (paper, report, thesis) as "final". Especially not when you send it to supervisor/collaborators for feedback ;-)
May 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
pro tip: never mark your draft file (paper, report, thesis) as "final". Especially not when you send it to supervisor/collaborators for feedback ;-)
Flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) was employed to synthesize Ti-modified SiO₂ in a single step, serving as the support for Ru-based catalysts in CO₂ methanation reactions
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A combined DFT-Experimental study on FSP-made Ru/Ti-SiO2 catalysts for CO2 methanation
Flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) was employed to synthesize Ti-modified SiO₂ in a single step, serving as the support for Ru-based catalysts in CO₂ methana…
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May 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) was employed to synthesize Ti-modified SiO₂ in a single step, serving as the support for Ru-based catalysts in CO₂ methanation reactions
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Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs
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Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture | CNN
The body of a young Ukrainian woman who died in Russian captivity after being held incommunicado for many months was returned to Ukraine with several organs removed and showing signs of torture, Ukrai...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs
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Un avenir sombre pour les universités francophones
Plus de 2.000 membres du corps universitaire signant une carte blanche et, disent-ils « s’unissent pour sauver la recherche, l’enseignement et la prospérité ». www.lesoir.be/671749/artic...
Plus de 2.000 membres du corps universitaire signant une carte blanche et, disent-ils « s’unissent pour sauver la recherche, l’enseignement et la prospérité ». www.lesoir.be/671749/artic...
Un avenir sombre pour les universités francophones
Plus de 2.000 membres du corps universitaire signant une carte blanche et, disent-ils « s’unissent pour sauver la recherche, l’enseignement et la prospérité ».
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April 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Un avenir sombre pour les universités francophones
Plus de 2.000 membres du corps universitaire signant une carte blanche et, disent-ils « s’unissent pour sauver la recherche, l’enseignement et la prospérité ». www.lesoir.be/671749/artic...
Plus de 2.000 membres du corps universitaire signant une carte blanche et, disent-ils « s’unissent pour sauver la recherche, l’enseignement et la prospérité ». www.lesoir.be/671749/artic...
Now out:
CuO-CeO2 composite catalysts prepared in one-step, using a mild aerosol process, and featuring outstanding activity in the total oxidation of air pollutants.
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CuO-CeO2 composite catalysts prepared in one-step, using a mild aerosol process, and featuring outstanding activity in the total oxidation of air pollutants.
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Spray-made porous CuO-CeO2 microspheres rival precious metal catalysts for the low-temperature oxidation of air pollutants
Environmental constraints regarding the abatement of toxic gaseous pollutants such as carbon monoxide and various volatile organic compounds (VOCs) de…
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April 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Now out:
CuO-CeO2 composite catalysts prepared in one-step, using a mild aerosol process, and featuring outstanding activity in the total oxidation of air pollutants.
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CuO-CeO2 composite catalysts prepared in one-step, using a mild aerosol process, and featuring outstanding activity in the total oxidation of air pollutants.
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Proposition: on n'organise pas les examens/délibés/diplomations cette année.
(les conducteurs de train bloquent le rail, les bagagistes bloquent les aéroports, les agriculteurs bloquent les autoroutes,... et nous on se fait plumer tranquillement?)
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(les conducteurs de train bloquent le rail, les bagagistes bloquent les aéroports, les agriculteurs bloquent les autoroutes,... et nous on se fait plumer tranquillement?)
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Des pensions rabotées de 30 à 40% pour les professeurs d’université - RTBF Actus
Ce professeur d’université donne cours dans le domaine du recyclage des matériaux. Il a 62 ans. Il est proche de la...
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April 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Proposition: on n'organise pas les examens/délibés/diplomations cette année.
(les conducteurs de train bloquent le rail, les bagagistes bloquent les aéroports, les agriculteurs bloquent les autoroutes,... et nous on se fait plumer tranquillement?)
www.rtbf.be/article/des-...
(les conducteurs de train bloquent le rail, les bagagistes bloquent les aéroports, les agriculteurs bloquent les autoroutes,... et nous on se fait plumer tranquillement?)
www.rtbf.be/article/des-...
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🧪🌱💡 #joboffer #plantscijob #postdoc
Exciting opportunity to join our #ERC funded #DROOGHT project at the UCLouvain in #Belgium
We are looking for a 2-year #postdoc to work on the development of a new #multiscale #root #modelling pipeline.
#wheat #drought #root
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Exciting opportunity to join our #ERC funded #DROOGHT project at the UCLouvain in #Belgium
We are looking for a 2-year #postdoc to work on the development of a new #multiscale #root #modelling pipeline.
#wheat #drought #root
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April 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🧪🌱💡 #joboffer #plantscijob #postdoc
Exciting opportunity to join our #ERC funded #DROOGHT project at the UCLouvain in #Belgium
We are looking for a 2-year #postdoc to work on the development of a new #multiscale #root #modelling pipeline.
#wheat #drought #root
➡️ bit.ly/postdoc_droo...
Exciting opportunity to join our #ERC funded #DROOGHT project at the UCLouvain in #Belgium
We are looking for a 2-year #postdoc to work on the development of a new #multiscale #root #modelling pipeline.
#wheat #drought #root
➡️ bit.ly/postdoc_droo...
Waste to Value =>
Glycerol, a low value bio-based platform chemical, can be directly converted (in high yields!) to high value rare sugar L-erythrulose, using a multi-enzyme cascade reaction.
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#preprint #chemrxiv
Glycerol, a low value bio-based platform chemical, can be directly converted (in high yields!) to high value rare sugar L-erythrulose, using a multi-enzyme cascade reaction.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
#preprint #chemrxiv
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Waste to Value =>
Glycerol, a low value bio-based platform chemical, can be directly converted (in high yields!) to high value rare sugar L-erythrulose, using a multi-enzyme cascade reaction.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
#preprint #chemrxiv
Glycerol, a low value bio-based platform chemical, can be directly converted (in high yields!) to high value rare sugar L-erythrulose, using a multi-enzyme cascade reaction.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
#preprint #chemrxiv
See you in La Rochelle!
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April 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
See you in La Rochelle!
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ISGC 2025, 12-16 may.
The world rendez-vous in sustainable chemistry !
Scientific program is now online. www.isgc-symposium.com
The world rendez-vous in sustainable chemistry !
Scientific program is now online. www.isgc-symposium.com
ISGC
The International Symposium on Green Chemistry
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April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
ISGC 2025, 12-16 may.
The world rendez-vous in sustainable chemistry !
Scientific program is now online. www.isgc-symposium.com
The world rendez-vous in sustainable chemistry !
Scientific program is now online. www.isgc-symposium.com
Making-of ADOLESCENCE : 4 épisodes en 4 plans-séquences
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March 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
My morning emoticon.
March 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My morning emoticon.
Asymmetric Synthesis of Enantiopure Amines Using Membrane-Immobilized Transaminase
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Crystallization-Assisted Asymmetric Synthesis of Enantiopure Amines Using Membrane-Immobilized Transaminase
The production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) requires enantiopure chiral amines, for which greener synthesis processes are needed. Transaminases (TAs) are enzymes that catalyze the enant...
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March 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Asymmetric Synthesis of Enantiopure Amines Using Membrane-Immobilized Transaminase
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#Trump has fired scientists who monitor the #ocean. It comes at the worst possible time
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Trump has fired scientists who monitor the ocean. It comes at the worst possible time | CNN
One of NOAA’s most critical roles is to observe the oceans, which are currently undergoing a period of rapid and largely unexplained change.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#Trump has fired scientists who monitor the #ocean. It comes at the worst possible time
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Call for applications for a Junior Professor chair at Université de Poitiers
"Reaction mechanisms in catalytic processes"
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"Reaction mechanisms in catalytic processes"
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March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Call for applications for a Junior Professor chair at Université de Poitiers
"Reaction mechanisms in catalytic processes"
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"Reaction mechanisms in catalytic processes"
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ChemCatChem: from
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Europe for the World
(Announcing the new Editorial and Early Career Advisory Boards)
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March 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
ChemCatChem: from
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(Announcing the new Editorial and Early Career Advisory Boards)
Europe for the World
(Announcing the new Editorial and Early Career Advisory Boards)
International Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry
June 1-5, 2025 – Budapest, Hungary
June 1-5, 2025 – Budapest, Hungary
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March 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
International Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry
June 1-5, 2025 – Budapest, Hungary
June 1-5, 2025 – Budapest, Hungary
Call for Papers in Chem & Bio Engineering: Synthetic Biology—Enabling Technologies and Practical Applications
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Call for Papers: Synthetic Biology—Enabling Technologies and Practical Applications | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog
This Virtual Special Issue from Chem & Bio Engineering will showcase leading research in the field of synthetic biology. Submit your manuscript by September 30, 2025.
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Call for Papers in Chem & Bio Engineering: Synthetic Biology—Enabling Technologies and Practical Applications
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