Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing

Here we go with our second feature of the NCCR Catalysis #Trailblazers series on exceptional individuals breaking barriers! 🤩 Meet Dr. Anastasiia Komarova from @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet in the group of @JLuterbacher @LPDC_EPFL. 💬 Full interview: nccr-catalysis.ch/news/nccr-cata…

Unlocking the mysteries of lignin structure just got easier! In our latest article in @angew_chem, we introduce a rapid NMR method for precise quantification of native lignin's structural features. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Exciting breakthrough in sustainable plastics! ♻️ Our latest paper on @naturesustainab showcases catalyst-free, melt polymerization of dimethyl glyoxylate xylose—derived from agricultural waste—to create high-performance polyamides. nature.com/articles/s4189…

Global Women’s Breakfast 2024 is about Catalyzing Diversity in Chemistry, and we're thrilled to announce the speakers Kara Branch, MBA, LSSGB (Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation), Dr Laena D'Alton, and Charlie Simms (Periodically Ox). Register here: bit.ly/iycn-gwb-2024

Allez team LPDC! We had a lot of fun at the Lausanne Xmas Run with team @Bloom_Biorenew 🏃🏃‍♀️

Merry Xmas from the whole LPDC team 🎄🎅🏼🎁

Congrats Lorenz for the Doctoral Thesis Award! We are very proud of you 🥇

This week we broke the marmite de l'Escalde following this Geneva tradition brought to us by our favorite genevoise Yildiz 🍫🇨🇭

Great to see how well-represented our #NCCRCatalysis team was at @SwissChemistry #SCSFall2023 🧑‍🔬  🎉Congrats to @thommgs (@deMelloGroup @catalysis_eth), Anastasiia Komarova (@LPDC_EPFL), & @JeffGuo__ (@SchwallerGroup) for winning Best & Runner-up (x2) Presentation Awards! 🎉

I'm honored to represent the Canadian scientific community 🇨🇦 at @EPFL 🇨🇭 as a holder of the #Banting post-doctoral fellowship. Thanks for all the support @MooresResearch and @JLuterbacher 🙂 Looking forward to sharing the cool nanoscience I've been doing at @LPDC_EPFL 🧪

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Congrats to our #BikeToWork team with a total of 1155km ! @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet Sustainability in and outside the lab!

I was humbled to talk yesterday at #CSC2023 about my journey as a gay person in Chemistry. We are underrepresented and less retained in STEM, but things are changing! A lot of it thanks for the work of allies such as @CSC_WIDE 🏳️‍🌈

What an inspiring week for LPDC! 🚀 Part of the team had the chance to present their work at the #biobased #materials Gordon Research Conference in Maine. Thanks to the chairs for the great organisation @URD_ABI @jbei And special congrats to Marie for the best poster prize !

Throwback to a great evening! Our Farzaneh successfully defended her thesis focusing on liquid-phase ALD application. @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet We will miss you!! Good luck with the rest of your carrier !

LPDC Journal Club #9 Exciting eco-friendly polymer development! Prof. @GeoffreyWCoates from @CornellChem has produced a recyclable 1000+kDa UHMW pDXL with excellent physical properties similar to UHMWPE, with a metal free process Learn more in @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

LPDC Journal Club #8 🌱🚀 Exciting news from the lab of Prof. Bert Sels at @KU_Leuven, in @RSC_Energy. Purified solvents are no longer necessary for an efficient reductive catalytic fractionation of wood. #sustainable #biorefinery processes Read more👇 doi.org/10.1039/D3EE00…