Bernaerts Polymer Group

⚡️ Exciting News! ⚡️ The Kick-Off #Meeting of the @BiopyraniaEU is coming soon! 🎉 SAVE THE DATE! 📅 23-24 October 2024 📍 Maastricht, Netherlands 🤳 Stay tuned for exciting #news! 🚀 #BIOPYRANIAEUProject #Sustainability

We’re hiring a motivated PhD in Chemistry (organic/polymer synthesis) to join the FWO-SBO #ligDYN project! Develop lignin-based adaptable networks for adhesives & coatings with @VUBrussel, @KU_Leuven, @ugent, & @MaastrichtU. t.ly/eIa92 #Lignin #chempostdoc #Polymers

Are you a highly motivated researcher with a PhD in chemistry, skilled in organic synthesis & analytical chemistry? We're looking for you! Join our interdisciplinary team at @MaastrichtUni for the SuFiP-S project! #chempostdoc #sustainablepolymersynthesis t.ly/3GHut

Exciting research at #BIOPOL ! PhD candidate Huixing Cao presented "Non-isocyanate, Biobased Covalent Adaptable Networks based on Polyaspartic Esters" at the 9th International Conference on Bio-based and Biodegradable Polymers in #Coimbra, #SustainablePolymers #GreenChemistry

We are hiring! Together with Zuyd University of Applied Sciences we are looking for a PhD candidate to work on renewable and recyclable polymer networks to be applied in additive manufacturing. t.ly/VdoEu

Are you interested in a PhD in polymer chemistry? Several PhD vacancies are available in the Sustainable Polymer Synthesis group at Maastricht University: t.ly/-YGWB

Our PhD student Jian Liu rocked #PSF2024 in Prague with cutting-edge research on lignin-based imine vitrimers for sustainable coatings. Tackling polymer sustainability head-on! 🌿🔬 #SustainablePolymers #InnovationInAction

Just attended an insightful colloquium by our PhD student Timo on lignin-based dynamic & circular thermosets at @BrightlandsCampus. His innovative research on sustainable materials could drive the circular economy! 🌳 #Sustainability #Thermosets #sustainablepolymersynthesis

Joshua Verstappen, PhD Candidate in our group will share his biobased FDCA polyesters research for energy storage! Poster at #BPD24 (5/27-28) @BrightlandsCC & talk at @HIExEindhoven (6/5, 10:15AM). #polymers #energystorage #sustainablepolymersynthesis

Our PhD student Jian Liu is presenting his research at Brightlands Polymer Days on bio-based polymers for a sustainable future! Don't miss his talk on May 28th: brightlands.com/en/chemelot-ca… #BrightlandsPolymerDays #PhDresearch #Sustainability

Dr. Bernaerts shared exciting research at the Symposium Circularity: The New Shape of Chemistry @TUEindhoven on 22/5/2025. Her talk, "From lignin derived building blocks to Covalent Adaptable Networks and Recyclable Materials," highlighted innovative work on sustainable materials

#STEMcampaign2024 Our third participant is dr. Katrien Belvaerts, Assoc. Prof. from @MaastrichtU! "I am passionate about how my research in Sustainable Polymer Chemistry [...] contributes meaningful solutions to current and future societal challenges."#WomenInSTEM @FemMaastricht

Wow! Look at all those upcoming @FemMaastricht trainings! Want to develop your active bystander or communication skills? Check these out! 👇👇👇@MaastrichtYA @EdlabMaastricht @MaastrichtU

Happy to announce that our BioEconomy project #DigiLignin with @BernaertsGroup of @MaastrichtU and @VITObelgium has been granted. Lets combine #experiments with #DFT and #MachineLearning to create a better understanding of Lignin. @uhasselt @imoimomec engineeringnet.be/nl/nieuws/item…

... "happy" and "proud" are the two words that summarize best my feeling 👇 .. what a @ugent @ResearchUGent @ugent_fwe department it is ... #weareugent #Chemistry

Our recent work on #MachineLearning on small dataset with @BernaertsGroup is published on the cover of #PolymerInternational of @WileyPolymers. Had as much fun creating this, as the paper. #AI #artificialintelligence #ML #materiomics #ScienceAsArt @uhasselt @imoimomec

Our PhD student Jules Stouten gave a presentation about "A novel Sugar-derived Monomer for UV-curable Polyacrylates" on November 8, 2021 at the Brightlands Polymer Conference. #Interreg #D-NL-HIT

@luzylein Congratulations, Katja! Well deserved.

Super excited and honored to be one of them. Congratulations to all the other awardees. Thanks a lot to IUPAC for this prestigious award. Please enjoy #GWB2021 tomorrow and #WomenScienceDay on Thursday.

We have a vacancy for a synthetic organic/polymer chemist within the frame of the ITN project Biobased Value Circle biobased-valuecircle.eu/wp-content/upl… #vacancy

@UM_DKE @DelocalizedD @MaastrichtU Congratulations. We are very proud of you!

@DelocalizedD @BernaertsGroup @MaastrichtU Congratulations! 👏

🎉🥳🎉! I won a poster-prize at the acosonline.nl/home.php conference today (#Machinelearning : from #bigdata to multiscale modeling), with my poster on modeling small data sets. @BernaertsGroup @MaastrichtU @UM_DKE