Bert Weckhuysen

Bert Marc Weckhuysen FRSC (born 27 July 1968) is a professor of inorganic chemistry and catalysis at Utrecht University, originally from Belgian descent.

He obtained his PhD in Leuven in 1995 under R. Schoonheydt with a thesis titled: Oppervlaktechemie van Cr aan anorganische oppervlakken.

For example, he served as scientific director of Catchbio, a 10-year public-private Smartmix partnership programme in the catalytic conversion of biomass chemistry that was announced in 2005.

[5] In 2006 Weckhuysen received the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV) Golden Medal at the age of 37.

[9][10] Weckhuysen is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.