DIFFER organized a celebration event to thank former director Richard van de Sanden for his 10 years giving guidance to the institute. The celebration was on November 26, 2020.
Already in July of this year, Richard van de Sanden handed over the symbolic key to his successor Marco de Baar, but now it was time to celebrate Richard’s directorship with all his colleagues and contacts.
The event was centered around an informal online talk show, in which we honoured Richard’s achievement as director from 2010 – 2020; strategically repositioning the institute and its research, starting a new research theme Solar Fuels, realizing the relocation from Nieuwegein to Eindhoven, and his visionary and personal guidance to the institute. We are proud that Wim van Saarloos (former FOM director), Roel van der Krol (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin), and Clarise Bourdelle (CEA) joined as special guests. Maarten Steinbuch (Eindhoven University of Technology) gave a speech full of personal memories.
Pictures: Bebe van der Vlis, DIFFER
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