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Richard van de Sanden (DIFFER en TU/e) is benoemd tot Captain of Science van het Topteam Energie, het dagelijks bestuur van de Topsector Energie. Dat heeft de Minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat bekendgemaakt. Van de Sanden zal de rol vervullen tot november 2030.

Michael Abdelmalik (TU/e) together with Jonathan Citrin (DIFFER+TU/e) and Barry Koren (TU/e), will receive a grant for two PhD students from the EAISI EMDAIR program. The grant stimulates exploratory multidisciplinary AI (Artificial Intelligence) research. 

Mihalis Tsampas, team leader of Catalytic and Electrochemical Processes for Energy, wants to make cheap catalysts for solar fuels. An interview about membranes, working with companies, and motivating the team members.

Scientists from the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER) have created a database of 31,618 molecules that could potentially be used in future redox-flow batteries. These batteries hold great promise for energy storage. Among other things, the researchers used artificial intelligence and supercomputers to identify the molecules' properties.

Dinesh Krishnamoorthy (DIFFER and TU/e) is the recipient of a EUROfusion Engineering Grant. This has just been announced by EUROfusion. Krishnamoorthy will investigate how to keep a nuclear fusion power plant under control in real-time.