Leuven,
10-Jan-2017 - After the preliminary defence held on December 1,
2016, today
Ruyi Zhong was
promoted Doctor in
Bioscience
Engineering by the KU Leuven Examination Committee. The
Committee was composed as follows:
- Prof. René De Mot (Chairman), KU Leuven
- Prof. Bert Sels (Supervisor/Secretary), KU Leuven
- Prof. Pegie Cool, University of Antwerp
- Prof. Paolo Pescarmona, KU Leuven and University of Groningen
- Dr. Mario Pagliaro, Italy's Research Council
- Prof. Li Peng, Nanjing Tech University
- Prof. Ivo Vankelecom, KU Leuven
Dr Pagliaro, Professor
Pescarmona and Professor Peng smoothly took part through
videoconferencing thanks to
excellent digital communication equipment available in the Auditorium
'Jozef Heuts' (Landbouwinstituut) of KU Leuven.
Conforming to KU Leuven
best practices
for the final phase of the PhD, the doctoral candidate Rouy Zhong
brightly answered
questions related to each of the five chapters comprising her Thesis
entitled “
Sulfonated Mesoporous
Silica-Carbon Nanocomposites for Biomass Conversion” describing
significant achievements which
include the first direct synthetic protocol to make silica-carbon
nanocomposites from silica and carbon molecular precursors, subsequent
sulfonation and with accessible strong SO3H acid sites and use for
several acid-catalyzed biomass conversion reactions.
In four years Dr Zhong's work has been widely published in journals such
as
ChemCatChem,
Green Chemistry,
Chemistry of
Materials and other prominent journals.
Arenberg Doctoral School
Leuven Katholieke Universiteit
ranks #2 in Europe and #16 in the world
Reuters
Top
100 Innovative Universities ranking.
Its
Arenberg
Doctoral School for
science, engineering and technology offers a versatile programme that
addresses both academic expertise and personal skills. Research-based
training is at the heart of the doctoral course. A broad programme of
training includes seminars, workshops, summer schools and dedeicated
academic courses.
Supervising each PhD candidate is each time a team of highly skilled
and engaged professors, experts in their fields.
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