Seventh Progress Meeting in Brussels (13th November 2025)
The sixth progress meeting took place in Brussels on 13th November 2025.
Sixth Progress Meeting in Leuven (27th May 2025)
The sixth progress meeting took place at Leuven on 27th May 2025.
The KUL team participated in the European Commission’s science fair, organized by the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions. Science is Wonderful! is an annual science fair organised by the European Commission. It celebrates EU-funded research by inviting leading researchers from all over the world to come to Brussels and engage and inspire the next generation of scientists. Attracting over 5000 pupils from across Belgium each year, this two-day event has become a science outreach institution, free and open to all.
In 2025, KU Leuven celebrated its 600th anniversary, marking six centuries of excellence in education, research, and societal engagement. As part of this milestone, the university organized a series of outreach activities that highlighted its enduring commitment to knowledge sharing and innovation. Through public lectures, exhibitions, collaborative projects, and cultural events, KU Leuven connected academic achievements with broader audiences, fostering dialogue between science and society. These initiatives not only honored the university’s rich history but also emphasized its forward-looking vision to inspire future generations and strengthen its role as a global center of learning and discovery.
Fifth Progress Meeting in Leuven (5th December 2024)
The fifth progress meeting took place at Leuven on 5th December 2024.
Outreach activity @ KULeuven: Dag van de wetenschap (12th December 2024)
The KUL team actively participated in the “dag van de wetenschap” (Science day) events held at campus Arenberg on December 12, 2024. Science Day is an initiative of the Flemish government in Belgium. It is an annual event to celebrate science where the general public gets to know the research activities carried out at the university. Science Day is organized in collaboration with the associations of Flemish universities and colleges, scientific institutions and associations, museums, companies and federations and consists of lectures, tours and workshops. Special focus is on young, often school children to get them interested in science. The KUL team demonstrated the power of a scanning tunneling microscope to image the lattice of graphite at atomic resolution by carrying out a live demonstration.
Jérôme Cornil (UMons) got interviewed by the LN24 TV news channel on his experience and expectations as a FNRS researcher.
Outreach video by TUGraz
Physicist Roland Resel specializes in producing new crystals. He investigates how molecules crystallize on surfaces of the most varied kinds, from metals and rocks to pharmaceuticals and chocolate. Drawing on his many years of fundamental knowledge, he tracks down new crystal structures that enable the production of materials with special properties. In the case of pharmaceuticals, this relates to their solubility, for chocolate it is the exact melting point, and in electronics, special crystal structures are grown for semiconductors. The scientist's keen interest in the properties of materials accompanies him everywhere in his life, including his daily commute to work, which takes him through a forest. This is where Roland Resel explores nature's ability to produce crystals, from snow and ice to rock and moss.
Workshop on "Chirality, Spin and Reactivity"
Brussels, 12 - 14 November 2024 - ULB - Campus Plaine
(Quartier Jaune - Building N.O. - 5th Floor - Solvay room )
Fourth Progress Meeting in Antwerp (13th May 2024)
The fourth progress meeting took place at Brussels on 13th May 2024.
Outreach activity @ KULeuven: Faculteit Wetenschappen (20th April 2024)
The KUL team participated in an outreach activity providing information on their research activities to prospective chemistry students (and their parents).
Joint publication from UGroningen, KUL, and UMONS in Chem. A. Eur. J.
Highly Ordered Co-Assembly of Bisurea Functionalized Molecular Switches at the Solid-Liquid Interface
Cosima Stähler, Robby Reynaerts, Tamara Rinkovec, Lander Verstraete, G. Henrieke Heideman, Andrea Minoia, Jeremy N. Harvey, Kunal S. Mali,* Steven De Feyter,* Ben L. Feringa*
Outreach activity @ KULeuven: Dag van de wetenschap (26th November 2023)
The KUL team actively participated in the “dag van de wetenschap” (Science day) events held at campus Arenberg on November 26, 2024. Science Day is an initiative of the Flemish government in Belgium. It is an annual event to celebrate science where the general public gets to know the research activities carried out at the university. Science Day is organized in collaboration with the associations of Flemish universities and colleges, scientific institutions and associations, museums, companies and federations and consists of lectures, tours and workshops. Special focus is on young, often school children to get them interested in science. The KUL team demonstrated the power of a scanning tunneling microscope to image the lattice of graphite at atomic resolution by carrying out a live demonstration.
Third Progress Meeting in Leuven (9th November 2023)
The third progress meeting took place at Brussels on 9th November 2023.
Joint publication from KUL and UMONS in Chem. A. Eur. J.
Tianze Hu, Dr. Andrea Minoia, Dr. Gangamallaiah Velpula,* Prof. Dr. Kanykei Ryskulova, Prof. Dr. Kristof Van Hecke, Prof. Roberto Lazzaroni, Dr. Kunal S. Mali, Prof. Dr. Richard Hoogenboom, Prof. Steven De Feyter*
Second Progress Meeting in Leuven (27th April 2023)
The second progress meeting took place at Leuven on 27th April 2023.
Outreach activity @ KULeuven: Infodag - Opleiding Chemie (27th April 2023)
The KUL team participated in an outreach activity providing information on their reasearch activities to prospective chemistry students (and their parents).
Second Progress Meeting will be held Leuven (27th April 2023)
The second progress meeting will take place in Leuven on 27h April 2023.
Joint publication from KUL and UMONS in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Antonino Cucinotta, Christophe Kahlfuss, Andrea Minoia, Samuel Eyley, Keanu Zwaenepoel, Gangamallaiah Velpula, Wim Thielemans, Roberto Lazzaroni, Véronique Bulach, Mir Wais Hosseini, Kunal S. Mali and Steven De Feyter
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1194–1205
First Progress Meeting in Mons (18th November 2022)
The progress meeting took place at Mons on the 18th November 2022.
Kick-off Meeting in Leuven (14th June 2022)
The kick-off meeting took place at KU Leuven on the 14th June 2022.
