Natural vanilla flavor is one of the most important in the world. However, the cost of this flavor is expensive. Production of this flavor by alternative methods, could reduce the cost.

Plants and their pollinators form complex interaction networks. Within these networks, species differ widely in the number of species they interact with.

The role of material production as a driver of environmental impacts is increasing, which calls for a better understanding of global material flows. This thesis explores the role of in-use stocks of products, buildings and infrastructure as a key driver of global material demand and discusses the implications…

There is no heritage without emotional sharing and clashing. This article explores the involvement of divergent emotions in heritage making by discussing the debate series of Imagine IC and the Reinwardt Academy and zooming in on the commemoration of slavery and imagery of ‘Black Pete’ in the Netherlands.…

This thesis examines silicon pore optics (SPO), a technology that exploits silicon wafers from the semiconductor industry to create extremely high quality X-ray optics, by studying its manufacturing process, applications, and prospects.

Sarah de Rijcke (CWTS) ontvangt een ZonMw 'Fostering Responsible Research Practices' subsidie voor het project 'Optimizing the responsible researcher: towards fair and constructive academic advancement'.

Examining the sustainability aspects of biotechnology, especially those related to the production of ethanol from biomass.

Promotor: G. J. Kroes

PUMA aims at composing a geological map of the urban mine of Amsterdam for a selection of metals. Where are main deposits of copper, iron and aluminium located, when will they become available for secondary production, in what state and shape are they?

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: L. Juurlink

The cases of building materials, automobility, mushrooms and plastics.

This thesis aimed to investigate core cross-linked polymeric micelles (CCPMs) and expand their potential for the delivery of hydrophobic drugs and co-factors.

Dissociative chemisorption is an important reaction step in many catalytic reactions.

Atherosclerosis is the most important underlying process that drives cardiovascular disease, and is characterized by an accumulation of cholesterol which triggers an inflammatory response in the vessel wall.

To this day, all cyclophellitol-based inhibitors and ABPs have been close analogues of their natural substrate counterparts. As a result, these probes showed high selectivity towards their target glycosidases.

In this thesis, a system pharmacology approach, integrating metabolomics, pharmacology and chemical biology, was applied to understand and modulate the endocannabinoid system across different model systems (cells, zebrafish, mice and humans).

Phosphorylation affects all four major biomolecules – proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids – and plays a pivotal role in the most fundamental cellular functions.

What would be the environmental performance of the Carbon4PUR technology at industrial scale in the future?

1) Assess the trends in supply and production status of these critical minerals and mineral products worldwide and Europe’s dependence including on intermediate products such as permanent magnets, RE based super alloys, batteries, polishing compounds, phosphors, catalysts etc. 2) Trace the entire value…

How to contribute to a quantum leap of eco-industrial symbiosis in China?

Lezing, Studium Generale

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Promotores: Wim Jiskoot; Ferry Ossendorp

Promotor: Huub J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda

Tin electrodeposition applications have rapidly evolved in the past 25 years.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. de Jong

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

Streptomyces are bacteria abundant in soil that participate in diverse and complex interactions. These bacteria are the main producers of the antibiotics we currently use in the clinic.

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

Low-carbon (LE) technologies have a significant potential to reduce the total carbon emissions in China.

This thesis examines the link between simple molecules and the underlying structure and chemistry within protoplanetary disks - the birthplaces of planets.

How presence, abundance and enzymatic activities of AM and EM fungi differently affect soil carbon sequestration processes?

Promotor: G.J. Kramer Co-Promotor: E.G.M. Kleijn

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

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Students Practicing Citizen Journalism

Evaluating the environmental consequences of diet changes in the European Union.

CERA (CErtification of RAw Materials) is a four-year project that will develop a standardized certification scheme ensuring environmental, social and economic sustainability in extraction, processing, trading and manufacturing of all mineral raw materials. It will guarantee traceability of certified…

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A substance flow analysis, covering about 99 % of the flows of chlorinated substances in the Netherlands.

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

This thesis systematically studies the physicochemical properties of non-planar, propeller-shaped, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The synthesis of several so-called propellerenes is described on a gram scale, using optimized procedures aimed at using less hazardous reagents and reducing the amount…

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

Creating a framework to assess the sustainability of fish farms which will set sustainability standards and give consumers information about the the sustainability and safety of their seafood.

In the search for sustainable energy solutions, the idea of artificial photosynthesis has been proposed as an approach with which to use water and sunlight to produce hydrogen.