Each year the Francqui Foundation attributes Francqui Chairs to Belgian universities. In that way national and renowned international professors can be invited as guest lecturers. This academic year the Department of Chemistry of the University of Antwerp honors Prof. Bert Weckhuysen with a Francqui Chair. Promotor of the University of Antwerp is Prof. Bert U.W. Maes. 

Bert Weckhuysen, a Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University (The Netherlands), investigates the fundamentals of catalytic processes to make fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, including carbon dioxide, biomass and plastic waste. 

The Faculty was pleased to organize the inaugural lecture entitled ‘Towards a Circular Society: Dreams Become Reality with Catalysis’ on 23 April 2025.

More information on Prof. Weckhuysen and his research can be found on the Weckhuysen research group website. 

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