In the Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC CBBC), founded in 2016, the companies AkzoNobel, BASF, Nouryon and Shell and the universities of Eindhoven, Groningen and Utrecht are working with the support of the Dutch government and scientists from other academic institutions on far-reaching research to find solutions to counteract greenhouse gas emissions and create a sustainable society.
Sharing a common vision of sustainability, our new generation of scientific talent aims to build the chemistry for the future.
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Our many research projects focus on three themes:
Functional materials & specialties
Coatings
Energy carriers
29 September 2022
Nicolette Maaskant (UU) During her master’s programme nanomaterials science at Utrecht University she got the opportunity to do her thesis research in the group of prof. dr. Andries Meijerink. Here, […]
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29 September 2022
The ARC CBBC has various partners, from both industry and academia. However, we look beyond these partners to fit the needs of expertise within our projects. Sometimes, expertise from outside […]
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27 September 2022
Episode 4 of Morteza Hadian’s podcast is now available! Morteza’s guest is PhD candidate Daan Groefsema from Utrecht University. They discuss Daan’s project, which focuses on converting methane into the […]
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Programme directors
Professor of Organic chemistry and molecular sciences
University of Groningen
Professor of Inorganic chemistry and catalysis
Utrecht University
Professor of Multi-scale modelling of multiphase flows
Eindhoven University of Technology
