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A great day in September
Kunal Mali
Staff Scientist
My research focuses on fundamental aspects of supramolecular self-assembly on solid surfaces and its application towards functionalization of two-dimensional materials. I am also interested in on-surface covalent chemistry.
V. Ganga Mallaiah
Postdoc
I obtained Ph.D. at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre under the supervision of Dr. Bhaskar Dutt. I am a Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellow and I am studying the impact of room temperature ionic liquids on the electronic properties of graphene using SPM and Raman techniques. I am also interested in 2D crystal engineering and surface-confined stimulus-responsive systems.
Nico Arisnabarreta
Postdoc
Hi, I'm a new postdoc in the De Feyter group, coming from Argentina. Among other things, I will investigate the effect of electric fields on self-assembly and reactivity.
Shammi Rana
Postdoc
I investigate self-assembly processes on surfaces in relation to electrocatalysis
Vipin Mishra
Postdoc
I investigate the formation mechanisms of 2D covalent organic frameworks on surfaces
Adrian Urban
Postdoc
Hi there! My research deals with the chiral induced spin selectivity effect.
Jack Davies
Postdoc
I investigate the formation of metal-organic-frameworks on solids
Jiamin Sun
Postdoc
I work on the synthesis of COFs and their catalytic properties
Guangyuan Feng
Postdoc
Hi, I joined the De Feyter group to explore properties of COFs
Robby Reynaerts
Doctoral Student
Hi, I investigate multicomponent self-assembly on surfaces.
Catarina Lourenco Delfino
Doctoral Student
My research is about nanostructured functionalization of graphite and graphene, and 2D self-assembled molecular networks
Lihua Yu
Doctoral Student
I am a CSC PhD student. I will work on nanostructuring surfaces and the impact on supramolecular self-assembly
Antonino Cucinotta
Doctoral Student
I investigate the formation of metal organic frameworks on surfaces
Rahul Sasikumar
Doctoral Student
I will focus my research on the chemical functionalization of 2D materials and polymorphism
Anastasia Bazylevska
Doctoral Student
Hi, I work on the covalent functionalization of 2D materials
Tianze Hu
Doctoral Student
Hi, I'm a CSC student and will investigate 2D molecular self-assembly dynamical processes on surfaces
Brecht Koek
Doctoral Student
I'm investigating on-surface synthesis
Sven Bernaerts
Doctoral Student
I'm doing research on functionalized graphite particles and catalysis
I'm a PhD student of the “CHISUB” project. CHISUB is an ambitious collaborative research project funded by FNRS-FWO under the Excellence of Science (EoS) program that spans from 2022 to 2025 and that puts together 6 research groups from Belgium, The Netherlands, and Austria. CHISUB features a multidisciplinary approach, towards crystallization mechanisms of molecules, which uses chiral symmetry breaking as local probe of ordering phenomena and as a tool for enantiomeric separation. I will do my research in the group of Prof. Yves Geerts at ULB where I will synthesize new compounds and in the De Feyter group where I will investigate chiral symmetry breaking phenomena at surfaces using scanning probe microscopy.
Andreu Mor Maldona
Doctoral Student
I work in the groups of Arnout Voet and Steven De Feyter as a PhD student. In the De Feyter group, I will investigate the on-surface self-assembly of designer proteins.
Michele Zanotti
Doctoral Student
I'm also a PhD student at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Brescia (Italy). I develop gas sensors using 2D materials.
Kobe Peeters
Doctoral Student
I'm a PhD student and I investigate the formation of chiral nanopatterned surfaces.
Jie Zhang
Doctoral Student
I'm interested in the growth of multilayered two-dimensional polymers
Cristina Nitu
Doctoral Student
Hi! I investigate molecular motors on surfaces. I'm also a PhD student of the group of Ben Feringa at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands
Huanjing Luo
Doctoral Student
I investigate new 2D polymers on surfaces.
Lekshimi Aravindan Geetha
Doctoral Student
Hi! I'm curious to unravel chiral inducation phenomena on surfaces
Dien Nguyen
Doctoral Student
Hi there! I'm a PhD student in the De Feyter group and I develop and investigate electrochromic materials.