A successful trip to ExxonMobil European Research & Development Days 2023

Bert Sels gave a presentation on lignocellulose biorefinery technology and Wouter Arts was awarded the “Best Poster Presentation Award” on the topic of his work on the lignin-first biorefinery process design, economic analysis and life-cycle assessment

· 21-06-2023

A successful trip to ExxonMobil European Research & Development Days 2023

In the final week of April, one of our group members, Wouter Arts, attended the ExxonMobil European Research & Development Days 2023 organized by ExxonMobil Europe at their innovation center in Machelen.

This four-day event, which consisted of seminars, lab tours, poster sessions and a plant visit to the Polymer Plant in Meerhout, was closed by a presentation of our group leader Bert Sels on the lignocellulose biorefinery technology.

At the closing event, Wouter was given the “Best Poster Presentation Award” for his work on the lignin-first biorefinery process design, economic analysis and life-cycle assessment. This work is now also published in the June issue of Energy & Environmental Science. Check it out for more information here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/conten...

We thank the ExxonMobil team in Brussels for these amazing days and the perfect organization!