
Operando Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland
Catchy members (ESRs and Supervisors)
PSI
May 15 @ 9:00 am – 7:00 pm Europe/Brusse

Catchy Interim meeting will be held at the Hönggerberg campus of ETH in Zurich
CATCHY operando meeting
Lectures on In situ TEM and Cluster deposition for catalysis
Presentation of CATCHY’s progress and outlook by the ESRs
Please register below for the Interim Meeting event.
Programme
Time | Description | Presenter | |
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Monday May 15th, 2023 | ETH Hönggerberg | ||
09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome | Olga Safonova Organisator Ewald Janssens Catchy Coordinator | |
09:30 – 10:15 | Clusters for catalysis | Richard Palmer Swansea University, UK | ![]() |
Coffee / Tea Break | |||
10:45 – 11:30 | in situ TEM for thermocatalysis | Thomas Altantzis, University of Antwerp, BE | ![]() |
Break | |||
11:45 – 12:30 | in situ TEM for electrocatalysis | Vasiliki Tileli Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, CH | ![]() |
Lunch | |||
14:00 – 15:30 | Dynamic Poster Sessions 5-minute laptop presentation for small group, followed by a 10 min discussion | All Please provide an abstract at registration | |
Coffee / Tea Break | |||
16:00 – 17:30 | Discussions Sessions First Paper Deliverable | Catchy members only ESRs + PIs in small groups | |
17:30 -18:00 | Microdoc Training on Pitch talks for ESRs | Deepak Pant, VITO, BE | |
19:00 – 21:30 | Dinner | Catchy members and guests only | |
Tuesday May 16th, 2023 | ETH Hönggerberg | ||
09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome | Olga Safonova Joost Bakker | All |
09:15 – 09:45 | Industrial Cluster Deposition | Jinlong Yin Teer Coatings Ltd, UK | ![]() |
09:45 – 10:15 | New technology for the production of nanoparticles to researchers and industry | VSPARTICLE, Delft, NL | ![]() |
Coffee / Tea Break | |||
10:45 – 11:15 | Precious Metals catalysts | Christian Gebauer Heraeus GmbH & Co, Hanau, DE | |
11:15 – 11:45 | CO2 capture | Climeworks, CH | |
Lunch | |||
13:30 – 15:00 | Discussion sessions Crosslinks in network | Catchy members only ESRs + PIs in small groups | |
Coffee / Tea Break | |||
15:30 – 18:00 | Microdocs Presentation | Catchy members only ESRs + PIs | |
15:30 – 15:40 | ESR1 – KUL | Imran Abbas | |
15:40 – 15:50 | ESR2 – TCL | Joao Coroa | |
15:50 – 16:00 | ESR8 – KUL | Dimitra Papamichail | |
16:10 – 16:20 | ESR9 – PSI | Sumant Phadke | |
16:20 – 16:30 | ESR10 – UA | Deema Balalta | |
16:30 – 16:40 | ESR11 – DTU | Filippo Romeggio | |
16:50 – 17:00 | ESR12 – DTU | Esperanza Sedano Varo | |
17:00 – 17:10 | ESR13-VITO | Wenjian Hu | |
17:10 – 17:20 | ESR14-PSI | Maximilian Winzely | |
17:20 – 17:30 | ESR3 – UU | Pavol Mikolaj | |
17:30 – 17:40 | ESR4 – RU | Deepak Pradeep | |
17:40 – 17:50 | ESR6 – BME | Bárbara Zamora Yusti | |
17:50 – 18:00 | ESR7 – RU | Waqas Pervez | |
Final discussions | |||
End of Meeting | |||
Practical Information
Location
Accommodation
A large number of hotels are within walking distance of Faculty Club. Economic hotels (€ 50 to 70) are generally located close to the train station (Ibis Budget, Hotel Industrie, Hotel Mille Colonnes, Park Inn, etc.), middle-range (€ 90 -100) (Ibis, Hotel De Pastorij, Hotel Ladeuze, etc.) and high-end (€ 120-200) hotels (Pentahotel, Martin’s Klooster, The Fourth, etc.) are located directly in the city center.
Travel Guide to Villigen and Zurich
By Plane
- Via Brussels National Airport (BRU): The national airport receives flights from over 200 destinations in 66 countries every day. It’s easy to travel from Brussels national airport to Leuven by direct trains (15 min). There are two Intercity trains every hour with final stops in either Landen or Hasselt. You can find more information about schedules and fares at Belgian Railways (NMBS).
- Via Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL): This airport receives only low-cost flights (Ryanair, Wizz, etc. ) from all over Europe. It is located 50 km south of Brussels but has good bus connections with Brussels and Bruges. You can use the shuttle service to Brussels-Midi station (50 min every 30 min) and take a train to Leuven (not Louvain-la-Neuve).
By Train
The Brussels Midi station is the Belgian hub for international train traffic, receiving multiple high-speed trains per day from Paris (Thalys and TGV), Lille (Eurostar and TGV), London (Eurostar), Amsterdam (Thalys) and Cologne (Thalys and ICE). Every hour, there are several intercity trains that leave Brussels Midi that stop in Leuven (25 min), with final stops in either Genk or Luik/Liege. For tickets and more info click here.
In Leuven
From the railway station of Leuven, best is to walk directly towards your accommodation. You can alternatively take a De Lijn bus or a taxi. A (one-way) bus ticket (€ 2-2.50) is valid for one hour. You can alternatively buy a De Lijn pass from € 7.50. This pass is valid on all buses and trams in Flanders.