Staff

The research group COMOC currently has the following members:

Academic staff

  • Pascal Van Der Voort
    Pascal.VanDerVoort [at] UGent.be

Post-doc researchers

  • Ipsita Nath
    inath.nath [at] UGent.be

    Acridinium based Covalent Organic Frameworks for deep CO2 reduction

  • Jeet Chakraborty
    Jeet.Chakraborty [at] UGent.be

    Electrochemical Organic Catalysis using Covalent Organic Framework Electrodes

  • Karen Leus
    Karen.Leus [at] UGent.be

    In situ synthesis of nanoparticles anchored in the framework of functionalized metal-organic frameworks

PhD researchers

  • Wafaa Ahmed
    Wafaa.Ahmed [at] UGent.be

    Synthesis of mixed-metal MOFs for gas storage and separation

  • Linyang Wang
    Linyang.Wang [at] UGent.be

    Sacrificial Reagent-Free Green-photocatalytic Splitting of Water for Hydrogen Production over MOF-catalyst

  • Maojun Deng
    Maojun.Deng [at] UGent.be

    Design, synthesis and characterization of porous MOFs with potential for highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of VOCs

  • Gilles Matthys
    Gilles.Matthys [at] UGent.be

    Development of Robust Covalent Organic Frameworks for Adsorption and Catalysis. 

  • Rundong Wang
    Rundong.Wang [at] UGent.be

    Synthesis of COF/MOF for electrocatalytic applications

  • Tingting Yang
    Tingting.Yang [at] UGent.be

    Design, synthesis and characterization of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks for detecting and removing p-arsanalic acid

  • Zhongliang Wen
    Zhongliang.Wen [at] UGent.be

    Design, synthesis and characterization Covalent Organic Frameworks for catalytic CO2 conversions

  • Eline Jansen
    Eline.Jansen [at] UGent.be

    Defect engineering zirconium based metal-organic frameworks for enhanced catalytic activity

  • Diem Van Hamme
    Diem.VanHamme [at] UGent.be

    Covalent Organic Frameworks as photocatalysts for CO2 mitigation and the synthesis of valuable chemicals.

  • Meng Li
    Meng.Li4 [at] UGent.be

    Porous materials for enzymatic catalysis

Master Students

  • Kobe Scherpereel
    kobe.scherpereel [at] ugent.be

    Defect engineering in Metal Organic Frameworks

  • Tijs Vandenneucker
    tijs.vandenneucker [at] ugent.be

    Vinylene Covalent Organic Frameworks as a Scaffold for N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Former post docs

  • 2021-2022
    Ipsita Nath
  • 2021-2022
    Mahdieh Haghighat
  • 2020-2023
    Amrita Chatterjee
  • 2019-2022
    Roy Lavendomme
  • 2019 – 2020
    Sasanka Dalapati
  • 2022
    Hui Chen
  • 2021
    Chidharth Krishnaraj
  • 2021-2022
    Parviz Gohari Derakhshandeh
  • 2010 – 2011
    Nelson Castellanos
  • 2018 – 2020
    Anna M. Kaczmarek
  • 2017-2022
    Himanshu Sekhar Jena
  • 2016 – 2019
    Shu Na Zhao
  • 2012 – 2015
    Matthias Ide
  • 2013 – 2015
    Asamanjoy Bhunia
  • 2017 – 2019
    Jeroen De Decker
  • 2012 – 2013
    Shyam Bisswas
  • 2009 – 2013
    Yingya Liu
  • 2014 – 2017
    Els De Canck
  • 2011 – 2015
    Dolores Esquivel
  • 2014 – 2016
    Yesid Hernandez

Former PhD students

  • 2022
    Sara Abednatanzi
  • 2022
    Wanlu Liu
  • 2022
    Hui Chen
  • 2021-2023
    Yoran De Smet
  • 2021
    Flore Vanden Bussche
  • 2021
    Parviz Gohari Derakhshandeh
  • 2021
    Chidharth Krishnaraj
  • 2019
    Xiao Feng
  • 2019
    Anton De Vylder
  • 2019
    Norini Tahir
  • 2019
    Yoran De Vos
  • 2018
    Judith Ouwehand
  • 2018
    Guangbo Wang
  • 2018
    Irena Nevjestic
  • 2018
    Hannes Depauw
  • 2018
    Kevin Hendrickx
  • 2017
    Sander Clerick
  • 2017
    Murad Redzheb
  • 2017
    Mieke Meire
  • 2017
    Koen Vandaele
  • 2017
    Jeroen De Decker
  • 2017
    Wannes Libbrecht
  • 2015
    Thomas Bogaerts
  • 2015
    Jeroen Lauwaert
  • 2023
    Bram Seynnaeve
  • 2024
    Geert Watson
  • 2024
    Andreas Laemont
  • 2024
    Chunhui Liu
  • 2023
    Jiamin Sun
  • 2024
    Laurens Bourda
  • 2013
    Els De Canck
  • 2012
    Karen Leus
  • 2012
    Frederik Goethals
  • 2012
    Ilke Muylaert
  • 2012
    Matthias Ide
  • 2009
    Carl Vercaemst

Former visiting professors

  • 2024
    Beata Bajorowicz
  • January 2015
    Yaguang Sun
  • June 2015
    Francisco Romero-Salguero
  • September 2016 – 2017
    Hong Mei
  • September 2016
    Subrata Koner
  • January – June 2015
    Fu Ding

Former visiting PhD students

  • 2023-2024
    Matteus Keller
  • 2022-2023
    Haniyeh Farrokhi
  • February – July 2022
    Ruqia Ruqia
  • May 2021 – July 2022
    Elmira Farimand
  • June 2019 – June 2020
    Mahdieh Haghighat
  • June – December 2019
    Mina Oveisi
  • July – September 2018
    Hilal Yildirim
  • 2018
    Daniel Cosano
  • September 2016 – January 2017
    Ximena Castillo
  • September 2015 – September 2016
    Sara Abednatanzi
  • May 2014 – August 2014
    Marisa I. Lopez
  • March 2014 – July 2014
    Andrea Terpstra
  • February 2014 – June 2014
    Ramon Gonzalez
  • February 2013 – May 2013
    Rocio Otero
  • October 2010 – May 2011
    Fritz Wilhelm Wernicke
  • February – May 2010
    Dolores Esquivel

Former technical staff

  • 2006 - 2016
    Danny Vandeput
  • Kevin De Vlieger

Former master students

  • 2022-2024
    Lisandra Cusnir
  • 2023-2024
    Seppe De Prez
  • 2023-2024
    Hendrik Van Roy
  • 2022-2023
    Jules Everaert
  • 2022-2023
    Lieselot Nerinckx
  • 2022
    Maria Gilbandres
  • 2021-2022
    Xander Broutin
  • 2020-2021
    Thomas Lersch
  • 2020-2021
    Gilles Matthys
  • 2020-2021
    Vincent Moortgat
  • 2020-2021
    Yoran De Smet