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Prof Dr Yvonne van der Meer (Y.)

Onderzoeksprofiel

My research group Sustainability of Materials at the Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials can be found here.

Onderzoeksprojecten

Running projects

  • Repairtecture, Innovative repair concepts for polymer-based materials and components along their lifetime, led by the Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL), FFG COMET module, Austria
  • AsSuRe Bio, Development and life-cycle of Asphalt for more Sustainable urban pavements using Recycled and Bio-resources, collaboration with University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • NWO KIC project "Creating A healthieR Environment for FutuRE patiEnts" - CAREFREE 
  • Interreg Netherlands-Germany project Realise-Bio
  • Interreg Netherlands-Flanders project “Circular Cultivation and Chemistry" (Circulaire Teelt en Chemie)
  • Horizon Europe project "Metal Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Production by Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting" - MOF2H2
  • Horizon Europe project "Carbon Negative Biofuels from Organic Waste" - CARBIOW
  • York Maastricht Partnership project "Co-developIng a novel fRamework for assessing sustainability by integrating CE, LCA and SDGs indicators" - CIRCLES
  • NWO-Brazil (FAPESP) project, Sustainable citriculture through controlled release of antibacterial compounds from microgel-based formulations
  • EU H2020 project, International cooperation for selective conversion of CO2 into METHAnol under SOLar light (METHASOL)
  • EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) Biobased Value Circle, Training the new generation of industrial doctorates in the transition towards bio-based value circles (coordinator)
  • OP Zuid project, Van Zeewier naar COating REsin applicaties (from seaweed to coating resin applications) - ZCORE

Completed projects

  • Sustainability of Biobased Materials in a Circular Economy research programme and PhD project, supported by a Saudi Armaco donation via SWOL (the University Fund Limburg) 
  • Interreg North West Europe project CurCol investigating the color production and application in bioplastic and paper packaging, based on the yellow natural colorant curcumin.
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN)- European Training Network FibreNet
  • Chemelot InSciTe project BM2C6, Developing a new value chain from biomass to C6 monomers
  • Sustainability aspects of lignin conversion into biofuels, value-added chemicals and chemical products, PhD project in collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Interreg Netherlands-Flanders project “Puur Natuur, 100% biobased”
  • RVO TKI-BBE project on biobased development of thermochemistry for levulinate esters and ketals - BOTLEK
  • Chemelot InSciTe LIBERATE project on a "lignin first" approach to be realised on pilot plant scale
  • SIA NWA-route Circulaire Economie (national science agenda Circular Economy)  project to accelerate the use of recyclable multilayer food packaging for the transition to a circular economy - PACK-CE
  • SWOL (University Fund Limburg) project to set up an “Expertise network for the sustainability assessment of biobased materials”
  • Chemelot InSciTe project “Levulinic Acid to Adipic Acid” (LA2AA),
Key publicaties
Ortiz-De-Montellano, C. G.-S., Samani, P., & Van der Meer, Y. (2023). How can the circular economy support the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? A comprehensive analysis. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 40, 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.07.003
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García-Velásquez, C., & Van der Meer, Y. (2023). Mind the Pulp: Environmental and economic assessment of a sugar beet pulp biorefinery for biobased chemical production. Waste Management, 155, 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.10.038
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Obydenkova, S. V., Defauw, L. V. E., Kouris, P. D., Smeulders, D. M. J., Boot, M. D., & Van Der Meer, Y. (2022). Environmental and Economic Assessment of a Novel Solvolysis-Based Biorefinery Producing Lignin-Derived Marine Biofuel and Cellulosic Ethanol. Energies, 15(14), Article 5007. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145007
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Garcia-Saravia ortiz-De-Montellano, C., Ghannadzadeh, A., & Van der Meer, Y. (2023). The CIRCULAR pathway: a new educational methodology for exploratory circular value chain redesign. Frontiers in Sustainability, 4, Article 1197659. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1197659
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García-Velásquez, C. A., & Van der Meer, Y. (2022). Can we improve the environmental benefits of biobased PET production through local biomass value chains? – A life cycle assessment perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 380, 135039. Article 135039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135039
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Garcia-saravia Ortiz-de-montellano, C., & Van Der Meer, Y. (2022). A Theoretical Framework for Circular Processes and Circular Impacts Through a Comprehensive Review of Indicators. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 23, 291-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00300-5
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Pellengahr, F., Ghannadzadeh, A., & Van der Meer, Y. (2023). How accurate is plastic end-of-life modeling in LCA? Investigating the main assumptions and deviations for the end-of-life management of plastic packaging. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 42, 170-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.09.014
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Recente publicaties
  • Nakhate, P., & van der Meer, Y. (2024). Global Initiatives, Future Challenges, and Trends for the Wider Use of Seaweed. In F. Ozogul, M. Trif, & A. Rusu (Eds.), Seaweeds and Seaweed-Derived Compounds: Meeting the Growing Need for Healthy Biologically Active Compounds (pp. 521-544). Article Chapter 19 Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65529-6_19
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  • Pellengahr, F., Corella-Puertas, E., Mattellin, V., Saadi, N., Boulay, A.-M., & van der Meer, Y. (2024). Modeling Environmental Impacts of Plastics in Life Cycle Assessment: Effects of Biodegradation. Abstract from SETAC Europe 34th Annual Meeting, Seville, Spain.
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  • Bitar, L., Isella, B., Bertella, F., Vasconcelos, C. B., Harings, J., Kopp, A., van der Meer, Y., Vaughan, T. J., & Bortesi, L. (2024). Sustainable Bombyx mori's silk fibroin for biomedical applications as a molecular biotechnology challenge: A review. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 264, 130374. Article 130374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130374
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  • Serafini, M., Garcia Saravia Ortiz De Montellano, C., & van der Meer, Y. (2024). How Can We Promote the Circular Economy? A Perspective on Current Developments, Challenges and Indicators. (Special Collection Policy Briefs Circular Economy ed.) Studio Europa Maastricht. https://studioeuropamaastricht.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SEM_policybriefs_210x297_CMYK_111.pdf
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  • Ghannadzadeh, A., & van der Meer, Y. (2024). Dynamic assessment of global warming potential of biogenic carbon dioxide emissions through the new framework of Biobased Materials and Products-Life Cycle Assessment. Poster session presented at 32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Marseille, France.
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  • El Kadi, M., Ghannadzadeh, A., & van der Meer, Y. (2024). Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment as an Important Tool to Calculate Global Warming Potential of Chemical Recycling of Biobased Materials: Hydrolysis and Alcoholysis of Polylactic Acid. Abstract from Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada.
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  • Pellengahr, F., Ghannadzadeh, A., & Van der Meer, Y. (2023). How accurate is plastic end-of-life modeling in LCA? Investigating the main assumptions and deviations for the end-of-life management of plastic packaging. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 42, 170-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.09.014
    Meer informative over deze publicatie
  • Ortiz-De-Montellano, C. G.-S., Samani, P., & Van der Meer, Y. (2023). How can the circular economy support the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? A comprehensive analysis. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 40, 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.07.003
    Meer informative over deze publicatie
  • Pellengahr, F., Corella-Puertas, E., Mattellin, V., Boulay, A.-M., & van der Meer, Y. (2023). Modelling environmental impact of plastics: effects of biodegradation. Abstract from Congress International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry, The Hague, Netherlands.
    Meer informative over deze publicatie
  • Garcia-Saravia ortiz-De-Montellano, C., Ghannadzadeh, A., & Van der Meer, Y. (2023). The CIRCULAR pathway: a new educational methodology for exploratory circular value chain redesign. Frontiers in Sustainability, 4, Article 1197659. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1197659
    Meer informative over deze publicatie
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