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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