AMIBM PhD Theses

2026

  • Sailing against the wind: A critical exploration of the role of Circular Economy strategies and their assessment in enabling sustainability transitions / Cris Garcia Saravia Ortiz de Montellano
  • Elastin-based hybrid co-polymers for introducing elasticity in tissue engineering / Anne Coenen
  • Assistant to the cobalt catalyst: Isocyanides and their insertion reactions / Daniël Sebastiaan Verdoorn-Kański
  • Bio-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes and polyureas. On the versatility of transcarbamoylation for material synthesis / Enzo Pichon
  • Degradation by Design Impact of different spinning parameters on the degradability of PLA and PBS / Simon Schick

2025

  • With the End in Mind: Advancing Comprehensive Environmental Life Cycle Assessments of Plastics / Felicitas Barbara Maria Pellengahr

2024

  • Lignin based materials with intrinsic recyclability / Jian Liu
  • Strategic Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenation Reactions for the Selective and Sustainable Synthesis of Renewable Cyclic Molecular Building Blocks / Christian Albert Michiel Raymond van Slagmaat
  • Melt-Electrospinning of Biobased Polybutylene Succinate: From Lab Scale Towards Prototyping / Maike-Elisa Ostheller

2023

  • Sustainability assessment of emerging multi-product lignocellulosic value chains using residual biomass: lessons learned and perspectives of development / Svetlana Obydenkova.
  • Sustainably dyed and functionalized biobased poly (lactic acid) fibers for textile applications: An in-depth investigation on the effect of multifunctional colorants on the properties of pla / Naveen Kumar Balakrishnan
  • Accounting for Environmental Externalities in the Design of Biobased Supply Chains - Value of life cycle assessment for decision-making / Carlos Andrés García Velásquez
  • Revitalizing lignin: on lignin applications in materials and additives / Monica Jedrzejczyk
  • Water-borne Poly(meth)acrylates obtained from functional and renewable monomers / Jules Stouten

2022

  • Topological Constraints and the Role of Polymerization Conditions / Huaqin Yang
  • Cellulose Based Aerogel Microfibers for Biomedical Applications / Matin Rostamitabar
  • Biobased Pyrazines: from amino acids to polyesters / Martien Würdemann

2021

  • Development of a fully enzymatic conversion process from marine chitin to chitosan oligomers. / Schmitz, Christian.
  • Thermotropic polyesters and polylactide: a route to sustainable and reprocessable reinforced composites. / de Kort, Gijsbert Willem.

2020

  • A biodegradable and biobased intumescent flame-retardant for polylactic acid textiles and composites. / Maqsood, Muhammad.
  • Application of pyrrolidone building blocks in developing renewable 2-oxazolines based thermosets: Towards sustainable and recyclable resins. / Roy, Manta.
  • Melt electrospinning towards industrial scale nanofiber production: an in-depth material and parameter study based on polypropylene and polylactic acid. / König, Kylie.
  • Renewable cyclic monomers for high-performance biobased polyesters. / Noordzij, Geert J.
  • Timing of interfacial diffusion and (stereo)crystallization to tailor mechanical properties of additively manufactured poly(lactides). / Srinivas, Varun.

2019

  • Exploring Biocatalyzed Lactone Building Blocks Toward Biobased Polyesters. / Delgove, Marie Agnès Françoise.

2018

  • In-depth study of polyamides containing galactaric acid-derived building blocks: from sugar beet to plastic. / Wróblewska, Aleksandra Alicja (Ola).