Bert Sels

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Bert F. Sels (* 1972 ) is a Belgian chemist and professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven).

Bert Sels received his doctorate in 2002 from the Catholic University of Leuven with Pierre Jacobs with a dissertation on oxidation catalysis. He then worked as a post-doctoral student at BASF until 2002 . In 2003 he became assistant professor at the KU Löwen and in 2006 he was given a full professorship. He is director of the Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (COK).

He deals with the development of methods of heterogeneous catalysis for the activation of small molecules and the development of renewable raw materials ( green chemistry ), for example cellulose . Among other things, he uses molecular sieves doped with transition metal complexes as catalysts .

In 2000 he received the DSM Chemistry Award, in 2005 the Incentive Award of the Belgian Chemical Society and in 2015 the Green Chemistry Award. He is one of the highly cited scientists and holds 25 patents (2019).

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  • with WM Van Rhijn, DE De Vos, WD Bossaert: Sulfonic acid functionalized ordered mesoporous materials as catalysts for condensation and esterification reactions, Chemical Communications, 1998, pp. 317-318
  • with D. De Vos, M. Buntinx, F. Pierard u. a .: Layered double hydroxides exchanged with tungstate as biomimetic catalysts for mild oxidative bromination, Nature, Volume 400, 1999, p. 855
  • with DE De Vos, PA Jacobs: Hydrotalcite-like anionic clays in catalytic organic reactions, Catalysis Reviews, Volume 43, 2001, pp. 443-488
  • with DE De Vos, M. Dams, PA Jacobs: Ordered mesoporous and microporous molecular sieves functionalized with transition metal complexes as catalysts for selective organic transformations, Chemical Reviews, Volume 102, 2002, pp. 3615-3640
  • with S. Van de Vyver, J. Geboers, PA Jacobs: Recent advances in the catalytic conversion of cellulose, ChemCatChem, Volume 3, 2011, pp. 82-94
  • with M. Dusselier, P. Van Wouwe, A. Dewaele, E. Makshina: Lactic acid as a platform chemical in the biobased economy: the role of chemocatalysis, Energy & Environmental Science, Volume 6, 2013, pp. 1415-1442
  • Editor with Marcel Van de Voorde: Nanotechnology in catalysis: applications in the chemical industry, energy development, and environment protection, 3 volumes, Wiley-VCH 2017

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SURNAME Sels, Bert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sels, Bert F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1972