Personal details
Name: Petra E. de Jongh
Date of birth: 20 February 1971
ResearcherID: www.researcherid.com/rid/A-4761-2009
Website: http://www.uu.nl/staff/PEdeJongh/0
Education
MSc August 1995 Chemistry (cum laude = top 10%)
Faculty of Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
PhD September 1999 “Photoelectrochemistry of Nanoporous Semiconductor Electrodes”
Department of Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Utrecht University
with Profs. J.J. Kelly and D. Vanmaekelbergh (cum laude = top 10%)
Previous positions
1999-2004 Research scientist, later senior scientist and project leader
Topic: nanocomposite, inorganic thin films for several applications
Philips Central Research Laboratories (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Project management, research, fund acquisition, facilitating implementation,
communication with business units. Supervised 8 people .
2002 Research and implementation scientist at Philips DAP CoE (Singapore)
Topic: Nanocomposite coatings for steam irons
2004-2009 Assistant Professor in the group of Prof. K.P. de Jong, Inorganic Chemistry
and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University
Topic: Supported catalysts, with focus on the fundamentals of preparation and
structure-performance relationships,
2009-2014 Associate Professor in the same group
2013 (June-July) Invited visiting professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie
(group Catherine Louis), Paris (France)
Current position
Full Professor Inorganic Nanomaterials, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials
2014-now Science,Utrecht University
Topic: Nanostructured inorganic materials for sustainable catalysis and energy
storage and conversion; gaining insight into the impact of particle size,
confinement, and pore structure on functionality.
Supervision of postdoc and graduate students
Since start at Utrecht University in 2004 I have (co)supervised 14 postdocs (3 currently), 21 PhD students (9
currently), 1 technician, and ~35 undergraduate students.
Publication track record
Publications >200 scientific articles 5 book chapters 15 patent (applications)
Citations ~12 000 (10% selfcit) h-index=59 ~1500/year
Presentations ~15 international lectures/year ~10/year upon invitation