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Damien Debecker
PeerJ Editor & Reviewer
135 Points

Contributions by role

Reviewer 35
Editor 100

Contributions by subject area

Green Chemistry
Biotechnology
Food Science and Technology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology

Damien P. Debecker

PeerJ Editor & Reviewer

Summary

Damien P. Debecker is Associate Professor at the UCLouvain (Belgium), teaching physical chemistry, process engineering, principles of biorefining, and industrial waste treatment. His research group aims at developing new heterogeneous catalysts and biocatalysts, paving the way to the design of more sustainable chemical processes. At the interface between green chemistry, materials chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering, his expertise lies in the preparation of innovative solid (bio)catalysts and in their evaluation in relevant reaction conditions. Catalyst preparation methods include the aerosol-assisted sol-gel, emulsion-templating, non-hydrolytic sol-gel, colloidal methods, enzyme immobilization. Targeted applications cover biomass upgrading, volatile organic compounds total oxidation, biocatalyzed organic synthesis, CO2 methanation, olefin metathesis, etc.

Biotechnology Catalysis Catalysts Colloids Environmental Contamination & Remediation Gels Green Chemistry Materials Science (other) Nano & Microstructured Materials Nanomaterials & Nanochemistry Organic Chemistry (other) Physical Chemistry (other) Porous Materials Solid-State Chemistry Surfaces & Interfaces

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences
PeerJ Physical Chemistry
PeerJ Inorganic Chemistry
PeerJ Materials Science

Past or current institution affiliations

Université Catholique de Louvain

Work details

Associate Professor

Université Catholique de Louvain
September 2011
Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences
Research: "Paving the way to more sustainable chemical processes, by developing innovative and high-performance heterogeneous catalysts and biocatalysts, using techniques at the interface between materials chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering." Teaching: - Process Engineering – Unitary Operations - Physical Chemistry – Kinetics - Physical Chemistry – Multiphasic Systems Thermodynamics - Physical Chemistry – Statistical Thermodynamics - Sustainable treatment of industrial and domestic waste - Industrial internship for Master students

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 1
  • Reviewed 1

Academic Editor on

May 31, 2019
Spray-dried immobilized lipase from Geobacillus sp. strain ARM in sago
Nur Syazwani Mohtar, Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali, Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abd. Rahman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6880 PubMed 31183251

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June 27, 2018
One-pot multicomponent nitro-Mannich reaction using a heterogeneous catalyst under solvent-free conditions
Giovanna Bosica, Ramon Zammit
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5065 PubMed 29967735