Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. We are back to talk about research on sustainable and smart separation process engineering in the chemical industry. 

Today we can welcome Prof.Dr.IR Boelo Schuur. Who will talk about his specific research and much more related to SDGs. 

Mr. Boelo is a professor of separation technology in Process & Catalyst engineering with key research in development and sustainability of separation processes in chemical operations. Some applications include biorefinery and circular economy as key topics. 

Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. Today we have a topic on the table that you all have been waiting for a long time now. The urgency of the climate crisis couldn’t be more relevant, so scientists and researchers are pushing policymakers to translate promises into action. 
Its time to discuss some core environmental values, such as climate justice, deliberative democracy, and biodiversity conservation. Who else to talk to about this than assistant professor Dr. Dominic Lenzi. This episode of Green talks will be related to SDG 14 up to 16 – climate and environmental justice.

Welcome everyone to the third episode of Green Talks. This podcast is an initiative of Green Hub Twente aimed at sharing the perspectives of researchers from the University of Twente and their sustainable research progress with a wider audience. Today we are honored by the presence of Associate Professor Devrim Yazan. He has a background in industrial engineering with a specialization in innovation and product development management.

His current research is focusing on sustainable supply chains and circular economic business models, with particular attention on industrial symbiosis networks. His goal is to support the circular economy and energy transition under the umbrella of industrial, rural, and urban symbiosis.

We are back to talk about research on renewable feedstock and waste streams in the chemical industry. Today we can welcome the long-awaited Dr. Pilar Ruiz. Who will talk about her related to the SDG 9 on Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure and SDG 17 partnerships for goals. 

Strong efforts have been made in the last decades to develop chemical processes dealing with these more sustainable feedstocks (e.g., lignocellulosic biomass or plastic waste). While these streams have the potential to reduce the C- footprint of the chemical industry, their complex composition makes it difficult to implement them in existing processes. For this reason, joint efforts from academia and industry, as well as the whole society, are key to accelerating the widespread implementation of these streams in the chemical industry and allowing a more circular economy. This is the core of my career as a researcher and teacher in the field of Sustainable Chemical Processes.

Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. We are back to talk about sustainable policy-making locally and continue discussing the potential of challenge-based education at our university.

In this episode recent graduate Luuk Buunk will join us. Luuk currently fills the role of educational advisor for challenge-based learning or CBL at the UT and is a candidate for the Provincial States of Overijssel. 

Although we have already introduced her topic in our very first episode with Jurriaan Schmitz, now it’s time to explore the photovoltaic cells more in-depth, as a topic related to the 7th SDG goal. We will discuss her personal motivation on sustainability, clean energy and solar panels, innovation and entrepreneurship and teaching the future generation of innovators. Enjoy! See you soon again!

Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. This podcast is aimed at sharing the perspectives of researchers from the University of Twente and their sustainable research progress with a wider audience. We believe that more attention should be given to the sustainable impact they make and will make with many of their projects in development.

I am Tamas Szecsei, a Green Hub Officer from the University of Twente, and your host for today’s episode. I am joined by Nando Tolboom, who has been part of the UT community for over a decade. He completed his bachelor's and master's in applied physics and is currently finalizing his PhD.

We believe that more attention should be given to the sustainable impact UT researchers and professors make and will make with many of their projects running and in development.