Mario Pagliaro gives the John van Geuns Lecture

Amsterdam, 12-Nov-2018 - Today, Mario Pagliaro delivered the invited "John van Geuns" lecture at the University of Amsterdam. Entitled "Glycerol: A New Platform Chemical and Energy Vector", the lecture focused on the new usages of glycerol as platform chemical in the chemical industry.

Hosted by Professor Gadi Rothenberg's new chair, the Italian chemist the co-author of "The Future of Glycerol", a book whose second edition was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2010.

The John van Geuns Fund supports chemistry research at the University of Amsterdam.

As part of its activities, chemistry scholars from abroad as well as from the Netherlands are invited to give lectures at the University of Amsterdam.

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