Mathias gave an excellent talk at #ICGSC2025 showcasing his recent publication in ACS Catalysis entitled “Visible Light-Photoinduced and Cu-Catalyzed Reduction of Nitrobenzenes into Anilines”. Feel free to catch up with him with any questions!!

Prof. Maes gave an excellent talk at #ICGSC2025 #EuChemS on our work on the synthesis of biobased chemicals from wood, relying on waste and CO2 as carbon sources, for the future chemical industry. Congratulations to our boss! 🌲

Dries presented his work on the visible-light photocatalyzed hydrosulfonylation of unactivated alkenes using disulfones (ACS Catalysis) at #ICGSC2025 #EuChemS, showing the use of Green Metrics in an early reaction discovery stage.💡Feel free to discuss this chemistry with him!

Don't miss the early bird registration for the 30th European Conference on Heterocycles in Chemistry. #ECHC2025 Join us in Budapest to explore emerging trends in heterocyclic chemistry with top experts from around the world. 👉echc2025.com

Prof Siegfried Waldvogel gave an outstanding talk on the electrification of organic synthesis in our division Top fundamental science translated into real industrial applications Want to learn more about electrochemistry? Join the 76th annual ISE meeting 👉annual76.ise-online.org

OPEN POSITION! PhD position Sustainable Organic Chemistry (Organic Synthesis/Catalysis) Apply before August 31st, 2025! 👇For more details👇 orsy-maes-group.be/jobs

Three new doctors graduated from the Maes team. Three PhD defenses in three consecutive weeks 🎓🎓🎓 … and three parties🍻🍻🍻! Congratulations to Karel, Mathias, and Cederic! Wishing these ORSY ambassadors all the best for their future!🎉🎉🎉

Our latest work on isocyanides regarding the synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles is now online  J Org Chem/Org Lett . This is joint work of the Orru and Maes groups involving ORSY PhD students Daniël Verdoorn and Dries De Vos. Congratulations to them and all other authors! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Aaron (Aponick Group) and I have decided to do it: #FloHet2026 is a go and we can't wait for the amazing organic chemistry to be shared! More announcements coming soon. Here is our new website. Please share it with the ochem lovers in your life. flohet.org

It was a pleasure to have Prof. Jean-Francois Paquin from Québec with us in Antwerp yesterday. He gave an excellent lecture on the synthesis of SF5-substituted compounds. Thanks and enjoy the rest of your tour in Belgium.

We are excited to welcome Prof Weckhuysen of Utrecht for his Francqui lecture series this week.👏👏👏 The first one today is entitled "Operando Spectroscopy of Catalyst Materials: The Past, Present and Future". We are excited to learn more! Thanks Bert!

In between the Francqui lectures, we had an interesting event yesterday bringing young researchers from Utrecht and Antwerp together. 9 PhD and Post Doc presented their research on sustainable chemistry. A very inspiring program! Thanks to the two Berts for making this happen.

Last Friday Prof. Weckhuysen organized a hands-on assignment where students worked in teams to come up with ideas to make rubber, kerosene, styrene and SAF from renewable resources, trying to convince the 'investors' to give money 😊! A truly inspiring and motivating experience.

Excited to share our article 'Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Triazolo[1,5-a]-, Imidazo[1,2-a]-, and Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines', now published in J Org Chem/Org Lett!  A great collaboration between @Maes_group and J&J Innovative Medicine in framework of IHI project RESPIRI-TB! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

We are delighted to welcome two new colleagues — Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Mojgan Hadian and PhD student Elias Van Achteren — to the Maes Group! Wishing you both a lot of success in your research subject! #Welcome #NewBeginnings

Our new building and the ORSY labs have now been officially opened! It was a long road from concept to completion, but the result is extraordinary! Thanks to everyone who contributed throughout the entire process!

The 10th EuChemS Chemistry Congress will be hosted in the city of Antwerp, Belgium (12-16 July 2026). Abstract submission is open now...check it all out on the conference website👉euchems2026.eu Scientifically, socially and culturally you will be spoiled. Don’t miss it!

ORSY rocked the stage with a stunning Breaking Bad-themed performance at the #MOCS2026 evening party. Congratulations to the team for winning MOCS Best Outfit Team Award in the Belgian competition. M. Bal delieverd a cool lecture on our recent publication in ACS catalysis.

Antwerp is calling! 🚨 Maes Group is currently recruiting a motivated master student for a PhD (Flow Chemistry) and PhD holders for Postdoctoral (Organic Synthesis & Catalysis) positions. Apply here 👉 orsy-maes.odoo.com/jobs #Chemistry #PhD #Postdoc #Academia

Excited to share our Chem. Soc. Rev. paper on greener-by-design fine chemicals! 🌱🌱 A joint effort by Italian, German, British, Slovenian & Belgian teams. Congrats to PhD student Jonas Wuyts (ORSY) & all co-authors! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… Check out the front cover!