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Gerard van Rooij is a Full Professor and Chair of Sustainable Plasma Chemistry in the Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He is an expert in low temperature plasma physics and chemistry, with a research profile that focuses on releasing oxygen atoms from CO2 using plasma, which serves as a basis for producing liquid fuels. His research also explores the indirect production of solar fuels through electricity generated by plasma created from sunlight. Since 2012, he has been leading fundamental research in solar fuels, specifically in CO2 activation plasmolysis, a step in the synthesis of hydrocarbon fuels using sustainable energy feedstock. Van Rooij's innovative approaches in plasma chemistry offer potential scalable alternatives to traditional electrolysis for energy storage and chemical bond generation aimed at CO2-neutral fuels. In addition to his academic role, he has served as a visiting professor at the Key Laboratory for Superconductivity New Energy Research in Chengdu, China, and is a senior scientist at the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER). He has a background in constructing the scientific basis for linear plasma devices and has participated in major international fusion research programs focusing on plasma chemistry.
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