The University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Science (FNWI) and the Department of Energy and Power Engineering at Tsinghua University have signed a multi-year agreement to develop technologies for carbon neutrality. The collaboration brings together researchers, lecturers and PhD candidates from both institutions around one of the defining challenges of our time: building the next generation of clean energy systems.
At Amsterdam Science Park, the partnership is embedded in the Molecular and Material Design Technology Hub (MMD TechHub) — combining expertise in chemistry, materials science and artificial intelligence to translate fundamental science into technologies that address major global challenges.
Prof. Alfons Hoekstra, Head of the MMD TechHub “We connect world-class science to real needs in society ”
Joint activities include PhD exchange visits, collaborative teaching and shared R&D projects. The Tsinghua side connects to CNEST, the university’s multilateral research programme on energy system transformation and carbon neutrality.
“We connect world-class science to real needs in society,” says Prof. Alfons Hoekstra, head of the MMD TechHub. “By working with a partner like Tsinghua, we can accelerate breakthroughs in materials and energy technologies — and train the next generation of researchers to deliver them.”
This is deep tech as it should be: science-driven, long-term, and oriented toward impact that extends well beyond the lab.
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