Katrin Heinzerling

Experience

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  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  Summer Intern

  Internship at Fraunhofer Project Group Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies. Focus on purification processes and toxicity of Cadmium.

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  TEDxUniversityofGroningen

  May 2014 - Nov 2015

  Founder and Head-Organizer

  Initiation of TEDx for our university, where x stands for independently organized TED event. TED is a world wide media organization that posts talks online for free distribution under the slogan ‘ideas worth spreading’. I➤ Interviewed, then lead a board of 6 members➤ Pitched to board of University of Groningen resulting in funding➤ Set up of a non-profit foundationThe goal was to organize a conference for 100 people and ultimately to inspire. Below an interview I gave at the UKrant Groningen and the official TED website for independently organized events! Show less

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  University of Groningen

  May 2016 - Jun 2016

  Teaching Assistant

  Instruction, supervision and evaluation of students in Polymer Chemistry Laboratory course. I was responsible for safety instructions, daily supervision and the correction of reports. Students performed emulsion and polyester polymerization as well as polymer property analysis.

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  University of Groningen

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2018

  Bachelor Thesis in Feringa Group

  Bachelor thesis on “Process Optimization for Electrochemical Furan Oxidation” in Nobel Laureate Ben Feringa’s research group. ➤ Electrosynthesis to methoxylate the biomass platform chemical furan. ➤ Investigation of optimal operation parameters. ➤ For future scale-up, a substitution for the noble metal platinum electrode was found. The resulting product is a precursor for aldehyde synthesis from renewable resources.

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  Harvard University

  Sept 2018 - Feb 2019

  Research Fellow in Aizenberg Group

  As research assistant, to the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science Joanna Aizenberg, I ➤ Independently researched and fabricate three-dimensional metal oxide electrodes➤ Presented materials by optical, scanning- and X-Ray microscopy

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  ZF Group

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Summer Staff
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  Gecco Biotech B.V.

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  International Business Development Manager

  Market research as Business Development Manager for dutch start-up GECCO Biotech B.V. Initiating partnerships with German and French companies.

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  TotalEnergies

  Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

  Master Thesis Project

  Research on electrodeposition of non-toxic bimetallic catalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER & OER) in solar-to-fuels section at l’Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France (IPVF) and TotalEnergies.

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  Ecole normale supérieure

  Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

  Graduate Researcher

  Responsible for synthesis, modification and analysis of metal organic frameworks for CO₂ conversion. Techniques used: PXRD, Adsorption isotherms (N₂, CO₂, H₂O), SEM, EDX, TEM, FT-IR, UV-Vis, TGA, NMR and more. Other activities: responsible for chemical ordering, member in working group for CO₂ emission reduction at ENS.

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  TRACTEBEL

  Jul 2023 - now

  Project Engineer