Gerard van Rooij

Gerard van Rooij is a full professor in plasma chemistry at Maastricht University and a part-time full professor in sustainable plasma chemistry at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Gerard obtained an MSc in Physics with a specialization in Plasma Physics from the Eindhoven University of Technology and earned a PhD from the University of Amsterdam for research on macromolecular mass spectrometry conducted at AMOLF. They have served as a researcher and group leader at DIFFER since 2002, where they have contributed to the scientific understanding of plasma surface interactions and sustainable energy storage solutions. In 2020, they became the head of the Circular Chemical Engineering department at Maastricht University, where they engage with the Brightsite consortium on climate-neutral chemical industry initiatives.