Moniek Tromp (Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen) heads a vibrant research group on development and application of operando spectroscopy techniques (incl. instrumentation and theory) in materials research and catalysis, with a focus on X-ray techniques, enabling rational design of sustainable materials and processes. After professorship positions at TU Munich (2010) and Amsterdam (2014), she accepted the Chair of Materials Chemistry at Groningen in 2018.
Moniek Tromp has successfully supervised 20 PhD students and 8 postdocs, and is currently supervising 9 and 4 PhDs and postdocs, respectively. Moniek Tromp’s expertise in state-of-the-art X- Ray Spectroscopy is a crucial component in ANION’s aim to study well-defined electrode materials at the atomic and nanoscale level. Her prominent work has been recognized as evidenced by important prize-grants and awards, including the NWO-Vidi grant (2015) and the Athena Prize (2017). She was elected fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (2017), fellow of the of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) (2019), and ‘Figure Head` (boegbeeld) of the Battery Competence Cluster NL. Moniek Tromp has a very strong network and taken up many prominent leadership roles. Nationally, she is chair of the steering committee of the Battery Competence Cluster NL, chair of the Dutch Catalysis Society, Board Member of the Dutch Science Council (NWO) - Science Division (since 2019), and has been elected Scientific Director of the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials in Groningen (starting in 2023). Also internationally, her leadership is evidenced by many important functions. She was chair of the DUBBLE beamline (at ESRF) Program Committee from 2018 to 2020, chair of the Peer Review Panel of the Swiss Light Source (2015 – 2020), chair of the Young Academy Europe (since 2020), Executive Board member of Initiative Science Europe (ISE, since 2020) and President of the Young Academies Science Advice Structure as part of the Science Advice Mechanism of the European Commission (since 2020). She is editor of Journal of Catalysis (2021 – current) and co-editor of European Physics Letters (2018 – 2022). Her scientific work on batteries has led to close collaborations with and funding from industrial automotive companies VW and BMW, and battery companies such as Varta and E-Stone Batteries B.V.