The object
Michiel Dusselier co-developed a catalytic manufacturing route that converts plant-based feedstocks into bioplastic building blocks. The process offers circular-economy producers a less petrochemical-dependent route to useful polymer materials, through a scalable industrial catalytic process at production scale.
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What Michiel did
co-developed a catalytic process for making bioplastics from plant-based feedstocks with Bert Sels
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Why it matters
The process advances a scalable industrial route from plant waste to bio-based plastic materials.
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Living-status check
A 2025 International Chemistry Week Leuven programme names Dusselier as a professor and research-group leader speaking about catalytic routes to biobased plastics, a dated professional role.