title: Across the Board: Pieter Bruijnincx.
abstract: In this series of articles, the board members of ChemSusChem discuss recent research articles that they consider of exceptional quality and importance for sustainability. This entry features Dr. Pieter Bruijnincx, who discusses bio-based approaches to new and existing chemicals for large-scale polymer applications, highlighting that the development of methodologies to obtain key monomers from biomass leads to new chemistry, aids the transition to a more sustainable chemical industry, and fosters new interdisciplinary approaches.
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands. p.c.a.bruijnincx@uu.nl.
authors.forename: Pieter C A
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Bruijnincx
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D018533:Biomass; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products
keywords: bio-based chemicals; carbon dioxide; catalysis; platform technology; renewable monomers