When: Thursday 29 September 2011
Where: NH Barbizon Palace, Amsterdam
Who: CatchBio academic and industrial partners, CatchBio PhD students and PD researchers, members of the Mid-Term Review Committee, members of the Scientific Advisory Board, members of the Supervisory board. Other interested participants are welcome as well.
Registration
The deadline for registration was 19 September 2011. If you have any questions, contact the CatchBio office via 070 349 4440.
29 September 2011 the CatchBio consortium will gather for the third edition of the CatchBio symposium. During this day various keynote speakers from the Scientific Advisory Board and the CatchBio academic and industrial partners will contribute to an interesting scientific programme on catalytic biomass conversion.
Programme
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The symposium is non-confidential and open to participants from outside the consortium as well.
Professor Joseph J. Bozell
The University of Tennessee
jbozell@tennessee.edu
Professor J.G. de Vries
DSM Fine Chemicals
Hans-JG.Vries-de@dsm.com
University of Groningen
j.g.de.vries@rug.nl
Hans de Vries was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1951). In 1979 he received his Ph.D from the University of Groningen, were he worked under the guidance of Richard M. Kellogg on chiral, bridged dihydropyridines as NADH-mimetics. After a postdoctoral stint at Brandeis University, Waltham, USA with Jim Hendrickson (total synthesis of Methoxatin or PQQ) from 79-81 he moved back to Europe. From 1982-1988 he worked as medicinal chemist for Sandoz, first in Vienna, afterwards in London.
Being more interested in chemistry than drugs he moved back to the Netherlands, were he took up employment with DSM, a multinational specialty chemicals company. His current job is Principal Scientist Homogeneous Catalysis for Fine Chemicals. Since 1998 he has been appointed as part-time professor at the University of Groningen.
In 2000 he was appointed visiting industrial professor at the Univeristy of Bristol. During 2005 he was a visiting professor at the Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg. His research interests are in the area of asymmetric hydrogenation (MonoPhos), aromatic substitution (“homeopathic” palladium), hydroformylation, metathesis, combinations of enzymes with transition metal catalysis, HTS, combinatorial catalysis and process intensification. He is author of 20 patents and over 100 publications. He is editor of the “Handbook of Homogeneous Hydrogenation”.
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Professor A. Fukuoka
Hokkaido University, Japan)
fukuoka_at_cat.hokudai.ac.jp
Professor Atsushi Fukuoka was born in 1958 in Japan.
Academic Background
March 1982, Bachelor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Adviser: Prof. Y. Uchida
and Prof. M. Hidai)
March 1984, Master of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Adviser: Prof. Y. Uchida and
Prof. M. Hidai)
December 1989, Doctor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. "A Study on
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Bimetallic Cluster Catalysts" (Advisor: Prof. M. Hidai)
Work Experience
1986-1991, Assistant Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
1991-1997, Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology
1997-2007, Associate Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
2007-date, Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
2010-date, Director, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
Research Field
Catalysis, Biomass Conversion, Organometallic Chemistry
Recent Research Topics
Synthesis and Catalysis of Metal Nanoclusters in Mesoporous Materials
Catalytic Biomass Conversion
Keywords
catalyst, nanoparticle, mesoporous silica, biomass, cellulose
Academic Awards
Young Investigator Award, Catalysis Society of Japan, 1994
Young Scientist Award, The Yamashita Foundation, 1995
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Professor S.R.A. Kersten
University of Twente
S.R.A.Kersten@utwente.nl
Sascha Kersten holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Amsterdam. He started his career at ECN, the Dutch Energy Foundation, working on modeling of dynamic systems. At ECN he also worked on this PHD thesis concerning biomass gasification in circulating fluidized beds (prof. Van Swaaij). Since eight years, he works at the University of Twente on Thermo-Chemical Conversions of Biomass focusing on liquefaction (pyrolysis), gasification, biofuels and biochemicals.
Where: NH Barbizon Palace, Amsterdam
Who: CatchBio academic and industrial partners, CatchBio PhD students and PD researchers, members of the Mid-Term Review Committee, members of the Scientific Advisory Board, members of the Supervisory board. Other interested participants are welcome as well.
Registration
The deadline for registration was 19 September 2011. If you have any questions, contact the CatchBio office via 070 349 4440.
29 September 2011 the CatchBio consortium will gather for the third edition of the CatchBio symposium. During this day various keynote speakers from the Scientific Advisory Board and the CatchBio academic and industrial partners will contribute to an interesting scientific programme on catalytic biomass conversion.
Programme
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10.00-10.15 h
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Coffee/tea and reception
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10.15 h
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opening
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10.20 h
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Prof. J.J. (Joseph) Bozell, University of Tennessee, United States
The C3Bio program – Catalytic transformations for biorefinery carbohydrates and lignin |
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11.00 h
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Prof. E.J.M. (Emiel) Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Mechanistic aspects of acid-catalyzed sugar conversion |
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11.40 h
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Dr J.P. (Jean-Paul) Lange, Shell Global Solutions, The Netherlands
Furfural – a promising platform for lignocellulosic biofuels |
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12.20-13.20 h
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lunch
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13.20 h
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Prof. J.G. (Hans) de Vries, DSM Research, The Netherlands
Catalysis as a powerful tool towards sustainability |
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14.00 h
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Prof. A. (Atsushi) Fukuoka, Hokkaido University, Japan
Conversion of lignocellulose into renewable chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis |
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14.40 h
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Prof. S.R.A. (Sascha) Kersten, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Fast pyrolysis of biomass: challenges for catalysis in oil production and upgrading |
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15.20-16.30 h
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Closure and drinks
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For regular updates, you can also opt for subscribing to the CatchBio biannual e-newsletter.
The symposium is non-confidential and open to participants from outside the consortium as well.
Professor Joseph J. Bozell
The University of Tennessee
jbozell@tennessee.edu
Professor Joseph J. Bozell began working as an Associate Professor of Biomass Chemistry in the University of Tennessee’s Forest Products Center in April, 2006. Professor Bozell received his B. S. degree in chemistry from South Dakota State University, and a Ph. D. from Colorado State University in organic synthesis and organometallic chemistry under Professor Louis S. Hegedus.
His professional career began with a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University, working with Professor Martin F. Semmelhack. He joined the Corporate Research staff of Monsanto in St. Louis in 1982, and remained there until he joined the staff of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO in 1989, where he rose to the rank of Principal Scientist in their National Bioenergy Center.
Prof. Bozell brings broad experience in the use of transition metal organometallic complexes in organic chemistry and expertise in traditional organic chemistry. His primary research interests are in using the tools of organic chemistry to develop technology for converting renewable materials (biomass, carbohydrates, lignin, lignocellulosics) into chemical products and polymers. His research projects include the use of organometallic chemistry in synthesis, biobased nanostructural materials and self assembly, new synthetic methods, interaction of organometallics with carbohydrates, novel transformations of renewable feedstocks, catalysis and biorefinery development.
Dr. Bozell has been the editor of two ACS symposium series assessing chemicals from biomass opportunities, and has organized two ACS symposia on the use of renewables for chemical production. He is also a current editor of the Wiley journal CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water. He has over 25 peer reviewed publications and numerous meeting and symposium presentations, along with a number of invited lectures on the topic of chemicals from renewables. In 1999, Dr. Bozell was a co-recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Green Chemistry Award.
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Professor E.J.M. Hensen
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl
Emiel Hensen, born in Geleen (The Netherlands) in 1971, received his master degree in chemical engineering and chemistry from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) in 1994. He obtained his PhD from the same university in the field of molecular heterogeneous catalysis under the supervision of Prof. Rutger van Santen and Prof. Rob van Veen. He then took up an assistant professor position with Prof. Berend Smit at University of Amsterdam. In 2001 he returned to Eindhoven University of Technology as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 2008. From 2006-2008 he was a visiting research scientist at the Shell Research and Technology Center Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Hensen is since July 2009 full professor inorganic materials chemistry at Eindhoven University of Technology. He is a visting professor at Leuven University since 2001.
Hensen is the (co)author of some 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, several articles in national journals and 5 book contributions. He obtained the prestigious VENI-STW NWO and VIDI-STW NWO grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Reseaerch for his research work in 2003 and 2007 and a Casimir grant in 2005. Hensen is board member of the Netherlands Research School for Catalysis (NIOK) and affiliated to the National Research School Combination on Catalysis (NRSC-C).
The Hensen group focuses on the generation of scientific and technological knowledge in the field of catalyst systems relevant to the development of clean and sustainable processes for the production of fuels and chemicals. Modern concepts of catalysis are used to design catalysts to use current and future feedstocks in an as sustainable manner as possible with minimum environmental burden and energy consumption. Focus is on the synthesis of complex catalyst systems containing well-designed catalytically active ensembles and structured at various length scales to optimize reaction and diffusion. Applications are directed towards the improvement of current industrial processes, transition technologies involving natural gas and the implementation of novel processes using renewable feedstocks such as biomass and carbon dioxide.
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Dr. Jean-Paul Lange is principal research scientist at Shell Global Solutions in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he has been exploring novel catalytic processes in the areas of natural gas conversion, chemicals manufacturing and, most recently, biofuels production. His research expertise resides in heterogeneous catalysis, combined with conceptual process design and manufacturing economics.
Before joining Shell, he was postdoctoral fellow at the Lehigh University in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania/US), got his PhD at the Fritz-Haber Institute (Max Planck Society) in Berlin (Germany) and graduated at the university of Namur (Belgium).
Jean-Paul Lange is co-author of ~40 publications and ~40 patents series (published and pending).
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Professor E.J.M. Hensen
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl
Emiel Hensen, born in Geleen (The Netherlands) in 1971, received his master degree in chemical engineering and chemistry from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) in 1994. He obtained his PhD from the same university in the field of molecular heterogeneous catalysis under the supervision of Prof. Rutger van Santen and Prof. Rob van Veen. He then took up an assistant professor position with Prof. Berend Smit at University of Amsterdam. In 2001 he returned to Eindhoven University of Technology as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 2008. From 2006-2008 he was a visiting research scientist at the Shell Research and Technology Center Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Hensen is since July 2009 full professor inorganic materials chemistry at Eindhoven University of Technology. He is a visting professor at Leuven University since 2001.
Hensen is the (co)author of some 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, several articles in national journals and 5 book contributions. He obtained the prestigious VENI-STW NWO and VIDI-STW NWO grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Reseaerch for his research work in 2003 and 2007 and a Casimir grant in 2005. Hensen is board member of the Netherlands Research School for Catalysis (NIOK) and affiliated to the National Research School Combination on Catalysis (NRSC-C).
The Hensen group focuses on the generation of scientific and technological knowledge in the field of catalyst systems relevant to the development of clean and sustainable processes for the production of fuels and chemicals. Modern concepts of catalysis are used to design catalysts to use current and future feedstocks in an as sustainable manner as possible with minimum environmental burden and energy consumption. Focus is on the synthesis of complex catalyst systems containing well-designed catalytically active ensembles and structured at various length scales to optimize reaction and diffusion. Applications are directed towards the improvement of current industrial processes, transition technologies involving natural gas and the implementation of novel processes using renewable feedstocks such as biomass and carbon dioxide.
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Shell
jean-paul.lange@shell.comDr. Jean-Paul Lange is principal research scientist at Shell Global Solutions in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he has been exploring novel catalytic processes in the areas of natural gas conversion, chemicals manufacturing and, most recently, biofuels production. His research expertise resides in heterogeneous catalysis, combined with conceptual process design and manufacturing economics.
Before joining Shell, he was postdoctoral fellow at the Lehigh University in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania/US), got his PhD at the Fritz-Haber Institute (Max Planck Society) in Berlin (Germany) and graduated at the university of Namur (Belgium).
Jean-Paul Lange is co-author of ~40 publications and ~40 patents series (published and pending).
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Professor J.G. de Vries
DSM Fine Chemicals
Hans-JG.Vries-de@dsm.com
University of Groningen
j.g.de.vries@rug.nl
Hans de Vries was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1951). In 1979 he received his Ph.D from the University of Groningen, were he worked under the guidance of Richard M. Kellogg on chiral, bridged dihydropyridines as NADH-mimetics. After a postdoctoral stint at Brandeis University, Waltham, USA with Jim Hendrickson (total synthesis of Methoxatin or PQQ) from 79-81 he moved back to Europe. From 1982-1988 he worked as medicinal chemist for Sandoz, first in Vienna, afterwards in London.
Being more interested in chemistry than drugs he moved back to the Netherlands, were he took up employment with DSM, a multinational specialty chemicals company. His current job is Principal Scientist Homogeneous Catalysis for Fine Chemicals. Since 1998 he has been appointed as part-time professor at the University of Groningen.
In 2000 he was appointed visiting industrial professor at the Univeristy of Bristol. During 2005 he was a visiting professor at the Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg. His research interests are in the area of asymmetric hydrogenation (MonoPhos), aromatic substitution (“homeopathic” palladium), hydroformylation, metathesis, combinations of enzymes with transition metal catalysis, HTS, combinatorial catalysis and process intensification. He is author of 20 patents and over 100 publications. He is editor of the “Handbook of Homogeneous Hydrogenation”.
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Professor A. Fukuoka
Hokkaido University, Japan)
fukuoka_at_cat.hokudai.ac.jp
Professor Atsushi Fukuoka was born in 1958 in Japan.
Academic Background
March 1982, Bachelor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Adviser: Prof. Y. Uchida
and Prof. M. Hidai)
March 1984, Master of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Adviser: Prof. Y. Uchida and
Prof. M. Hidai)
December 1989, Doctor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. "A Study on
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Bimetallic Cluster Catalysts" (Advisor: Prof. M. Hidai)
Work Experience
1986-1991, Assistant Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
1991-1997, Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology
1997-2007, Associate Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
2007-date, Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
2010-date, Director, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
Research Field
Catalysis, Biomass Conversion, Organometallic Chemistry
Recent Research Topics
Synthesis and Catalysis of Metal Nanoclusters in Mesoporous Materials
Catalytic Biomass Conversion
Keywords
catalyst, nanoparticle, mesoporous silica, biomass, cellulose
Academic Awards
Young Investigator Award, Catalysis Society of Japan, 1994
Young Scientist Award, The Yamashita Foundation, 1995
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Professor S.R.A. Kersten
University of Twente
S.R.A.Kersten@utwente.nl
Sascha Kersten holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Amsterdam. He started his career at ECN, the Dutch Energy Foundation, working on modeling of dynamic systems. At ECN he also worked on this PHD thesis concerning biomass gasification in circulating fluidized beds (prof. Van Swaaij). Since eight years, he works at the University of Twente on Thermo-Chemical Conversions of Biomass focusing on liquefaction (pyrolysis), gasification, biofuels and biochemicals.
After a short historical perspective, the lecture discusses the status of the pyrolysis process and the potential for further development. Special attention is given to options, both within the pyrolysis process and down-stream, for improving the oil’s quality as precursor for fuels and chemicals.