About Me
EDUCATION
- 2002 PhD, Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente, The Netherlands
- 1996 Master, Department of chemistry, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
CURRENT POSITIONS
- 2011 Professor (full) of Sustainable Process Technology, Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
- 2012 Coordinator biomass pillar within the Green Energy Initiative (GEI), University of Twente (UT), The Netherlands
- 2004 Teacher at Shell training centre
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- 1996 – now Researcher Department of chemistry, University of Amsterdam
- 1996 – 2002 Researcher/project leader (PhD work done during this period) Energy research Centre of the Netherlands
- 2003 – 2010 Coordinator biomass within IMPACT institute, University of Twente
- 2003 – 2008 Assistant professor Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
- 2008 – 2011 Associate professor Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
- 2003 – 2014 30 master students, Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
- 2003 – 2014 6 post-docs, Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
- 2003 – 2011 5 PhD student guided as assistant / associate professor, University of Twente
- 2011 – 2014 7 PhD student guided as responsible full professor, University of Twente
- 2010 – 2013 1 PhD student guided as responsible full professor, Department of chemical engineering, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2003 – 2014 18 PhD as committee member, University of Twente (7), Dutch Universities (6), Abroad (5, France, Spain, Italy, Germany)
- 2014 – now 11 PhD projects running as responsible full professor, excluding 3 vacancies, University of Twente
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- 2005 – 2011 Sustainable technology (BSC - project), Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
- 2004 – now Lecturer (guest) – Thermochemical conversion of biomass, Wageningen university
- 2011 – now Multiphase reactors (MSC), Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
- 2014 – now Practicum process technology (MSC), Department of chemical engineering, University of Twente
- 2004 – now Reaction engineering & multiphase reactors, Shell training centre, The Netherlands
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
- 2005 – 2009 Energy and resources symposium, University of Twente
- 2003 – now Meetings for (inter)national projects as overall project leader or WP leader
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- 2011 – now Faculty member (kamer van Hoogleraren), University of Twente
- 2011 – now Master curriculum committee, University of Twente
- 2003 – now Coordinator Biomass institutes IMPACT & GEI
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
- 2011 – now Advisory boards for tenure track / professor appointments (Netherlands & abroad)
- 2008 – now Reviewer of projects NWO / STW (Dutch scientific subsidy agencies)
- 2007 – now Reviewer of projects foreign subsidy agencies (recently mostly Austria & Ireland)
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
- Academia (current collaborations in research programs)
- Prof. M. Garcia-Pérez Pyrolysis/analysis WSU (USA), also student exchange program
- Prof. W. Prins Pyrolysis UGhent (Belgium)
- Prof. H. Heeres Hydrotreating RUG (The Netherlands)
- Prof. B. Weckhuysen Catalysis UU (The Netherlands),
- Prof. S.S. Li, Hydrotreating Curtin University, Perth (Australia)
- Prof. X. Wang Liquefaction CAS Shanghai (China)
- Dr. L. Rehmann Fermentation Western Ontario (CAN) also student exchange program
- Prof. K. Seshan Catalysis UT (The Netherlands)
- Prof. D. Fabri Algae U. Bologna (Italy)
- Prof. R. Wijffels Algae WUR (the Netherlands)
- Dr. J. Baltrusaitis Molecular modeling Lehigh University (USA)
- Dr. D. Meier Analysis VTI Hamburg (Germany)
SHELL, AKZO, DOW, DSM, Huntsman, Sabic, BTG, OPRA, TWENCE, ECN, TNO
Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Biomass
# Catalysts
# Lignin
# Oils
# Pyrolysis
# Water
# Wood
Earth & Environmental Sciences
# Pyrolysis
Organisations
Ancillary Activities
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BEON
Board member BEON foundation -
DEMCON-SUSTER
Co-owner of company -
foundation docenten collectief
board member foundation docenten collectief
Publications
Recent
Baldenhofer, R.
, Lange, J. P.
, Kersten, S. R. A.
, & Ruiz, M. P. (2024).
Furfural to Cyclopentanone – a Search for Putative Oligomeric By-products.
ChemSusChem. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202400108
Lange, J. P.
, Kersten, S. R. A., De Meester, S., van Eijk, M. C. P., & Ragaert, K. (2024).
Plastic recycling stripped naked – from circular product to circular industry with recycling cascade.
ChemSusChem. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202301320
van der Wal, P. J.
, Lange, J. P.
, Kersten, S. R. A.
, & Ruiz, M. P. (2024).
Kinetics of Furfural Formation from Xylose via a Boronic Ester Intermediate.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering,
12(6), 2412-2420.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c07390
Slotboom, Y.
, & Kersten, S. R. A. (2024).
The effect of inert gases (Xe, Ar, Ne, He) on decomposition reactions of N2O, CH4 and CO2 at high pressures.
Chemical engineering science,
285, Article 119554.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2023.119554
Genuino, H. C., van Eijk, M. C. P.
, Kersten, S. R. A.
, & Ruiz, M. P. (2024).
Pyrolysis of Real Packaging Plastic Waste Streams in a Fluidized-Bed Pilot Plant.
Energy and Fuels,
38(3), 2188–2199.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c04114
Pérez, A. D.
, Roy, Y., Rip, C.
, Kersten, S. R. A.
, & Schuur, B. (2023).
Influence of pulping conditions on the pulp yield and fiber properties for pulping of spruce chips by deep eutectic solvent.
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-05156-y
Noll, L. J.
, van der Ham, A. G. J.
, Oudenhoven, S. R. G., ten Kate, A. J. B.
, Bargeman, G.
, & Kersten, S. R. A. (2023).
Economic comparison of reactive distillation (RD) to a benchmark conventional flowsheet: Regions of RD applicability and trends in column design.
Chemical Engineering Research and Design,
200, 521-537.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2023.10.056
Ragaert, K., Ragot, C., Van Geem, K. M.
, Kersten, S., Shiran, Y., & De Meester, S. (2023).
Clarifying European terminology in plastics recycling.
Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry,
44, Article 100871.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100871
Othman, E. A.
, van der Ham, A. G. J., Miedema, H.
, & Kersten, S. R. A. (2023).
Kinetic analysis of an ionic liquid-based metal extraction process using a single droplet extraction column.
Journal of Ionic Liquids,
3(1), Article 100053.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jil.2023.100053
UT Research Information System
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Projects
Involved in projects with the following companies and institutes:
- SHELL
- AKZO
- DOW
- DSM
- Huntsman
- Sabic
- BTG
- OPRA
- TWENCE
- ECN
- TNO
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Horst Complex
(building no. 20), room ME216
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Horst Complex
ME216
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands