Industry Advisory Board
The main tasks of our Industrial Advisory Boards are to advise us on our development strategy, provide us with scientific support, advise us on commercialization, partnering and licensing strategies and expand our network for accessing technologies and experts.
Members of our Industrial Advisory Boards meet periodically with our Management Team and our development teams. Our Industrial Advisory Boards have no formal powers under the Articles of Association or Dutch law.
The Industrial Advisory Board for our biofuels development program is currently composed of the following members:
Frits Dautzenberg - Chairman
Mr. Dautzenberg is an expert in applied catalysis and process development. He teaches Conceptual Process Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He started his career with Shell at their R&D labs in Amsterdam. Subsequently, he worked at Shell's refinery operations in France and Shell's tar sand operations in Canada. Later, he became vice president of engineering at Catalytica Inc., a company involved in developing catalyst technologies for the production of clean energy. Furthermore, he was vice president technology development and licensing at ABB Lummus Global. Currently, he works for Serenix Corporation, a catalyst and process technology consulting company that he founded. Mr. Dautzenberg has published a large number of scientific articles and is named as inventor of approximately 20 patents.
Leo Manzer - Member
Dr. Manzer, has vast experience in catalysis research. He worked 32 years for DuPont, where he formed and directed the Corporate Catalysis Center. Dr. Manzer has received numerous prizes including the American Chemical Society "Heroes of Chemistry Award" in 1997. He also participated in the 2002 Presidential National Medal of Technology Award to DuPont, where he was one of three scientists recognized for the development of CFC alternatives. Currently, he is president of his own company Catalytic Insights. He is the inventor of over 110 patents and has published over 95 scientific articles.
John Geus - Member
Mr. Geus is a world-known expert in the area of heterogeneous catalysis. He graduated cum laude in Chemistry from the Delft University of Technology. He worked 12 years for DSM, where he was involved in catalysis research at the corporate research center in the Netherlands. In 1971, he became professor at the Utrecht University for Inorganic Chemistry and Heterogeneous Catalysis. He received the Dow Chemical Energy Prize in 1991. In 1995 he accepted his honorary degree at Delft University of Technology. As an emeritus, Mr. Geus acts as a consultant to leading chemicals and oil companies in Europe and is an expert in electron microscopy for catalysis research. Mr. Geus is the author of more than 200 scientific articles and is named as inventor of 61 patents.
Claude J.L. Moreau - Member
Mr. Moreau is an expert in the field of homogeneous, enzymatic and heterogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis in the area of carbohydrate chemistry. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Montpellier. He has worked for many years on the conversion of biomass feeds to chemical products, in collaboration with other research groups, chemical and sugar companies. Currently, he works as director of research for the Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (CNRS). In 1997, he received the Prix Innovation Scientifique Les Millésimés Europol'Agro. Mr. Moreau is the author of more than 120 scientific articles and is named as inventor of more than 10 patents.
Ben F.M. Kuster - Member
Mr. Kuster was until recently associate professor in the Chemical Reactor Engineering group of Eindhoven University of Technology. He is an expert in catalytic carbohydrate conversions, kinetic modelling and multiphase reactor engineering, and published about 100 scientific articles.