Curriculum Vitae – Prof. Dr. Emiel Hensen
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Prof. Dr. Emiel J.M. Hensen
Geleen, The Netherlands
February 5, 1971
Eindhoven University of Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands+31 40 2475178; e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl; www.catalysis.nl/imc

Professional Career2016 –
Dean of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; TU/e
2016 – present
Visiting Professor; Xiamen University; Xiamen, Japan
2016
Visiting Professor; Institute of Catalysis; Hokkaido University, Japan
2009 – present
Full Professor of Inorganic Materials Chemistry & Head of laboratory; TU/e
2008 – 2009
Associate Professor; Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; TU/e
2006 – 2008
Part-time researcher; Shell Research and Technology Center Amsterdam
2002 – 2016
Part-time lecturer; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven2002 – 2007
Assistant Professor; Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; TU/e
2000 – 2001
Assistant Professor; Department of Technical Chemistry; University of Amsterdam
Education
1995 – 2000
1989 – 1994

PhD; Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Eindhoven University of Technology
Bachelor and Master; Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology

Scientific Track Record•

Number of publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals: 438• Total number of citations: ~12,500• h-index: 60• Patents: 5•

Books and book chapters: 17

Awards and Personal Grants• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2018)• Vici Laureate (Personal research grant of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2014)• Top Grant (Excellence research grant of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2013)• Vidi Laureate (Personal research grant of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2008)• Casimir Laureate (Personal grant for the exchange of researchers between academia and industry, 2006)• Veni Laureate (Personal research grant of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2003)

Research Profile
The research of Hensen focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of catalyzed reactions relevant to clean andsustainable processes for the production of fuels and chemicals with the aim to identify active sites and understandreaction mechanism. The working approach is to apply advanced (in-situ) characterization methods on as realistic as
possible model systems combined with theoretical modeling (DFT, microkinetics) and performance testing (kinetics,high-throughput methods, transient techniques) to guide the design and synthesis of nanoscopically organized andchemically functionalized catalytic solid materials. The materials explored include primarily highly structured
microporous and mesoporous materials containing reactive centers such as protons, metal ions and metal, metaloxide and metal sulfides clusters. Applications are directed towards the improvement of current industrial chemicalprocesses and novel processes based on renewable feedstock such as biomass. Catalytic target reactions are methane
activation, Fischer-Tropsch catalysis, environmental catalysis, zeolite catalysis, conversion of biogenic molecules suchas sugars and lignin, metal-support cooperativity in selective oxidation, CO2 reduction and photocatalysis.

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