Jan J. Wiesfeld
Postdoctoral Fellow
Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
Kita 21 Nishi 10, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan

Education
2009

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Heerlen, The Netherlands
BSc. (Supervisor: Ir. R. Bastiaens)2014

Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Ir. (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Egbert W. Meijer & Dr. Stanislav J. Presolski)

2019

Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Dr. (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. Emiel J. M. Hensen & Prof. Dr. Kiyotaka Nakajima)
Thesis title: Earth-abundant Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass into Valueadded Chemical Intermediates

Professional career2020-present

Postdoctoral Fellow, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University

List of publications•F.J.A.G. Coumans, Z. Overchenko, J.J. Wiesfeld, N. Kosinov, K. Nakajima, E.J.M Hensen, Protection
Strategies for the Conversion of Biobased Furanics to Chemical Building Blocks, ACS Sustainable Chem.
Eng. 2022, Early Access•T. Boonyakarn, J.J. Wiesfeld, M. Asakawa, L. Chen, A. Fukuoka, E.J.M. Hensen, K. Nakajima, Effective
Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Diformylfuran by an Acetal Protection Strategy,ChemSusChem, 2022, Early Access•Miyoshi, K. Kato, T. Yokoi, J.J. Wiesfeld, K. Nakajima, A. Yamakata, K. Maeda, Nano vs. bulk rutile
TiO2:N,F in Z-scheme overall water splitting under visible light, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 1199612002

•J.J. Wiesfeld, M. Kim, K. Nakajima, E.J.M. Hensen, Selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfuraland its acetal with 1,3-propanediol to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan using supported rheniumpromoted nickel catalysts in water, Green Chem., 2020, 22, 1229-1238•

J.J. Wiesfeld, E.J.M. Hensen, K. Nakajima, Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Applicationof Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysts to Process Biomass into Value-Added Compounds in
Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysts Volume 1: Applications at the Nano-Scale, ACS Symposium Series,
2020, Chapter 5, 151-182•

J.J. Wiesfeld, P. Peršolja, F.A. Rollier, A.M. Elemans-Mehring, E.J.M. Hensen, Cellulose Conversion toEthylene Glycol by Tungsten Oxide-based Catalysts, Mol. Catal., 2019, 473, 110400•

J.J. Wiesfeld, R. Gaquere, E.J.M. Hensen, Mesoporous Doped Tungsten Oxide for Glucose Dehydration
to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, 2019, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2019, 7 (8), 7552-7562•

J.J. Wiesfeld, N.A.J.M. Sommerdijk, E.J.M. Hensen, Early Transition Metal Doped Tungstite as an
Effective Catalyst for Glucose Upgrading to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, Catal Lett., 2018, 148, 30933101•

L. Meng, B. Mezari, M.G. Goesten, W. Wannapakdee, R. Pestman, L. Gao, J.J. Wiesfeld, E.J.M. Hensen,Direct synthesis of hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolite using cetyltrimethylammonium as structure directing
agent for methanol-to-hydrocarbons conversion, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 4520-4533•

Yue, G. Li, E.A. Pidko, J.J. Wiesfeld, M. Rigutto, E.J.M. Hensen, Dehydration of Glucose to 5Hydroxymethylfurfural Using Nb-doped Tungstite, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9 (17), 2421-2429•

S.I. Presolski; R. van der Weegen; J.J. Wiesfeld; E. W. Meijer, Efficient Routes to A3B-Type meso-(4Carboxyphenyl) Porphyrin Derivatives, Org. Lett., 2014, 16 (7), 1864–1867