Jaap van Hal

Jaap W. van Hal, Ph.D. coordinates the biorefinery research in the Biobased and Circular Technologies expertise group at TNO. His research interests are the biomass fractionation, catalytic conversion of biomass (fractions) to renewable (bulk) chemicals as well as closing the loop by recycling the materials via innovative depolymerisation techniques. Prior to joining TNO in 2008, he has worked in the U.S. at SABIC Americas. Projects comprised the selective (ep)oxidation, catalytic epoxide hydrations and metathesis. Jaap obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry from Rice University in organometallic chemistry. His undergraduate degree from Leiden in chemistry is in coordination chemistry.