Education‍

• MSc, Bioprocess Technology, Wageningen University and Research 2006
• PhD, Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth 2013

Interests

• Nature’s capability of solubilizing and utilizing lignocellulosic feedstock materials, specifically
  focused on thermophilic cellulolytic anaerobic bacteria.
• Physiology and growth of thermophilic anaerobic bacteria, defined cocultures and
  enrichments utilizing carbohydrates derived from lignocellulose.
• Fermentation of high loadings of (ligno)cellulosic materials by cellulolytic bacteria and
  application of technologies (e.g. cotreatment) that increase solubilization.
• Cultivation techniques for microorganisms and optimization of data generation, collection
  and processing.