Ed graduated from Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands and defended his PhD thesis at the Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands, on the degradation of lignocellulose by white-rot fungi (1993). He has been a research associate for three years at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in the group of Jack Saddler, on the use of softwood species for biofuels application. He has been Head of the Department of Fibre and Paper Technology, Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University & Research Centre, The Netherlands. He joined Avantium in 2007. He is currently VP Development – responsible for the Public-Private partnerships of Avantium. In addition, he participates in feedstock selection and pre-treatment (Avantium’s Dawn TechnologyTM and Ray TechnologyTM) and Catalytic Biomass Conversion of carbohydrates into building blocks for polyesters such as PEF, an improved replacement of PET. He is also involved in the valorization of side products of the YXY & Dawn Processes, cq lignins, humins and levulinates. He is part of the management team of the Stichting Topconsortium voor Kennis- en Innovatie – Biobased Economy (TKI-BBE) and co-chair of the IEA-Bioenergy Task 42 on Biorefineries. He is involved in drafting the annual work program (AWP) of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE) via the Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC).
Ed joined Avantium in 2007. He is currently VP Development – responsible for the Public-Private partnerships of Avantium. In addition, he is involved in feedstock selection and pre-treatment (Avantium’s Dawn Technology and Ray Technology) and Catalytic Biomass Conversion of carbohydrates into building blocks for polyesters such as PEF, an improved replacement of PET. He is also involved in the valorization of side products of the YXY & Dawn Processes, cq lignins, humins and levulinates. He is co-chair of the IEA-Bioenergy Task 42 on Biorefineries.
