Personal Data
Name: Arian Nijmeijer
E-mail: a.nijmeijer@utwente.nl
Date: 14 March 1972
Nationality: Dutch
Education
1990-1995 | Master study Chemical Engineering, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Master thesis on the preparation of relaxor materials for ceramic capacitors |
1995-1999 | PhD study on the preparation and characterisation of silica membranes for hydrogen at the University of Twente, resulting in PhD thesis, “Hydrogen-selective silica membranes for use in membrane steam reforming”, December 17, 1999 |
Work experience
2000-2001 | Postdoc at the University of Twente, subject area porous ceramics. From June 1, 2000 until August 31, 2001 working for 80% of the time at Shell Global Solutions in Amsterdam |
2001-2004 | Researcher, exploratory research at Shell Global Solutions, Amsterdam. Subject areas: membranes, membrane processes, alternative desulphurisation, skid mounted processing units and novel upgrading technologies. |
2004-Now | Senior scientist and team leader membrane research and implementation Shell Global Solutions International BV |
2006-Now | Professor Inorganic Membranes (0.2 FTE), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente |
Additional Activities
2000-Now | Shell representative in various user committees of membrane related projects |
2001-Now | Shell Campus Ambassador (University of Twente team) |
2003-Now | Shell Technical Representative and Vice Chairman of the Oil/Gas sector of the Institute of Sustainable Process Technology (former Dutch Separation Technology Institute) |
2004-Now | Board member Dutch Membrane Society |
July 2012 | Chairman of the 12th International Conference on Inorganic Membranes (ICIM-12), University of Twente, The Netherlands |