Jean-Paul Lange
University of Twente
Biography
Jean-Paul Lange is a Professor in Chemical Biorefining at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, where he investigates thermo-chemical and catalytic routes to convert biomass to fuels and chemicals and to recycle plastic waste.
He retired from Shell Research & Technology as senior Principal Science Expert after 35 years. His last 25 years at Shell were devoted to defossilizing the industry by exploring novel catalytic processes for producing fuels and chemicals from biomass and plastic waste. Before joining Shell, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Lehigh University in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania, US), got his PhD at the Fritz-Haber Institute (Max Planck Society) in Berlin (Germany) and graduated from the University of Namur (Belgium).
His research embraces heterogeneous catalysis, chemical engineering, conceptual process design, manufacturing economics and technology strategy.
Jean-Paul Lange is co-author of >120 patent series, >90 scientific publications, 10 book chapters and co-editor of one scientific book. In 2023, he received the Platinum award of prolific inventor delivered by Shell.ai and the Sustainability award delivered by the Shell network of Future Energy Leaders.
RSC affiliations
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