Arend-Jan van Welsenes

Senior Research Assistant Catalyst at Shell Research

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

- Technical skills in chemistry, catalysis, hydrotreating and hydrocracking - Oil and gas industry - research & development in catalysis - catalyst preparation, mainly focused on metal support interaction . main field hydrotrating and hydrocracking - zeolite preparation - Amorf silica alumina preparation - catalyst testing especially skilled in nanoscale testing and nanoflow operations -

Experience

  • Shell (44 yrs 11 mos)
    • Principal experimental Expert
      Jun 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

    • Senior Research Assistant
      Aug 1989 - Present · 36 yrs 11 mos

      working in catalyst development for hydrocracking and hydrotreating main focus is to develop new platform for HDS catalysts.(exploratory research) and gain insight in the the way catalyst works and can be influenced by catalyst preparation parameters

    • reasearch asssistent catalysis
      Aug 1981 - Present · 44 yrs 11 mos

      research in HDS catalyst to improve activity research in novel zeolite synthesis, and Amorf silica aumina preparation. looking out for new developments in carrier materials for HDS catalysis

  • Senior Research Assistant Catalyst at Shell Research
    Aug 1997 - Present · 28 yrs 11 mos

    Come up with new ideas for improved catalyst preparation in the Field od HDS and Hydrocracking executing hereof, and interpretation and reporting of results