Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Mechanical engineer with a passion for sustainable development and extensive expertise in energy, biobased economy and high tech systems & materials. Special focus on collaboration between The Netherlands and Brazil. Motivated and experienced people and program / project manager. Experienced in R&D in public-private partnerships and Dutch, European and Brazilian R&D environments.
Strengthening the relationships on Education and Science between the Netherlands and Brazil. Policy and research cooperation, higher and vocational education, student and researcher mobility.
The Netherlands Innovation Network in Brazil is part of the diplomatic network of The Netherlands in Brazil and belongs to a worldwide network of Dutch Innovation, Technology and Science (ITS) officers, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Our goal is to promote ITS relations between The Netherlands and Brazil through knowledge acquisition & transfer, creation of networks and promotion of knowledge-intensive collaborations between companies, universities and research institutes.
Establishment and management of new Brazil office for Delft University of Technology and public-private partnership BE-Basic, with focus on biobased economy (2nd generation bio fuels and bio materials). Responsible for operational management of R&D portfolio, local team, deploying new projects, establishing agreements, set up of new dual degree PhD program, organization of advanced courses, student exchange, business development, PR/representation, etc.
Senior Scientist and portfolio manager in the research program Enery in the Built Environment. Acquisition and management of national and European projects. Strategy and business development for heat pumps and thermochemical heat storage.
Group leader of the research group Energy Technology in the Built Environment. Also, R&D coordinator of Building Energetics, one of the two priority areas within the R&D program Energy in the Built Environment. Focus of this work is development and implementation of innovative energy systems for residential and commercial buildings, and for districts.
Scientific researcher and project manager. Development and implementation of innovative energy systems for residential and commercial buildings, and for districts. Building simulation, heat pumps, microCHP, trigeneration, sorption cooling and monitoring, system studies, passive and low energy buildings. Active in national, European and IEA projects.