Kai Fischer

Interesting and Relevant Technology Problems Solving

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Conceptual Process Development by creative combination of physical and chemical phenomena with hardware technology Senior Engineer for Engineering Data and Physical Properties / Phase Behaviour and Transport Properties R&D Laboratory Director with unique experience in characterization of thermodynamic behavior of materials. Managed several hundred confidential contract research projects with a large number of companies from the gas processing, chemical, petro-chemical, food processing, pharmaceutical, automotive and aviation industries around the world. Founded, constructed, and administrated a laboratory with 15 employees. Skilled in laboratory experiments in a broad variety of analytic and measurement instrumentation. Lead project teams respecting safety, quality, timelines, and efficiency to achieve both customer satisfaction and laboratory profit. Overviews all issues of successful entrepreneurial activity. Specialties: applied thermodynamics, physical property data, laboratory scale experiments, measurement of physical property data, correlations and estimations, group contribution methods, physical property data bank, entrainer and solvent screening, innovative process concepts, process simulation, chemical equilibria and conversion rates, separation technology, company founder & director, business manager, marketing and project acquisition, networking

Experience

  • Scientist at Creative Freestyle
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Shell (16 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Research Reservoir Engineer, PVT Experimentation
      Jul 2018 - Apr 2025 · 6 yrs 10 mos

      Subject Matter Expert for Thermodynamics and Physical Properties for DS Simulation Process Development and Experimental Methods and Data Aiming to establish an advanced portfolio of lab experimentation facilities for complex behaving samples.

    • Senior Research Thermodynamicist
      Feb 2010 - Jul 2018 · 8 yrs 6 mos

      Provision of essential data, models and concepts for development and operations over the entire value chain ranging from sub-surface upstream to downstream chemicals and refining. Process simulation support to various businesses, such as Gas to Liquids (GTL), upstream processes, chemical gas treating (CO2 capture and H2S removal), chemicals, refining with varios flow sheeting tools (Aspen Plus, ProII, Unisim Design). Modelling of complex mixtures (thermodynamics including polymers and electrolytes, equilibrium chemistry and reaction rates) as a basis for process models. Computer aided entrainer and solvent screening for high selectivity, high recovery and low cost separation processes. Development of new process concepts for economic evaluation. Development of estimation techniques for accurate prediction of properties (thermophysical, chemical, transport). Laboratory experimental data management.

    • Senior Engineer
      Dec 2008 - Feb 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Engineering Data and Physical Properties - Phase Behaviour and Transport Properties

  • Director at Thermodynamic Property Standard, Inc.
    Aug 2007 - Nov 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Software for accurate calculation of physical property data

  • Manager at CAT GmbH & Co. KG
    Jan 2003 - Dec 2007 · 5 yrs

    Holding of laboratory and office building for LTP GmbH and DDBST GmbH

  • Director at LTP GmbH
    Mar 1999 - Dec 2007 · 8 yrs 10 mos

    Laboratory experiments Measurement of chemical and physical property data Contract research work