Our team has more than 250+ years of combined experience in the membrane industry.
Dr. ir Patrick de Wit
Managing Director
Patrick has a PhD in inorganic membranes and worked on various topics, ranging from membrane manufacturing, upscaling to membrane process development.
Ir. Harmen Zwijnenberg
Senior Researcher
Harmen has more than 20 years experience as a membrane researcher, with special expertise in electro-driven membrane processes and filtration of organic solvents.
Dr. Oguz Karvan
Senior Researcher
Oguz (PhD) is an experienced membrane researcher and works on the development of hollow fiber gas separation membranes
Dr. Harm Wiegerinck
Researcher
Harm holds a PhD in electro-driven membrane processes and works on liquid filtration projects.
Dr. Wouter Nielen
Researcher
Wouter is a researcher with a background in chemistry and membrane fabrication, and currently works on the development of novel membrane materials.
Janieke Blom, BSc
Research assistant
Janieke is an experienced research assistant who works on the development and characterization of novel hollow fiber membranes.
Ing. Herman Teunis
Senior Research assistant
Herman is one of the most experienced research assistant at EMI and has been in the membrane research for more than 35 years. His expertise is hollow fiber membrane spinning.
Youri Oude Luttikhuis, BSc
Research assistant
Youri is an experienced research assistant. His expertise is development of novel polymer materials for hollow fiber gas separation membranes
Dr. Kristianne Tempelman
Researcher
Kristianne holds a PhD on the swelling behavior of thin films from the University of Twente. She focuses on the manufacturing and analysis of hollow fiber TFC membranes
Rick van Lin, BSc
Senior Research assistant
Rick, an experienced research engineer, spearheads the design, development, and construction of setups. In addition, he is responsible for (on-site) pilot-scale trials in aqueous and OSN membrane fields.
Kyra van Dijk, BSc
Senior Research assistant
Kyra is an experienced research assistant and works on the development of novel hollow fiber membranes for liquid filtration.
Ilse Pierik, MSc
Senior Research assistant
Ilse is an experienced research assistant, her key focus is on membrane and potting development.
Jurjen Regenspurg, MSc
Researcher
Jurjen is finishing his PhD in Layer-by-Layer modifications of hollow fibers and is an expert on coating technologies.
Marco Willems, BSc
Research assistant
Marco brings knowledge on industrial scale membrane production, module making and membrane characterization.
Dr. Özlem Kap
Researcher
Özlem, PhD in self-assembled monolayers, specializes in molecule-substrate interactions. She is experienced in synthesizing and characterizing metal oxides and polymers for innovative applications.
Dr. Wendy Jonkers
Researcher – Business developer
Wendy holds a PhD in hollow fiber nanofiltration application and modifation using layer-by-layer coating. She is responsible for business development initiatives, focusing on long-term strategies and the cultivation of strategic partnerships.
Anita Kroeze
Administrative support
Anita is a well organized and detail-oriented administrative assistant who supports our operations team.
Annet Molewijk
Office assistant
Annet is a very experienced secretary and takes care of most of the administrative work of EMI Twente
Moaz Alaswad
Laboratory assistant
Moaz works on the characterization of novel hollow fiber membranes. He prepares samples, performs characterization experiments and produces accurate and reliable data.
Sietse Visscher, BSc
Research assistant
Sietse is experienced in experimental design, and has a broad knowledge in chemical analysis. He works on development and characterization of novel hollow fiber membranes.