Our team has more than 250+ years of combined experience in the membrane industry
Dr. ir. Tymen Visser
Director EMI Twente
Tymen has gained 20 years of industrial experience in the development and scale up of gas separation membranes and leads the team.
Ir. Heleen Sombekke
Business developer
Heleen brings 20 years of water technology experience to the table and is our business developer working on new projects
Dr. ir Patrick de Wit
Senior Researcher
Patrick has a PhD in inorganic membranes and works 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. ir. Paulina A. Sosa Fernandez
Researcher
Paulina holds a PhD in electro-driven membrane processes and works on liquid filtration projects.
Dr. Wouter Nielen
Researcher
Wouter is our newest researcher with a backgrond in chemistry and LbL technologies. He works on the development of novel hollow fiber membranes
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
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 works on the development of hollow fiber gas separation membranes
Alexander Bakhuis, BSc
Research assistant
Alex is a research assistant and works on the development of composite hollow fiber membranes for CO2 capture applications.
Rick van Lin, BSc
Research assistant
Rick is an experienced research engineer and is responsible for building new pilot setups and piloting work.
Kyra van Dijk, BSc
Research assistant
Kyra is an experienced research assistant and works on the development of novel hollow fiber membranes for liquid filtration.
Aishah Boukili, MSc
Research assistant
Aishah works on the development of dehydration membranes
Ilse Pierik, MSc
Research Assistant
Ilse is an experienced research assistant, het key focus is on membrane and potting development.
Annet Molewijk
Secretary
Annet is a very experienced secretary and takes care of most of the administrative work of EMI Twente