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"Research where it is difficult to formulate the right question has always intrigued me, as was the case with catalysis 40 years ago. The major challenge today is the integration with longer length and time scales."
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Rutger van Santen is emeritus professor of Catalysis at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His research interests concern molecular aspects of heterogeneous catalysis with the following three main themes: computational studies of surface-chemical reactivity; mechanisms in heterogeneous catalysis; and physical chemistry of catalyst synthesis. As a member of the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems at TU/e, Rutger Van Santen is active in the focus area 'Grip on Complexity'. Topics of research concern self-organization of complex catalytic reactions and related physical systems.
Academic background
Rutger van Santen received his PhD from Leiden University (The Netherlands) in 1971 in the field of theoretical chemistry. After being a postdoctoral fellow at SRI (Menlo Park, CA, USA), he joined Koninklijke/Shell company, where he was active in catalysis research and development. In 1986, he was appointed part-time Professor in Surface Chemistry at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands) and in 1988 he became Full Professor in Catalysis at TU/e. He became emeritus professor in 2010, after which he joined the Institute of Complex Molecular studies as an honorary professor.
From 1990 until 2001, Rutger van Santen was scientific director of the Schuit Institute of Catalysis in Eindhoven and from 1992 until 2000 he was the first scientific director of the Netherlands Graduate School of Catalysis Research NIOK. From 2001 until 2005, he was Rector Magnificus of the TU/e. In 2005 he became director of the Schuit Institute of Catalysis and scientific director of the National Research School Combination Catalysis Controlled by Chemical Design (NRSC-C).
Rutger van Santen is recipient of many awards, among which the gold medal of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (1981), the F.G. Ciapetta lectureship award of the North American Catalysis Society (1992), the Bourke lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1996), the NWO Spinoza award (1997) and the Alwin Mittasch Medal Dechema (2004). In 2009, he was awarded the Holst Memorial Lecture Award (of Philips Research and TU/e).
He received an honorary doctorate from University of Kiev in 1998 and was Karl-Ziegler-honorary Professor at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Mülheim in 2001. In 2002, he was elected member of the Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), which installed him as as Academy Professor at TU/e in 2006. In 2008, he was elected Foreign Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.
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Research Output 1971 2019
Complexity science: an introduction
Peletier, M. A., van Santen, R. A. & Steur, E., 20 Mar 2019, World Scientific. 409 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
Disguises of complexity
van Santen, R. A., 20 Mar 2019, Complexity science: an introduction. Peletier, M. A., van Santen, R. A. & Steur, E. (eds.). Singapore: World Scientific, p. 31-80 50 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Modelling of collective motion
Fitzgerald, B. W., van Santen, R. A. & Padding, J. T., 20 Mar 2019, Complexity science: an introduction. Peletier, M. A., van Santen, R. A. & Steur, E. (eds.). Singapore: World Scientific, p. 305-328 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Particle-based modelling of flows through obstacles
Cirillo, E. N. M., Muntean, A. & van Santen, R. A., 20 Mar 2019, Complexity science: an introduction. Peletier, M. A., van Santen, R. A. & Steur, E. (eds.). Singapore: World Scientific, p. 393-409 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Preface
Peletier, M. A., Steur, E. & van Santen, R. A., 20 Mar 2019, Complexity Science: An Introduction. World Scientific, p. v-viResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › Academic
Prizes
François Gault Lecturer 2009-2011
R.A. van Santen (Recipient), 29 Sep 2009
Prize: Other › Honorary degrees › Scientific
Alwin Mittasch Medal Dechema
R.A. van Santen (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Other › Honorary degrees › Scientific
F.G. Chiapetta lectureship award
R.A. van Santen (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Scientific
Golden Medal Royal Dutch Chemical Society 1981
Rutger van Santen (Recipient), 1981
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities 1997 1999
Catalysis Today (Journal)
Rutger van Santen (Editorial board member)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
1998 Gordon Conference on Green Chemistry, August 16, 1998, Meriden, NH, USA
Rutger van Santen (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
GrD meeting hydrotreating, Eindhoven
Rutger van Santen (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
invited speaker, Gent
Rutger van Santen (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
2nd International Symposium on Interaction of Industrial & Fundamental Research in Catalysis, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rutger van Santen (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Press / Media
STORM halfway through their 80-day world trip by electric motorbike 23 September 2016
R.A. van Santen, F.P.T. Baaijens, J.C. Schouten & E.J.M. Hensen
24/09/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Emiel Hensen new dean of Chemical Engineering department (ST) of TU/e
R.A. van Santen, E.J.M. Hensen, Frank P.T. Baaijens & Jaap C. Schouten
15/09/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Emiel Hensen new dean Chemical Engineering
R.A. van Santen & E.J.M. Hensen
15/09/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
TU/e gains 40 million under Gravitation program; a quarter of total funding
P.M. Koenraad, R.A. van Santen, O.J. Boxma, S.C. Borst, M.K. Smit, R.W. van der Hofstad, G. Woeginger, M.T. de Berg & E.J.M. Hensen
19/12/13 → 20/12/13
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BIOeCON Secures Additional 1 Million Euros for Biomass Based Fuel Cell
Rutger A. van Santen & Emiel J.M. Hensen
14/04/11
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
Adsorption assisted desorption of NH3 on gamma-Al2O3 studied with positron emission profiling
Author: Hesen, J., 31 Aug 2001Supervisor: van Santen, R. (Supervisor 1) & Sobczyk, D. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Adsorption theory of ammonia on copper and the effect of oxygen coadsorption
Author: van de Kerkhof, G., 30 Jun 1992Supervisor: van Santen, R. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
A kinetic study of periodic trends and promotional behaviour in hydrotreating catalysis
Author: Hensen, E., 31 Dec 1994Supervisor: van Santen, R. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
Alkylation of benzene with short olefins over MCM-22 zeolite : catalytic behaviour and kinetic study
Author: Schoneveld, E., 30 Apr 1999Supervisor: van Santen, R. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
A Monte-Carlo model of NO on Rh(111) under ultra-high vacuum conditions
Author: Hermse, C., 31 Aug 2000Supervisor: van Santen, R. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master