IBioIC's 11th Annual Conference

12–13 Mar 2025 | Glasgow, United Kingdom

Gert-Jan Gruter

Avantium

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About me

Gert-Jan (1963) has a background in Polyolefin catalysis (DSM; now Sabic). At Avantium (since 2000), he is CTO and responsible for developing Avantium’s technology portfolio: FDCA, bio-MEG, biorefining and polyesterds from CO2. Gert-Jan is inventor on more than 100 PCT patent families; he was elected “2014 European CTO of the year” and runner-up European inventor of the year in 2017. Gert-Jan is part-time professor Industrial Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), working on the plastic transition. Picture attached.

Speaker sessions (1)

Thursday, 13 March 2025

09:30 - 10:00

Plenary

Location:Main Auditorium, Level 2 (Ground floor)Track:Lecture