 In 1992, Dr. Erik Abbenhuis (CEO), a practical synthetic chemist, obtained his PhD-thesis at Utrecht University having worked in the group of Prof. dr. G. van Koten in the area of organometallic chemistry. He continued with academic research as a postdoc, first in Strasbourg, then at the ETH-Zürich, following his appointment as a fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994. He now has his own research group, in the TU/e catalysis department headed by prof. dr. D. Vogt putting emphasis on molecular aspects of heterogenous catalysis.
With about 20 patents on POSS applications and numerous publications in the area of POSS based catalysts, Abbenhuis and Hybrid Catalysis BV will facilitate Precision Catalyst Technology Powering your Chemistry!  Dr. Christian Müller (1972) studied Chemistry at the University of Bielefeld (Germany) and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA). He received his Diploma and his Ph.D. in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. P. Jutzi at the University of Bielefeld, working on metallocene-based polymerization of olefins. With a fellowship of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" he joined the group of Prof. W. D. Jones at the University of Rochester, New York (USA) and worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the field of Ni- and Pt- catalyzed carbon-carbon bond activation. Afterwards he spent another year as a postdoc in the group of Prof. P.W.N.M. van Leeuwen at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) where he worked on dendrimer-substituted P,O ligands for the Ni-catalyzed oligomerization of olefins. Since February 2003 he is a researcher and docent in the group of Prof. D. Vogt at the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands).
 Dr. ir. Emiel J. M. Hensen (1971) studied chemical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, where he received his MSc degree in 1995. Here he continued in the field of heterogeneous catalysis with a special focus on characterization of hydrotreating catalysts and the kinetics and mechanism of hydrodesulfurization reactions. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in April 2000. Thereafter, he spent 18 months in the groups of prof. dr. Bliek and prof. dr. ir. B. Smit at the University of Amsterdam. Here, he worked in the field of clay catalysis. Next to synthesis of new clay-type materials, he specialized in characterization and molecular simulations of adsorbates in these materials. In October 2001, he returned to the Schuit Institute of Catalysis as assistant professor. His main interests are hydrotreating catalysis, alkane activation employing metal-ion loaded zeolites and selective oxidation reactions. A main topic will be the application of combinatiorial methods in heterogeneous catalysis.
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