Researcher/senior lecturer Circular Innovations at Saxion University of Applied Sciences
He is an environmental engineer (ir) from the university of Wageningen (starting in 1975) and from this technical perspective he developed towards the business science. In 2016 he finished his PhD research at the University of Twente on the topic Sustainability Strategies of Companies in the Clothing Industry. Within Saxion he has been working many years for the bachelor programs Environmental Science and Industrial Engineering. Since five years he is much more involved in applied research and education concerning circular innovations. As a member of the Saxion Research Group Circular Business he is program manager of the Saxion Fieldlab Circular Innovations in the Manufacturing Industry. And he is also teaching in the Saxion applied Master of Innovative Textile Development (ITD)