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2025

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D-Index
84
Citations
24949
World Ranking
2827
National Ranking
68

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Hero J. Heeres is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Inorganic Chemistry as subfields.

Their research themes encompass several specialized topics, including:

  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Heeres has contributed extensively to numerous scientific publications. Among frequently published venues are:

  • Energy & Fuels
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
  • Fuel Processing Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent published papers include:

  • Recent advances in hydrothermal carbonisation: from tailored carbon materials and biochemicals to applications and bioenergy, 2020, Green Chemistry
  • Catalysts design for higher alcohols synthesis by CO2 hydrogenation: Trends and future perspectives, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Selective fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from a fructose-glucose mixture over a sulfuric acid catalyst in a biphasic system: Experimental study and kinetic modelling, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Pyrolytic lignin: a promising biorefinery feedstock for the production of fuels and valuable chemicals, 2022, Green Chemistry
  • Selective tandem catalysis for the synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose over in-situ phosphated titania catalysts: Insights into structure, bi-functionality and performance in flow microreactors, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Peter J. Deuss
  • J.G.M. Winkelman
  • R.H. Venderbosch
  • Songbo He
  • André Heeres

Best Publications

  • Hydroxymethylfurfural, A Versatile Platform Chemical Made from Renewable Resources

    Robert-Jan van Putten;Jan C. van der Waal;Ed de Jong;Carolus B. Rasrendra

  • Hydrotreatment of Fast Pyrolysis Oil Using Heterogeneous Noble-Metal Catalysts

    Jelle Wildschut;Farchad H. Mahfud;Robbie H. Venderbosch;Hero J. Heeres

  • Formation, Molecular Structure, and Morphology of Humins in Biomass Conversion: Influence of Feedstock and Processing Conditions

    Ilona van Zandvoort;Yuehu Wang;Carolus B. Rasrendra;Ernst R. H. van Eck

  • Green Chemicals: A Kinetic Study on the Conversion of Glucose to Levulinic Acid

    B. Girisuta;L.P.B.M. Janssen;H.J. Heeres

  • Kinetic study on the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulose to levulinic acid

    B. Girisuta;L. P. B. M. Janssen;Hero Heeres

  • Caprolactam from Renewable Resources: Catalytic Conversion of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into Caprolactone

    Teddy Buntara;Sebastien Noel;Pim Huat Phua;Ignacio Melian-Cabrera

  • A kinetic study on the decomposition of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into levulinic acid

    B. Girisuta;L. P. B. M. Janssen;Hero Heeres

  • Stabilization of biomass‐derived pyrolysis oils

    R. H. Venderbosch;A. R. Ardiyanti;J. Wildschut;A. Oasmaa

  • Combined dehydration/(transfer)-hydrogenation of C6-sugars (D-glucose and D-fructose) to gamma-valerolactone using ruthenium catalysts

    Hans Heeres;Ratna Handana;Dai Chunai;Carolus Borromeus Rasrendra

  • Experimental and kinetic modelling studies on the acid-catalysed hydrolysis of the water hyacinth plant to levulinic acid.

    B. Girisuta;B. Danon;R. Manurung;L. P. B. M. Janssen

  • Catalytic hydrotreatment of fast-pyrolysis oil using non-sulfided bimetallic Ni-Cu catalysts on a delta-Al2O3 support

    A. R. Ardiyanti;S. A. Khromova;R. H. Venderbosch;V. A. Yakovlev

  • Recent advances in hydrothermal carbonisation: from tailored carbon materials and biochemicals to applications and bioenergy

    Sabina A. Nicolae;Heather Au;Pierpaolo Modugno;Hui Luo

  • An efficient one pot conversion of glycerol to lactic acid using bimetallic gold-platinum catalysts on a nanocrystalline CeO2 support

    Rajeesh Kumar Pazhavelikkakath Purushothaman;J. van Haveren;D.S. van Es;I. Melián-Cabrera

  • Pyrolysis of wheat straw-derived organosolv lignin.

    P.J. de Wild;W.J.J. Huijgen;Hero Heeres

  • Chiral separation by enantioselective liquid-liquid extraction

    Boelo Schuur;Bastiaan J. V. Verkuijl;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Johannes G. de Vries;Johannes G. de Vries

  • Catalyst studies on the hydrotreatment of fast pyrolysis oil

    J. Wildschut;I. Melian-Cabrera;Hero Heeres

  • Green Chemicals from d-glucose: Systematic Studies on Catalytic Effects of Inorganic Salts on the Chemo-Selectivity and Yield in Aqueous Solutions

    C. B. Rasrendra;C. B. Rasrendra;I. G. B. N. Makertihartha;S. Adisasmito;Hero Heeres

  • Identification of components in fast pyrolysis oil and upgraded products by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and flame ionisation detection.

    Jan-Bernard Marsman;J. Wildschut;F. Mahfud;Hero Heeres

  • Insights in the hydrotreatment of fast pyrolysis oil using a ruthenium on carbon catalyst

    Jelle Wildschut;Muhammad Iqbal;Farchad H. Mahfud;Ignacio Melian-Cabrera

  • Water absorption, retention and the swelling characteristics of cassava starch grafted with polyacrylic acid.

    J.R. Witono;I.W. Noordergraaf;H.J. Heeres;L.P.B.M. Janssen

  • Tunable and selective conversion of 5-HMF to 2,5-furandimethanol and 2,5-dimethylfuran over copper-doped porous metal oxides

    Angela Justina Kumalaputri;Angela Justina Kumalaputri;Giovanni Bottari;Petra M. Erne;Hero J. Heeres

  • Catalytic oligomerization of terminal alkynes by lanthanide carbyls (.eta.5-C5Me5)2LnCH(SiMe3)2 (Ln = Y, La, Ce)

    Hero Heeres;J.H. Teuben

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes G. de Vries
Johannes G. de Vries Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Francesco Picchioni
Francesco Picchioni University of Groningen
Jan H. Teuben
Jan H. Teuben University of Groningen
Ben L. Feringa
Ben L. Feringa University of Groningen
Auke Meetsma
Auke Meetsma University of Groningen
Katalin Barta
Katalin Barta University of Graz
Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx
Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx Utrecht University
Francesco Frusteri
Francesco Frusteri University of Messina
Paolo P. Pescarmona
Paolo P. Pescarmona University of Groningen
Frederik Ronsse
Frederik Ronsse Ghent University

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