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SINTEF
Introduction
SINTEF is one of the largest European research institutes having around 2100 employers with an annual turnover
of about 220 mEuro, mainly originating from bilateral industrial research contracts and participation in European
or National research projects.
The competences
Concerning NEXT-GTL, the Department of "Hydrocarbon Process Chemistry" within the Materials and Chemistry Division
of SINTEF is involved. This Department exhibits long term competence within material science, catalysis, sorption and
process development. The Department has during the recent years been involved in a number of different projects related
to upgrading of oil and natural gas, including Fischer-Tropsch technology, Methanol-to-olefins, catalytic cracking,
single-site catalysis, fuels cells technology, desulphurization, oligomerization and polymerization technologies,
dehydrogenation reactions, biorefinery processes, synthesis and characterization of micro- and mesoporous materials,
metal oxides, zeolites, different carrier materials, perovskites etc., separation and purification technologies - among
others. The Department/Division is well equipped with synthesis, characterization and testing facilities, including
high-throughput instrumentation.
SINTEF's Department of "Hydrocarbon Process Chemistry" has been involved for many years in different EU projects.
Key researcher participating in NEXT-GTL
He kept positions as Research Assistant at the Universities of Münster (Germany, 1975-1979) and Bergen (Norway, 1980-1982) before he joined the Center for Industrial Research (SI - now SINTEF) in 1982. In 1988-1989 he had a sabbatical leave at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada). In addition, he served as Adjunct Professor for the Department of Chemistry of the University of Bergen (Norway, 1999-2004) and The Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim (Norway, 2004-2007).
Michael Stöcker is the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal "Microporous and Mesoporous Materials".
He is the author or co-author on more than 140 scientific journal publications (including eight review papers and five Handbook chapters), and is co-inventor of two patents. He has presented about 110 lectures on a national and international basis, about 60 of them based on invitations. He has been project manager of a number of larger industrial contract research projects, National Research Council and EU projects.
He served on the Board (Council) of the International Zeolites Association (IZA - 1998-2004), as Chairman of the IZA Catalysis Commission (1998-2004 - member since 1994) and as a member of the IZA Synthesis Commission (1992-2004). He is a Member of the Editorial Board of the "Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology". In 2009, Michael Stöcker received the DGMK Kolleg Award.