Akzo Nobel Science Award for Professor Heijnen

11 November 2004 by M&C

Arnhem, the Netherlands, November 11, 2004 – The Board of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) has decided to grant the Akzo Nobel Science Award 2004 to Dr. J.J. Heijnen (53), Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the Kluyver Institute for Biotechnology at Delft University of Technology.

He has earned the award for his research in the field of process and information technology, in particular biofilm processes. Prof. Sef Heijnen will officially accept the award on Thursday, November 11, 2004, during a formal ceremony at Akzo Nobel’s headquarters in Arnhem. The presentation of the Akzo Nobel Science Award alternates each year between Sweden and the Netherlands. The award, which is now in its 34th year, carries prize money of EUR 50,000.

The original press release can be found on the website of Akzo Nobel.