Dr. C. Lievens
Department of Geo -Information science and earth observation
University of Twente
Netherlands
Biography
Caroline Lievens (1977) has a dual function at ITC since October 2015: head of the Geo-Science Laboratory (https://www.itc.nl/geoscience_laboratory) and assistant professor in the Earth Systems Analysis Department in the Faculty of Geo-information and Earth Observation. Caroline Lievens earned a PhD degree in Chemistry from the Centre of Environmental Sciences (CMK) at Hasselt University in Belgium. In 2007, Caroline successfully defended her PhD work: “Valorization of heavy metal contaminated biomass by fast pyrolysis”. Caroline Lievens also obtained 2 MSc degrees: 1. Chemistry (2000 - Ghent University): thesis: Jaarlijkse stralingsdosis-bepaling in de luminescentie-datering via Ge en NaI(Tl) gamma-spectrometrie en neutronenactiveringsanalyse, Promoter: Prof. Dr. F. De Corte. 2. Soil Science (2002 - Ghent University - ITC, Physical Land Resources): thesis: Retention of heavy metals in soils of Flanders, promoters: Prof. Dr. E. Van Ranst, Prof. Dr. Ir. F. Tack After her PhD, she worked for two years at ECN (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands) on gas cleaning after biomass gasification for the production of Syngas. In 2010 Caroline started post-doc research at Curtin University (Fuel and Energy Technology Institute, Perth, Australia) where she was responsible for the development of new analysis techniques for biomass and pyrolysis products, the analysis and characterization of pyrolysis products and upgraded products, and the use of biochars as soil amendment. While in China, at NICE (National Instititute of Clean-and-low-carbon Energy, 2012-2013), she was project leader of the project ”Fundamental study of brown coal pyrolysis”, during which she was in charge of a small team tasked with designing experiments to characterize brown coal and to generate a plan for optimizing oil production via brown coal pyrolysis. In July 2013, Caroline returned to the Netherlands, for a post-doc position at Twente University, Chemical Engineering (TNW-SPT) as project manager of a catalysis project: catalytical upgrading of pyrolysis oils for the production of fuels. Further she was involved in research projects with Shell.
Research Interest
Soil Science, Physics
Publications
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Hu, X., Gunawan, R., Mourant, D., Mahmudul Hasan, M.D., Wu, L., Song, Y., Lievens, C. and Li, Chun-Zhu. Upgrading of bio-oil via acid-catalyzed reactions in alcohols : a mini review (2017). In: Fuel processing technology, 155: 2-19.
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Zaini, N., van der Meer, F.D., van Ruitenbeek, F.J.A., de Smeth, J.B., Amri, F. and Lievens, C. An alternative quality control technique for mineral chemistry analysis of portland cement-grade limestone using shortwave infrared spectroscopy (2016). In: Remote Sensing : open access.
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Oudenhoven, S.R.G., Lievens, C., Westerhof, R.J.M. and Kersten, S.R.A. Effect of temperature on the fast pyrolysis of organic-acid leached pinewood; the potential of low temperature pyrolysis. In: Biomass and bioenergy (2016). 89: 78-90.
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Lievens, C., Mourant, D., Gunawan, R., Hu, X. and Wang, Y. (2015) Organic compounds leached from fast pyrolysis mallee leaf and bark biochars. In: Chemosphere, 139 (2015) pp. 659-664.
