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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jan J. Zwinselman
Personal data
Address Herrenwiese 4, 9306 Freidorf
Phone +41 71 450 0362
Mobile +41 76 324 2670
Email zwinselman@lusol-chemie.ch
Date of birth November 26th
, 1953
Nationality Swiss
Marital status Married
Professional experience
2012 – today Chemical industry consulting through Lusol Chemie GmbH
1998 – 2012 Co-founder of ADD APT Chemicals BV; Helmond; The Netherlands.
 Chemicals company which produce additives for various chemical industries in the field
of cleaners, paint & coating industry; lubricants; food industry; automotive industry
(coolants & brake fluids); runway de-icing fluids; formulation technologies.
 Position: co-owner; technical director (responsible development of all commercialized
chemicals)
 ISO 9001 registration (quality control); REACH; GLP registration
 Personnel management
 Installation of production plant
 SAP knowledge (bookkeeping system of ADD APT Chemicals BV)
 Customer service & technical service
 Deep knowledge of formulation technologies (true solutions & emulsions)
 Writing literature (TDS & MSDS) for all commercialized chemicals
 Writing & publishing Newsletters for application of various chemicals.
 Cost control & purchasing of raw materials
 During the appointment as Technical Director at Schill & Seilacher GmbH, the company
ADD APT Chemicals BV was founded. This with the permission of the owner, Mrs. Goss,
of the company Schill & Seilacher GmbH
1996 – 2000 Technical director Schill & Seilacher GmbH (Struktol KG); Hamburg; Germany.
 Foam control agents (defoamers)
 Rubber additives
 Demolding agents
 Encapsulation technology (various patents)
1984 – 1996 Senior Chemist DOW Europe S.A. ; Horgen; Switzerland
Technology experience:
 Polyurethane (flexible; semi-rigid; rigid; integral skin)
 Development of new types of polyols (various applications)
 Glycol ether based solvents (various patents)
 Introducing designed studies (computer programs designed)
 Cleaner formulation technologies (micro emulsions)
 Development Foam Active Substances (foam active & foam control agents).

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1984 – 1984 Research Chemist with Spectrospin AG; Fällanden; Switzerland
Responsible for development and improvement of Ion Cyclotron Spectrometer (ICR).
1983 – 1984 Post-doctoral fellow with University of Toronto; Toronto; Canada.
Prof. Dr. A.G. Harrison – Department of Physical Chemistry
Responsible for development of ICR & field desorption spectrometer.
1979 – 1983 Assistant in Mass Spectrometry Analysis; University of Amsterdam.
Lecturing activities of Master Degree students.
Service to Chemicals laboratories of the university and industries.
1978 – 1978 Part-Time assistant in X-Ray at the Laboratory of Crystallography of the University of
Amsterdam.
Development of new computer programs needed for X-Ray analyses.
Determination and classification of new crystal structures
Education
1970 – 1974 Technical High School for Laboratory; Hengelo; The Netherlands
1974 – 1975 18 Months Military Service; The Netherlands
Sep 1977 Bachelor Degree Chemistry – University of Amsterdam
Feb 1979 Master Degree Organic Chemistry (Cum Laude) – University of Amsterdam.
Mar 1983 PhD Degree (Prof. Dr. N. N. M. Nibbering) – University of Amsterdam
“Some field ionization kinetic and negative ion field desorption mass spectrometry studies.”
Education
Dutch Mother language
German Fluent
English Fluent
IT skills
SAP (Business version)
Microsoft Office
Pascal