Nikolai NESTERENKO
CV
Experiences
01/2014 – present : Project Team Leader, TRTF (Belgium)
04/2011 – 12/2013 : Senior project manager, TRTF (Belgium)
02/2006 – 04/2011 : Project manager, TRTF (Belgium)
08/2005 – 02/2006 : Research Engineer – Post Doc, TRTF (Belgium)
11/2003 – 07/2005 : Laboratory of Kinetics & Catalysis, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia)
Degrees
2014 – MBA: HULT International Business School – London campus (UK)
2003 – PhD in Chemistry: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (FRANCE)
2003 – PhD in Chemistry: Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State Univeristy (RUSSIA)
2000 – Master’s Degree in Chemistry : Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University (RUSSIA)
teaching
– Total’s experience in molecular sieves: from known structures to new industrial catalysts (keynote) // 5th Symposium on the Advanced Micro-, and Mesoporous Materials, Varna, Bulgaria, September, 6 2013
– Ten tips about MTO (plenary) // Pre-Conference School of the 17th International Zeolite Conference , Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia, July, 5 2013
– Hidden potential of low temperature transformation of MeOH to light olefins (keynote) // -3rd Workshop on Zeolites, ISMRA, Caen, France, May, 19 2014
– Industrial applications of zeolites: known successes & prospects (plenary) // 20th Zeolite Forum, University Jagielloski, Krakow, Poland, September, 22 2015.
– Well-known & emerging applications of molecular sieves // UCL, Louvain-la Neuve, Belgium, December, 8, 2015
– Ten tips about MTO // UCL, Louvain-la Neuve, Belgium, December, 1, 2015
– Catalysis in Refining & Base Chemicals // UCL, Louvain-la Neuve, Belgium, December, 6 & 13, 2016
Activities
Expert in catalytic technologies, (co-) inventor of more than 70 patents, (co-) author of more than 20 articles, four successful process demonstrations, special Total awards for the best process developments in 2011 & 2013. Managed cross-functional R&D projects within refining and chemicals: projects include the development of new technologies, technical service to refineries & steam crackers, benchmarking the commercial catalysts, troubleshooting. 10 years of the R&D experience within refining and chemicals with Total.
Participated in refinery inspections, one of the representatives from Total in FCC Technology Alliance with IFPEN-AXENS-TECHNIP (R2RTM technology), chair of the section at the international conferences, invited PhD jury member in France, The Netherlands & Belgium.
