About our team

The Endures specialists

The Endures team consists of highly qualified specialists with diverse scientific backgrounds. Our unique balance between scientific experience and technical possibilities (partly due to our unique location by the sea) enables us to offer effective and appropriate solutions. Our team consists of materials scientists, (micro) biologists, chemists, corrosion, fouling and coating specialists.

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Sibo Buter

Managing Director

Experience
10+ years of experience in the field of electrochemistry and corrosion
5+ years of coating inspection experience

Education
– FROSIO LEVEL III
– BSc Analytical chemistry

Nanni Noël-Hermes

Expert Microbial Corrosion & Biofilms

Experience
12+ years of experience in MIC and biofilms

Education
– PhD Chemistry- Aquatic Biotechnology (Biofilm Centre, Universiteit Duisburg-Essen, DE)
MSc Water Science: Analytics, chemistry and microbiology (Universiteit Duisburg, Essen, DE)

Joost van Dam

Expert Corrosion, Electrochemistry & Materials

Experience
8+ Years of experience in Material Science, Corrosion and Electrochemistry
7+ Years of experience in Protective coatings and Adhesive bonding

Education
– MSc Materials Science & Engineering (Delft University of Technology)
– BSc Chemistry (University of Amsterdam)

Alessio Di Fino

Senior Researcher – Expert fouling control

Experience
7+ Years experience in ecotoxicology in marine ecology
8+ Years experience in anti-fouling & coating formulation
8+ Years experience in electrochlorination applications

Education 
– PhD Marine Science, Newcastle University (UK)
– BSc/MSc Marine Environmental Science, University of Genoa (IT)

Jaap Hooijmans

Senior Researcher Corrosion and Failure Analysis

Experience
25+ Years of experience in Material Science, Failure Analysis, Corrosion and Electrochemistry

Education

-PhD Materials Science, Delft University of Technology

Maria Salta

Expert Biofilms & Microbially Induced Corrosion (MIC)

Experience
12+ Years of experience in Marine Biofilms, Biofouling / Antifouling
7+ Years of experience in Enviromental Microbiology

Education

-PhD, Antifouling test methods for Marine Biofilms, University of Southampton, UK
-MRes (Masters of Research), Marine Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
-BSc (Hons), Marine Biology with Oceanography, University of Southampton, UK

Sabine Meyers

Microbiological Analist

Experience
13+ Years of experience as off-shore lab-technician
6+ Years of experience in Microbiological analysis.

Education
– Food Technology, Clusius College Alkmaar
– Course Microbially Influenced Corrosion (MIC)

Xiaolong Zhang

Expert Corrosion & Electrochemistry

Experience
20+ years of experience in materials science, corrosion and electrochemistry

Education
– PhD Corrosion Technology & Electrochemistry (Delft University of Technology)
– MSc. Physics, Hunan University, China

Application of transient analysis using Hilbert spectra of electrochemical noise to the identification of corrosion inhibition (2014)

Biodegradation of ballast tank coating investigated by impedance spectroscopy and microscopy (2014)

Biofilm formation, communication and interactions of leaching bacteria during colonization of pyrite and sulfur surfaces (2014)

Carbon steel corrosion induced by a cold-growing enrichment culture isolated from the Den Helder harbor (2014)

Corrosion of Steels in CO2 Storage Environments (2014)

A Critical Appraisal of the Interpretation of Electrochemical Noise for Corrosion Studies (2014)

Detection of microbiologically influenced corrosion by electrochemical noise transients (2014)
Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion risks in the interior of offshore wind monopiles (2014)

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