Johannes (Hans) Van Leeuwen
Title(s):
Emeritus Professor
Information
Professional Certifications:
Professional Engineer in Iowa, Environmental
Board Certified Environmental Engineer, BCEE
of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Chartered Professional Engineer (Australia), Civil and Chemical (non-active)
Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia (non-active)
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (UK) (non-active)
Fellow, Water Institution of South Africa (non-active)
Awards and Honors
Vlasta Klima Balloun Professor 2012-2017
Global Grand Prize for Applied Research, International Water Association, 2012
Innovator of the Year – R&D Magazine for 2009
R&D 100 Awards as team leader –
– Mycofuel fungal process for biodiesel from plant processing wastes, 2009
– MycoMax fungal process for additional ethanol plant coproduct, 2008
Grand Prize University Research – American Academy of Environmental Engineers
– Fungal pilot plant for animal feed production, 2011, Honor Award
– Bio-oil from an integrated fungal lignocellulosic biorefinery, 2009
– Fungal process for ethanol plant stillage beneficiation, 2008
– Ethanol purification with ozonation and activated carbon, 2007
Iowa State University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, 2009
Associate editor, Ozone Science and Engineering, since 2016
Research
Production of fungal metabolites from ethanol production byproducts; Purification of ethanol and alcoholic liquors
Publications
- Onuki, S. Koziel, J.A., Jenks, W.S., Cai, L., Grewell, D. and J. (Hans) van Leeuwen (2016) Taking ethanol beyond fuel grade: a review. Inst. Brewing DOI 10.1002/jib.297
- Suisse, A.R., Norton, G.A. and van Leeuwen J (Hans) (2016) Pilot-scale Continuous-flow Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Filamentous Fungi Energy & Fuels. ACS Energy & Fuels, 2016, 30(9) 7379-7386
- Koza, CR, Norton, G and van Leeuwen, J (H) (2017) Dewatering investigations on fungal biomass grown in thin stillage from a dry-mill corn ethanol plant Biomass and Bioenergy 97(2)
- Lawrinenko, M., van Leeuwen, J. (H), Laird, D. A. (2017) Sustainable pyrolytic production of zerovalent iron. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 5(1)
- Lawrinenko, M., Wang, Z. Horton, R., Mendivelso-Perez, D., Smith, R.A., J. (Hans) van Leeuwen, Webster, T.E. and David A. Laird (2017) Macroporous carbon supported zerovalent iron for remediation of trichloroethylene. In review: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering5(2)
- Koziel J.A., T.S. Frana, H.K. Ahn, T.D. Glanville, L.T. Nguyen, H. van Leeuwen. (2017) Efficacy of NH3 as a secondary barrier treatment for inactivation of Salmonella Typhimurium and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in digestate of animal carcasses: Proof-of-concept. PLoS ONE, 2017, 12(5): e0176825. doi: 1371/journal.pone.0176825 (IF=2.81)
- Koziel, J.A., L.T.Nguyen, T.D. Glanville, H.K. Ahn, T.S. Frana, J.H. van Leeuwen. (2017) Method for sampling and analysis of volatile biomarkers in process gas from aerobic digestion of poultry carcass using time-weighted average SPME and GC-MS. Food Chemistry, 232, 799-807. doi: 1016/j.foodchem.2017.04.062. (IF=4.53)
- Msayleb, N., Kanwar, RS, H. Wu, and J (Hans) van Leeuwen (2017) Soil ozonation for nematode disinfest-tation as an alternative to methyl bromide and nematicides. Sci Pages Environ Stud 2017, 1(1):11-19
- Msayleb, N., Kanwar, RS, H. Wu, and J (Hans) van Leeuwen (2017) Ozonation efficacy in the treatment of soil-borne Phytophthora sojae in cultivating soybeans Sci Pages Environ Stud 1(1):1-10
- Koziel, J.A., H.K. Ahn, T.D. Glanville, T.S. Frana, H. van Leeuwen, L.T. Nguyen. (2018) Lab-scale evaluation of burial-aerobic digestion hybrid concept for treatment and emergency disposal of animal carcasses. Waste Management, (IF=4.03). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X1830151X .
- Koziel JA, Ahn H, Glanville TD, Frana TS, Hans van Leeuwen J, Nguyen LT. (2018) Data evidencing slow anaerobic digestion in emergency treatment and disposal of infectious animal carcasses. Data in Brief. 22: 227-233. PMID 30581932 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.12.001
- Msayleb, N., R.S. Kanwar, H. Wu, J.H. van Leeuwen (2021) Ozonation against Fusarium oxysporum for use in hydroponic systems. Ozone Sci and Engng https://doi.org/10.1080/01919512.2021.1928476