Tom Visser
Tom Visser (1948) started his career in the Department of Molecular Spectrometry
of Utrecht University in 1968. In 1987 he moved to the Dutch National Institute
of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM Bilthoven, The Netherlands) where
he was appointed head of the Section on Vibrational Spectroscopy.
In 1995
he received his PhD degree on a thesis entitled “Computer-assisted Qualitative
Analysis of Vibrational Spectra”. In the same year he became head of the
Department of Molecular Spectrometry. In June 2000 he returned to Utrecht
University as an associate professor in vibrational spectroscopy at the Department
of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. He served as contributor and co-organizer
of international courses on Infrared and Raman spectroscopy.
Main subjects
of his scientific work are the exploration and implementation of chemometrical
methods into spectral interpretation, and the coupling of IR-spectroscopy
to gas and liquid chromatography, dedicated to environmental and residue
analysis. One of his research topics was in-situ vibrational spectroscopy
of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts.