Jinke van Dam

Nationality: Dutch

Location: The Netherlands

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Phone: +31639783382

Dr. Jinke van Dam has 11 years of international practical and theoretical experience in bioenergy in Europe, Asia and Latin America. She studied physical geography and graduated in environmental sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. After various assignments in the environmental sector, Jinke van Dam joined Utrecht University as a researcher in 2003. During this period, she worked and managed various EU funded projects over various years on biomass and bioenergy, as BIOMITRE (developing a GHG and cost calculation tool) and VIEWLS. The latter includes a biomass potential assessment of Central and Eastern European countries. From 2004 to 2006, Jinke worked in Vietnam for the NGO Tropenbos International. After that, she extended her international experience by working as an Interim Executive Secretary for the RTRS in Buenos Aires. In the same period, she did research in Argentina on the topic of sustainable bioenergy. Since 2008, Jinke holds a PhD on the “Sustainability of bioenergy chains: the result is in the details”. From that period onwards, she has also been appointed as Senior Researcher at the Utrecht University where she coordinated various international projects as EUBIONET III and Global BIOPACT until June 2010. Jinke van Dam is currently working on various projects relating to impact assessments, certification and feasibility of bioenergy chains. Since 2010, she is an associate of SQ Consult and expanding her activities as independent consultant on this topic.