"Oakwood"
3 Brook Hey, Parkgate
Neston CH64 6TH
United Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 151 336 5256 (home), +44 7795 205015 (mobile)
E-mail:
ard@vanbergen.me.uk (business),
ardvanbergen@yahoo.co.uk (private)
Physical Scientist with 37 years experience in R&D of major multinational companies. Extensive experience in translating scientific advances into practical tools. Excellent skills in numerical analysis, software engineering and database technology. Teamworker who feels at home in multidisciplinary teams.
2020 onwards: Self-employed as scientific consultant. Focusing on developing and upgrading proprietary scientific software of customers
2004 - 2020: Director of Novidec Ltd.
2003 - 2004: Self-employed as scientific consultant. Focusing on developing and upgrading proprietary scientific software of customers, a.o. Lever Fabergé Europe
2000 - 2003: Unilever Research, Port Sunlight, United Kingdom. Science Base Leader "Performance Prediction" in Product Design Unit, Laundry Research (in addition to the Lead Scientist role below)
1999: Unilever Research, Port Sunlight, United Kingdom. Workstream Leader within Formulation Design project (in addition to the Lead Scientist role below).
1998-2003: Unilever Research, Port Sunlight, United Kingdom. Lead Scientist in Laundry Research. Research area: modelling the performance of laundry products. Other responsibilities: implementing the models in software tools, distributing these tools to the development centers worldwide, provide support and user training.
1996 - 1998: Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., The Netherlands. Technical consultant for various business units. Responsibilities: all compositional and thermodynamic aspects of oilfield planning; maintenance and support of appropriate software tools.
1993 - 1996: Koninklijke/Shell Laboratory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Research Physicist in the Separation Technology department. Research area: thermodynamics of refinery processes.
1985-1993: Koninklijke/Shell Exploration and Production Laboratory, Rijswijk, The Netherlands. Research Physicist in the Reservoir Engineering department. Research area: phase behaviour of crude oils and natural gas, fluid characterisation, reservoir simulation.
1981-1984: University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Research Assistant. Research area: High-intensity light scattering by atoms in collision.
1976-1980: University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Teaching Assistant.
PhD (1987), Atomic Physics, University of
Utrecht, The Netherlands
MSc (1980, cum laude), Theoretical Physics,
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
BSc (1977, cum laude), Mathematics,
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
BSc (1976, cum laude), Astronomy,
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Software Engineering:
25+ years experience in Fortran, extensive experience in Java, C++, VB, web design (HTML,
CGI), development, maintenance and support of large scale software applications
on various platforms (Unix, Windows), including a chess program that
participated twice in World Championships of Computer Chess
Theoretical Physics:
Statistical Physics, Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, Quantum Optics
Computational Physics:
Monte Carlo methods, Molecular Dynamics
Mathematics:
Numerical Analysis, Functional Analysis, Approximation Theory, Probability Theory,
Statistics, Optimization.
Project management:
leading small teams of scientists (mix of BSc, MSc and PhD's)
Consultancy:
frequent membership of ad-hoc teams to do short-term studies for operating companies
Training:
in Shell regularly invited to contribute expert input to standard petroleum engineering courses
in Unilever: delivered one-week courses in use of product-design-software at
various innovation centres around the world
Presentation: numerous presentations at scientific symposia and conferences and at internal meetings, training courses, etc.
Reporting:
public: publications in refereed scientific journals
internal (confidential): research reports, training manuals, user guides
Languages: English, Dutch: fluent
German: adequate
Russian: moderate knowledge (June 2011: passed GCSE exam with A* mark)
Portuguese: basic knowledge
Nationality: Dutch (The Netherlands)
Date of birth: 10 June 1956
Chess
Flying: obtained PPL (Private Pilot's Licence) in 2001
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