Jan van Deemter

Jan Jozef van Deemter
Jan van Deemter
Born(1918-03-31)31 March 1918
Died10 October 2004(2004-10-10) (aged 86)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
University of Amsterdam
Known forVan Deemter equation
Scientific career
InstitutionsRoyal Dutch Shell
Thesis Theoretische en numerieke behandeling van ontwaterings- en infiltratie-stromings-problemen
Doctoral advisorBartel Leendert van der Waerden

Jan Jozef van Deemter (31 March 1918 – 10 October 2004) was a Dutch physicist and engineer known for the Van Deemter equation in chromatography.

He obtained his doctorate in physics from the University of Amsterdam in June of 1950. Starting in 1947 he began work for Royal Dutch Shell as a researcher and it was there that he developed and published his article in 1956.