Background
Boon, Jaap J. was born on January 4, 1947 in Den Helder, Netherlands. Son of Gijsbert Boon and Corrie Schenk.
Boon, Jaap J. was born on January 4, 1947 in Den Helder, Netherlands. Son of Gijsbert Boon and Corrie Schenk.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Delt Technology University, Delft, 1978.
Postdoctoral researcher Netherlands Institute Sea Research, Texel, Netherlands, 1977—1980. Research associate biomedical & Environmental Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Berkely, 1980—1983. Head research Failover Manager Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, since 1983.
Professor molecular paleobotany University Amsterdam, 1987—2002, professor analytical mass spectrometry, since 2003. Director JAAP-enterprise MOLART Advise, since 2007.
Member of ICOMCC (coordinator science research 2002-2008), IIC.
Married Donna C. Mehos, September 9, 1988. Children: Gaia, Constantin Gijsbert, Nicolaas Jacob.