Background
Pieterse was born on February 7, 1970, in Oostflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; the son of Johannis A. M. Pieterse.
Pieterse was born on February 7, 1970, in Oostflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; the son of Johannis A. M. Pieterse.
Pieterse received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Hogeschool Rotterdam in 1993. Two years later, he was given a Master of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Leiden. In 2000, Johannis earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Heterogeneous Catalysis from the University of Twente.
Pieterse has been a project leader at Energy Research Centre of Netherlands, since 2000.
On December 27, 2000 Johannis Pieterse married Arja Kristina Hakuli.