Xiaowen Chen Dr. Xiaowen Chen received his master’s and Ph.D’s degree in chemical engineering from University of Maine. He is now a chemical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Lab. His research interest is in process development and biochemical engineering in cellulosic ethanol. Novel DMR processing of corn stover achieves high monomeric sugar concentrations from…
Sarah A. Teter Dr. Sarah A. Teter is Global Manager of Biomass R&D at Novozymes. Teter’s R&D teams have had a significant impact in reducing costs for production of cellulosic ethanol. Since 2001, when Novozymes initiated focused work on delivering enzymes for biomass conversion, Teter has been a key part of innovative research programs developing…
Igor Ferreira Bueno
Valdeir Arantes Valdeir Arantes has a B.Eng in Industrial Chemical Engineering (with emphasis in Biotechnology) and a Ph.D. in Industrial Biotechnology from the University of São Paulo with research stays at Purdue University and University of Maine in the USA. Following a Postdoctorate in Industrial Biotechnology for Renewable Products at the University of British Columbia…
Suleiman José Hassuani Mechanical Engineer by the Aeronautics Institute of Technology – ITA Engineering Manager at the CTC – Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira More than 25 years developing technology for the sugarcane industry, including harvesting, processing of residues, transport of sugarcane and sugar, biomass recovery, processing and storage (bagasse and straw), industrial processes, biomass energy…
Simo Ellila Simo Ellilä is a molecular biologist working as a Research Scientist in the Bioprocess engineering team at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, where he joined in 2011. He has been involved in several EU and industry projects aiming at converting lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol or organic acids. His work has focused mainly…
Artur Yabe Milanez
Orlando Rojas Dr. Rojas is Professor of Bio-based Materials in Aalto University (Finland). Previously, he was Professor in the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Forest Biomaterials of North Carolina State University (USA). Earlier in his career he was a senior scientist appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the Royal Institute…
Martin Mitchell Martin Mitchell is a Business Development Manager for the Biofuels & Derivatives Division at Clariant which is based in Munich, Germany. Martin leads the business development efforts to commercialize the sunliquid® process technology in North America, South America and Asia based out of Des Moines, Iowa – USA. Prior to Martin’s work at…
Mario Murakami Mario Murakami is Principal Investigator at CNPEM (LNLS/LNBio) since 2008 and was the coordinator of the X-ray Crystallography Village from 2008 to 2016. Currently, he is the coordinator of the Molecular Division at CTBE/CNPEM. He is graduated in Engineering at UNESP and doctorate in Molecular Biophysics at UNESP with sandwich period at University…