IWWG - International Waste Working Group is a non-profit association that aims to provide a forum to encourage economic and ecological waste management world-wide and to promote scientific advancement in the field
Research areas: Combustion & Catalysis focused on upgrading waste materials.
Head, Earth Engineering Center WtERT, USA
2004 - 2012
Columbia University (US)
Assistant / Associate Professor
Combustion & Catalysis research. Established the Earth Engineering Center Experimental Program
1997 - 2004
Precision Combusiton, Inc, New Haven (US)
Manager of Fuel Processor Development
Catalytic Combustion R&D
Main research interest
High temperature processes focused on valorization of waste materials. Technology research ranging from combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, catalysis and overall system analyses and technical due diligences
Most relevant projects
Fluid Catalytic Cracking for plastic & biomass oil upgrading to olefins / Sustainable waste management technology assessments / Extraction of critical materials from ash streams.
Publications
100 scientific papers, 10 book chapters, 2 books.
Awards / Other
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) / Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) / Fulbright Fellow; Global Award / National Academies’ Intelligence Science & Technology Expert Group / Fellow, National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Eng. Ed. / National Science Foundation CAREER Award
