A Scientist with many years of experience performing several roles in different R&D Organizations such as the Academy, the Oil & Gas Industry, and an RTO private. For all of them, he performed multiple technical and managerial tasks to drive several R&D projects and lines forward in the renewable energy field (mainly H2,  Bioenergy, biofuels, sustainable and alternative fuels).

His R&D activities focus on the design and development of advanced reactors [(e.g., Microreactors and Catalytic Membrane Reactors (CMRs)] via an interdisciplinary approach between Heterogeneous Catalysis (speeding up processes by developing or improving catalysts), Coating Technologies (depositing thin catalyst layers onto the surface of differently structured materials such as metal and ceramic monoliths, foams, and structured packages), Material Science (selecting and preparing/synthesizing suitable materials with enhanced properties for the construction of new reactors, membranes, electrodes, Smart materials, starting and row materials, energy materials, etc.); Process Intensification (by the implementation of 3D-printing and micromachining technologies for the construction of advanced reaction systems); and finally, Analytical Chemistry [Hands-on experience in relevant analytical techniques, such as AAS, ICP, FTIR, XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA, DSC, TPR/TPO/TPD, etc. and expertise in developing and validating GC and HPLC analytical methods for the compositional analysis of reactants, reaction products, and reaction mixtures derived from the chemical processes in which he is involved, and ICP-OES and AAS analytical methods for the metal loading analysis (active phases) in catalyst materials]

Currently, he performs the role of Scientific Consultant. He provides advisory services to researchers and scientific Organizations (RTOs) interested in getting grants from the EU Research Funding Framework Programme (FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe, etc.). He provides also scientific support to R&D project coordinators and researchers in detailed analytical investigation studies through suitable analytical techniques to identify, characterize, and quantify chemical compounds, pollutants, poisons or surface degradations arising as a result of natural or induced deposition processes onto metal or ceramic surfaces of chemical reactors or catalysts used in chemical processes of industrial interest.

Broad scientific background in Chemistry supported by a Doctorate, a BSc degree, and a Postdoc in Heterogeneous Catalysis Chemistry. 

Throughout his professional career, he has developed a technical, managerial, and interpersonal skill set relevant to any position in the scientific and technological area addressed to the development of smart materials enabling low carbon technologies for renewable energy, in particular for Bioenergy and Hydrogen energy.

• Heterogeneous Catalysis with main applications in methane reforming technologies and FTS.
• Material Science (Hydrothermal Synthesis of micro & mesoporous materials).
• Renewable Energy (H2 energy and Bioenergy, sustainable and alternative fuels). 
• Analytical Chemistry (development and validation of chromatographic analysis methods).
• Process Intensification (Microrectors, Small Modular Reactors, Catalytic Membrane Reactors, Structured Reactors, etc.) 
• Electrochemistry (Electrocatalysts development).
• Coating Technologies (dip-coating, APS, PVD-MS).
• Oil Refining Technology (Cracking, Reforming, Hydrotreating).

This list shows different R&D projects at regional, national, European, and international levels where the Researcher has collaborated, performing several roles such as Project Manager, Project Management Assistant, Technical Manager, or Project Support Team member (PST).

• Languages (English and Dutch).
• R&D Project Management.
• Chromatographic Method Development and Validation.
• Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis.
• R&D Projects Evaluation and Monitoring.
• Lab Safety,
• Preparation, Characterization and Scale-up of Catalysts.
• Sorbents and Catalysts for the Environmental Chemistry.
• Heterogeneous Catalytic Kinetic.
• Basic Characterization of Catalytic Materials and Sorbents, etc.

This list shows all the oral and poster presentations performed by the Researcher at different International and European scientific events focused on his work field. This list also shows the scientific manuscripts of such activities published in Proceedings of the corresponding Conferences, Congress, and Symposium.

This list shows the dissemination and exploitation of scientific results via peer-reviewed publications published in scientific journals, including the Publications Office of the European Union.