COMMITTEE

Scientific Committee

Members represent the global biomass community for the purpose of evaluating the abstracts and formulating the Programme.
Members are selected and nominated by the Executive Committee.

Nicolae Scarlat

EUROPEAN COMMISSION, JRC, DIRECTORATE FOR ENERGY, TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE | TECHNICAL PROGRAMME CHAIR

Nicolae Scarlat is scientific and technical support officer in the Renewables and Energy Efficiency Unit, Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. He joined the JRC in 2006, providing technical support and scientific advice for the formulation and monitoring the implementation of the renewable energy legislation. He also contributes to the policy proposals related to the renewable energy beyond 2020, tackling bioenergy technology developments or the sustainability of solid and gaseous biomass. He played a key role in drafting various reports on renewable energy and studies for the assessment of bioenergy progress, assessment of biomass resource potentials and demand, evaluation of various effects of biofuels and bioenergy and sustainability certification of biofuels and bioenergy. He contributed to the investigation of the role of biomass and bioenergy in a future bioeconomy, current status and perspectives for development. He also contributed to the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan, including the assessment of the technological state-of-the-art, anticipated developments, market and industry status for bioenergy, and research and innovation challenges and actions for bioenergy of the SET Plan Integrated Roadmap. In addition to scientific/technical networking in the field of bioenergy and biofuels, he organised various expert consultation meetings and workshops on biomass resources, bioenergy and bioeconomy.

Topic Organisers

Status as of 26/11/2021

Alessandro AGOSTINI, ENEA, IT
Efthimia ALEXOPOULOU, CRES, GR
Stefano AMADUCCI, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, IT
Andreas APFELBACHER, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, DE
Tanja BARTH, University of Bergen, NO
David BAXTER, Former European Commission, JRC
Markus BOLHAR-NORDENKAMPF, Metso Power Ges.m.b.h., AT
Marco BARATIERI, University of Bolzano, IT
Suani COELHO, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Wiebren DE JONG, Delft University of Technology, BE
Rocio DIAZ-CHAVEZ, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
Bernhard DROSG, BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH
Capucine DUPONT, IHE Delft, NL
Berien ELBERSEN, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), DE
Ana Luisa FERNANDO, Universidade de Nova de Lisboa, PT
Uwe FRITSCHE, IINAS The International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy, DE
Joe GALLAGHER, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, UK
Emmanuel GARBOLINO, ASES France R & D / Climpact Data Science, FR
Maria GEORGIADOU, European Commission DG RTD, EU
Francisco GIRIO, LNEG, PT
Pedro HARO, Universidade de Sevilla, ES
Jens Bo HOLM NIELSEN, Aalborg University, DK
Hannariina HONKANEN, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, FI
Christian HUYGHE, INRA-France, FR
Martin JUNGINGER, Copernicus Institute, NL
Seungwoo KANG, IRENA, DE
Birger KERCKOW, FNR – Agency for Renewable Resources, DE

Jaap KIEL, TNO, NL
Patrik KLINTBOM, ETIP Bioenergy, SE
Kees KWANT, NL Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs, NL
Jack LEGRAND, University of Nantes, FR
Joshua MESSNER, U.S. Department of Energy, USA
Oskar MEIJERINK, SkyNRG, NL
Maria Michela MORESE, Executive Secretary of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), IT
Pietro MORETTO, European Commission
Solange MUSSATTO, Technical University of Denmark, DK
Ingwald OBERNBERGER, Graz University of Technology, AT
Kevin O’CONNOR, Bioeconomy Research Centre, University College Dublin, IE
Calliope PANOUTSOU, Imperial College London, UK
Luc PELKMANS, CAPREA, BE
Wolter PRINS, University of Ghent, BE
Tapio RANTA, Lappeenranta University of Technology, FI
Guido REINHARDT, IFEU – Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung, DE
Lasse ROSENDAHL, Aalborg University, DK
Frederik RONSSE, University of Ghent, BE
Thomas SCHLEKER, European Commission, DG RTD, EU
Dimitrios SIDIRAS, University of Piraeus, GR
Raphael SLADE, Imperial College London, UK
Jim SPAETH, U.S. Department of Energy, USA
Daniela THRÄN, DBFZ-German Biomass Research Centre, DE
Scott TURN, University of Hawaii, US
Jaap VAN HAL, TNO, NL
Rene VAN REE, Wageningen Research, NL
Frédéric VOGEL, Paul Schrrer Institute, CH

Paper Reviewers

Status as of 26/11/2021

Andrés ANCA-COUCE, Graz University of Technology, AT
Donatella BARISANO, ENEA, IT
Marisol BERTI, North Dakota State University, US
Serge BIOLLAZ, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH
Marco BUFFI, European Commission, JRC, IT
Florbela CARVALHEIRO, LNEG – National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, PT
Maurizio COCCHI, ETA – Florence, IT
Myrisini CHRISTOU, Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, GR
Berta CUMBANE, Instituto de Bolsas de Estudo, MZ
Maria Dolores CURT, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ES
Ines DEL CAMPO, CENER, ES
Robert DASCHNER, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, DE
Wolter ELBERSEN, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), NL
Yara EVANS, Imperial College London, UK
Benoit GABRIELLE, NRA – AgroParisTech FR
Jacopo GIUNTOLI, European Commission, JRC, IT
Lorie HAMELIN, University of Toulouse, FR
Ursel HORNUNG, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE
Oliver HURTIG, JRC, IT
Ioana IONEL, Universitatea POLITEHNICA Timisoara, RO
Rainer JANSSEN, WIP – Renewable Energies, DE
Gerfried JUNGMEIER, Joanneum Research Centre, AT
Stamatis KALLIGEROS, Hellenic Naval Academy, GR
Kong LINGZHAO, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute ( SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), CN
Alexa LUTZENBERGER, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, DE
Mariya MARINOVA, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Royal Military College of Canada Kingston, Ontario, CA
Sylvain MARSAC ARVALIS, Institut du végétal, FR
Sanette MARX, North-West University, ZA

Karen MASCARENHAS, RCGI – Research Centre for Gas Innovation, Brazil
Yukihiko MATSUMURA, University of Hiroshima, JP
Robert M’BAREK, European Commission, JRC, EU
Pavlina NANOU, TNO, NL
Ralph OVEREND, Nextfuels Biomass and Bioenergy, CA
Vance OWENS, South Dakota State University, US
Gabriel PAËS, Fractionnement des Agro-Ressources et Environnement (FARE), FR
Luigi PARI, CRA-ING IT Moritz VON COSSEL University of Hohenheim, DE
Matteo PRUSSI, European Commission, JRC
Alain QUIGNARD, IFPEN, FR
Marco RAVINA, Politecnico di Torino, IT
Nils RETTENMAIER, IFEU – Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg, DE
Mirjam RÖDER, Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research, UK
Lígia RODRIGUES, University of Minho, PT
Dominik RUTZ, WIP – Renewable Energies DE
Andrea SALIMBENI, RE-CORD, IT
Øyvind SKREIBERG, SINTEF Energy Research,NO
Arturo SANCHEZ CARMONA, Centro Investigacion Estudios Avanzados, MX
Tim SCHULZKE, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, DE
Aidan SMITH, Aarhus University, DK
Despina TZOULAKI, Nea Smyrni, GR
Walter ZEGADA-LIZARAZU, University of Bologna, IT
Wim VAN SWAAIJ, University of Twente, NL
Sebastian VILLASCLARAS, University of Jaen, ES
Moritz VON COSSEL, University of Hohenheim, DE
George VOURLIOTAKIS, Exergia S.A., GR
Liang WANG, SINTEF Energy Research, NO