Status as of 8 November 2024

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, MOBILITY AND CLIMATE |
TECHNICAL PROGRAMME CHAIR

Topic Organisers

Abdenour ACHOUR, Aalborg University, Denmark
Efthimia ALEXOPOULOU
, CRES, Greece
Andreas APFELBACHER, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany
Marco BARATIERI, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
David BAXTER, Former European Commission JRC
Guillaume BOISSONNET, CEA, France
Markus BOLHAR-NORDENKAMPF, Managing Director VAMED, Austria
Tanmay CHATURVEDI, Aalborg University, Denmark
Myrsini CHRISTOU, CRES, Greece
Suani COELHO, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Isabella DE BARI, ENEA, Italy
Wiebren DE JONG, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Rocio DIAZ-CHAVEZ, School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom
Bernhard DROSG, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria
Nurhan DUNFORD, Oklahoma State University, United States
Capucine DUPONT, IHE Delft, The Netherlands
Berien ELBERSEN, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), The Netherlands
Ana Luisa FERNANDO, Universidade de Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Jean-Henry FERRASSE, Aix Marseille Universite, France
Maria GEORGIADOU, European Commission DG RTD
Francisco GIRIO, LNEG, Portugal
Aristide GIULIANO, ENEA, Italy
Pedro HARO, Universidade de Sevilla, Spain
Martin JUNGINGER, Copernicus Institute, The Netherlands

Heiko KELLER, IFEU – Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg, Germany
Birger KERCKOW, FNR-Agency for Renewable Resources, Germany
Jaap KIEL, TNO, The Netherlands
Kees KWANT, NL Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands
Jack LEGRAND, University of Nantes, France
Yukihiko MATSUMURA, University of Hiroshima, Japan
Solange MUSSATTO, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Ingwald OBERNBERGER, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Heinz OSSENBRINK, Former European Commission JRC
Francesco PATUZZI, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Luc PELKMANS, CAPREA, Belgium
Matteo PRUSSI, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Tapio RANTA, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Guido REINHARDT, IFEU – Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung, Germany
Mirjam RÖDER, Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research, United Kingdom
Lasse ROSENDAHL, Aalborg University, Denmark
Stefano SANTARELLI, Consorzio RE-CORD, Italy
Thomas SCHLEKER, European Commission, DG RTD
Tim SCHULZKE, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany
Dimitrios SIDIRAS, University of Piraeus, Greece
Raphael SLADE, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Jim SPAETH, U.S. Department of Energy, United States
Paul STUART, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Daniela THRÄN, DBFZ-German Biomass Research Centre, Germany

Paper Reviewers

Ayush AGARWAL, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) & École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Alessandro AGOSTINI, ENEA, Italy
Iker AGUIRREZZABAL, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Andrés ANCA-COUCE, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Thalles ANDRADE, Aarhus University, Denmark
Elena ANGELOVA, DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Germany
Hans BACHMAIER, Technologie- und Förderzentrum (TFZ), Germany
Donatella BARISANO, ENEA, Italy
Vittoria BENEDETTI, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Simone BERGONZOLI, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-food Processing), Italy
Yvon BERNARD, Axens, France
Romain BESSEAU, European Commission, JRC
Serge BIOLLAZ, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Paulo BRITO, Portalegre Polytecnic University, Portugal
Marco BUFFI, European Commission, JRC
Krystian BUTLEWSKI, Institute of Technology and Life Sciences – National Research Institute, Poland
Giulia CANCIAN, EBA, Belgium
Alma CAPA, TNO, The Netherlands
Daniele CASTELLO, Aalborg University, Denmark
Nadia CERONE, ENEA, Italy
Loukia CHRYSIKOU, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas – CERTH, Greece
Maurizio COCCHI, ETA Florence, Iatly
Jean-Michel COMMANDRE, CIRAD Montpellier, France
Magda CONSTANTÍ, University Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Flamin CYRIL, ENGIE, France
Christian DE GROMARD, France
Ana Paula DE SOUZA SILVA, Technological Research Institute of the state of São Paulo – IPT, Brazil
Hary DEMEY, CEA, France
Anita DEMUTH, PtX Lab Lausitz, Germany
Manuel J. DÍAZ VILLANUEVA, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
Ioanna DIMITRIOU, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Daniel DAVID, Durán Aranguren, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Wolter ELBERSEN, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), The Netherlands
Yara EVANS, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Florent EVEILLE, GIZ, Germany
Pedram FATEHI, Lakehead University, Canada
David FERNÁNDEZ GUTIÉRREZ, Centro Tecnológico de la Energía y el Medio Ambiente, Spain
Tamara FERNÁNDEZ-ARÉVALO, CEIT, Spain
Jarno FÖHR, LUT University, Finland
Matteo FRANCAVILLA, University of Foggia, Italy
Marilene FUHRMANN, BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH, Austria
Sara FULIGNATI, University of Pisa, Italy
Francesco GALLUCCI, CREA, Italia
Yadolah
GANJKHANLO, TNO, The Netherlands
Ali GHANNADZADEH, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Brandon GILROYED, University of Guelph, Canada
Jerónimo GONZÁLEZ CORTÉS, CICYTEX, Junta de Extremadura, Spain
Maria GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, IMT Mines Albi/RAPSODE Research Center, France
Marcos GUTIÉRREZ DEL OLMO, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Spain
Christiane HENNIG, DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre, Germany
Hannariina HONKANEN, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Oliver HURTIG, JRC, Italy
Ioana IONEL, Universitatea POLITEHNICA Timisoara, Romania
Rainer JANSSEN, WIP – Renewable Energies, Germany
Matthias JORDAN, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany

Krzysztof KAPUSTA, Central Mining Institute (GIG), Poland
Antti KARHUNEN
, LUT University, Finland
Sangita Kasture
, Government of India, India
Lukas KNOLL, DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Germany
Mehdi LAKHDARI
, Natural Resources, Canada
Hans LANGEVELD
, Biomass Research, The Netherlands
Abril LANSOY, TotalEnergies, France
Yong Woon LEE, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea
Jun LI, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Leteng LIN, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Yongqiang LIU, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Richard LORD, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Alexa LUTZENBERGER, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany
Pierre-André MAITRE, CEA Grenoble, France
Filippo MARCHELLI, University of Trento, Italy
Sylvain MARSAC, ARVALIS Institut du végétal, France
Karen MASCARENHAS, Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI) at University of São Paulo (USP) – Brazil
Ana MATIN, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Croatia
Valentina MAZZURCO MIRITANA, ENEA, Italy
Jesus Alberto MERCADO CORDOVA, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France
Cristina MOLINER, Università di Genova, Italy
Mathieu MORIN, IFPEN, France
Beethoven NARVÁEZ-ROM, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Andrea NICOLINI, University of Perugia, Italy
Hillary Onyebuchi ONYISHI, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Germany
Ralph OVEREND, Nextfuels Biomass and Bioenergy, Canada
Danilo PERECIN, USP, Brazil
Giuseppe PIPITONE, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Giulio POGGIARONI, ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Italy
Athanasios RENTIZELAS, NTUA, Greece
José Antonio RODRÍGUEZ-LIÉBANA, Andaltec I+D+i (Plastic Technological Center), Spain
Diego ROMANO, Università degli Studi di Milano – DEFENS, Italy
Frederik RONSSE, University of Ghent, Belgium
Elena ROZZI, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Fernando RUSSO ABEGÃO, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Dominik RUTZ, WIP – Renewable Energies, Germany
Angeliki SAGANI, CERTH, Greece
Anil Kumar SAKHIYA, IITH DELHI, India
Sebastian SANCEHZ VILLASCLARAS, University of Jaen, Spain
Francesca SCARGIALI, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Rebecca SERNA GARCÍA, University of Valencia, Spain
Abhishek SINGHAL, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Netherlands
Sureewan SITTIJUNDA, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Antonio SORIA-VERDUGO, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Daniele SPINELLI, Next Technology Tecnotessile, Italy
Gururajarao SRIDHAR, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bioenergy, India
Claudia STECKELBERG, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Marwa TALLAWI, TUM- Chair of carbon composites, Germany
Fernanda Thimoteo AZEVEDO JORGE, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, France
Sharon VELASQUEZ-ORTA, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Frédéric VOGEL, Paul Schrrer Institute, Switzerland
George VOURLIOTAKIS, Exergia S.A., Greece
Iris VURAL GURSEL, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, The Netherlands
Asanka Nuvansiri Illankoon WIJEPALA ABEYSINGHE MUDIYANSELAGE, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy
Ronja WOLLNIK, DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gGmbH, Germany
Walter ZEGADA-LIZARAZU, University of Bologna, Italy