Biofuels and Bioenergy

Janea A. Scott serves as the Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management at the U.S. Department of Interior.  Scott previously served as the Vice Chair of the California Energy Commission, the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency.  She was lead Commissioner on the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program, the Natural Gas Research Program, the Clean Transportation Program, the Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Group (DACAG), and collaboration within the western interconnection.Scott served as the Chair of the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee. From 2013 to 2019 she supported the California’s transition to zero emission vehicles by serving as Chair of the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative, as well as on the Public Policy Board of Veloz, a nonprofit founded by public and private sector industry veterans working together to advance the electric car movement, and the California Fuel Cell Partnership.

Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law

Mustapha Benmoussa, Ph.D. is a CEO at AGT Nutraceuticals LLC and founder of Atlantic Green Technology, Inc. He received his Ph.D. from Laval University in plant biotechnology and performed post-doctoral research at Indiana University and Purdue University. Dr. Benmoussa occupied different managerial and academic positions along his research and development career. He used biotechnology and processing tools in both fundamental and applied scientific research to develop solutions in nutrition and bioenergy sectors. With his 25 year of experience in plant biotechnology and food science, he developed a microalgae biorefinery technology to produce algae biofuels and high-value chemicals for food, beverages, supplement, cosmetic and energy market.

Bioenergy sectors

Cinzia Buratti (Editor) Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.Cinzia Buratti (Marsciano, PG – Italy, 1966); Master in Civil Engineering in 1990. PhD in Applied Physics in 1995. Assistant professor (1997 – 2004), Associate professor since 2005, qualification as Full Professor since 2014.Scientific fields of expertise experimental characterization, life cycle analysis and simulation of innovative materials for buildings energy saving, indoor comfort, biomass and bioenergy, acoustics.Author of more than 200 scientific publications in the above mentioned fields.

biomass and bioenergy

Evgeny Katz received his PhD in Chemistry from Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia in 1983. He was a senior researcher at the Institute of Photosynthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia, 1983-1991. During 1992 and 1993 he performed research at München Technische Universität in Germany as a Humboldt fellow. Later, from 1993 to 2006, Dr. Katz was a Research Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2006 he joined the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Clarkson University, as the Milton Kerker Chaired Professor of Chemistry. Later, from 1993 to 2006, Dr. Katz was a Research Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2006 he joined the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Clarkson University, as the Milton Kerker Chaired Professor of Chemistry. He has (co)authored over 420 papers in peer-reviewed journals/books with total citations of more than 25,000 (Hirsch-index 82) and holds more than 20 international patents. He has edited four books on different topics, including bioelectronics, molecular and biomolecular computing, implantable bioelectronics and forensic science.

biomolecular computing,