Date: Thursday, January
Time: : - 00:00 CEST
Speaker
David MARTIN ALONSO
CSIC, SPAIN
Biography
Dr David Martin Alonso is a Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry of CSIC (ICP-CSIC) and project coordinator of FRACTION. He earned his Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Salamanca (Spain) and his PhD at Catalysis and Petrochemistry Research Institute (Spain) working in the production of biodiesel using heterogeneous catalysis. In 2009 he moved to UW-Madison to work with Prof. James A. Dumesic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying new catalytic processes to convert biomass into chemicals and fuels. In 2012 he joined Glucan Biorenewables LLC, a start-up company focused on biomass fractionation and the production of furanic chemicals as the Director of Research and Development. He is the (co)author of 55 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 10 patents related with catalysis and biomass conversion.
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