Dr. JEAN ROUQUEROL. Aix-Marseille Université, Francia
Dr. CELIO LOUREIRO CAVALCANTE JR. Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brasil
Licenciado en Ingeniería Química de la Universidad Federal de Bahía (1978). Especialización en Ingeniería de Procesamiento Petroquímico (Petrobras / Cenpeq, Salvador, BA, 1979), una maestría en Ingeniería Química de la Universidad Federal de São Carlos (1988) y un doctorado en Ingeniería Química. - Universidad de New Brunswick, Canadá (1994). Profesor Titular de la Universidad Federal de Ceará (UFC), tiene experiencia en ingeniería química, enfocándose en procesos de separación, actuando en fundamentos y aplicaciones de procesos de separación por adsorción. Fue el fundador del Grupo de Investigación de Separación de Adsorción (GPSA) y del Programa de Posgrado en Ingeniería Química de UFC (PGEQ), hoy reconocido internacionalmente con un concepto 6 otorgado por la Coordinación de Mejora de Personal de Educación Superior (CAPES).
Dr. ROBERTO LEYVA RAMOS. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México.
Dr. ALESSANDRO ERTO. Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italia.
UI/UX Specialist
Dra. DIANA PAOLA VARGAS DELGADILLO. Universidad del Tolima. Colombia
Dra. ESMERALDA MENDOZA MENDOZA. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí - México
DR. GUILHERME LUIZ DOTTO. Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
Specifically, the main research focuses on adsorption/biosorption of contaminants from aqueous solutions, preparation and characterization of biomaterials and nanobiomaterials, wastewater treatment, waste management, pyrolysis, and drying. It has been working as editor, editorial board member, referee, and author in several outstanding journals in these research areas.
Dr. FRANCISCO RODRÍGUEZ REINOSO Q.E.P.D. Universidad de Alicante. España
El prestigio alcanzado en el campo de los materiales de carbono hizo que fuera nombrado Editor de la revista internacional Carbon en 1991, puesto en el que continuó por 22 años, hasta 2012.
En 2008 recibió el premio Japan Carbon Award for Lifetime Achievement, en 2010 el SGL Carbon Award, de la American Carbon Society y en 2013 fue nombrado Ubbelohde Lecturer del British Carbon Group.
Dr. SIMON YUNES. Micromeritics
Dr. Yunes received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the Central University of Venezuela. He received both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Chemistry from Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, with “La Plus Grande Distinction,” the highest honor to be granted by the University. His Ph.D. thesis was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Delmon, worldwide authority in the field of catalysis.
Dr. Yunes is recognized worldwide for his contribution to the field of adsorption and the application of adsorption techniques to the characterization of solids, particularly catalysts.
During his studies in Belgium, Dr. Yunes was able to synthesize hydrotreating (HDT) catalysts from natural laterite and bauxite (naturally abundant in Venezuela) to efficiently remove impurities from Venezuelan heavy crude oil and lengthen the life of the classical catalysts used in such a process. His knowledge and interest in adsorption began at that time. All the synthesized catalysts were characterized using adsorption techniques for both physical adsorption, to study structure, and chemisorption, to determine the active metal dispersion of the catalysts.
Dr. Yunes joined Micromeritics in May 1984, where he held the position of an Application Scientist, conducting experiments on adsorption, assisting the development of new products, and writing application notes. His primary function at Micromeritics was to support customers worldwide with their applications, and to find or assist in developing new technologies to meet the needs of customers.
From 1992 to 1996 Dr. Yunes managed a Micromeritics laboratory at the Venezuelan Research Institute (IVIC) in Caracas, Venezuela. This position was dedicated to assisting under-graduate and post-graduate students in characterizing their catalysts and to support their research for attaining their degrees.
From 2004 to 2009 Dr. Yunes supervised the Catalyst Characterization Laboratory at the Venezuelan Petroleum Institute INTEVEP, serving all national refineries belonging to PDVSA, the Venezuelan National Oil Company.
In September 2009, Dr. Yunes returned to the Micromeritics headquarters in Norcross, Ga, where his primary responsibility is the support of customers worldwide in their application of Micromeritics technologies.
Dr. Yunes has given more than 200 presentations and seminars around the world in different languages. He is a co-author of the Micromeritics book Analytical Methods in Fine Particle Technology. He actually holds the title of Senior Application Scientist within the Micromeritics Scientist Group