AREAS OF EXPERTISE - Identification of key problems in chemical processes and their causes using cost and quality criteria - Generation, screening, evaluation, design and implementation of alternatives to solve engineering problems - Use of computer techniques, numerical methods, statistical techniques, optimization, modelling and chemical engineering principles to study and improve the performance of chemical plants - Project conception and implementation (at laboratory, bench and pilot scale) to determine the best operational and design parameters for a desired application - Use of analytical techniques (proximate and elemental analysis, TG/DTG, DSC, GPC, GC, UV-Fluorescence, Karl-Fischer titration, GC/MS, Py-GC/MS, XPS, FTIR, Raman, microscopy, steady and dynamic rheology, ASTM fuel characterization methods, ash characterization techniques etc) to study the behaviour of complex materials in industrial units. - Special training in: Thermochemical conversion of biomass, Applications of Pitch, Coke, Bio-oils and Char, Fuel characterization techniques, mineral processing technologies, hydrogen production, liquids and solid combustion, fuel spray characterization, droplets evaporation and combustion kinetics, application of products from thermo-chemical reactions of biomass. Bio-oil based refinery concepts.