PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
Chemical Engineering
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, B.S., M.S., Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University.Principal Scientist, Thermochemical Process R&D and Biorefinery Analysis, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, 2008–present.Professor, Chemical Engineering Program, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE (on secondment from NREL), 2011–2013.Professor and Saudi ARAMCO Chair, Chemical Engineering Dept., King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 2007–Feb. 2008.Professor and Program Director, Chemical Engineering Program, The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, 2003–Nov. 2007.Professor of Chemical Engineering and Project Director, Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, 2000–2004.Professor and Head, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Dept., CSM, 1990–2000.Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering, CSM, 1988–1989.Professor, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Dept., CSM, 1985–1990.Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Dept., CSM,1980–1985.Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Dept., CSM, 1979–1980.Faculty Institute of Government and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, Fossil Energy Program, Washington, D.C., 1978–1979.Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Dept., CSM, 1976–1978.Instructor, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Dept., CSM, 1975–1976