Meet the Speakers
ALEXANDRA PINTO
FEUP / CEFT
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Cathedratic professor at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Assistant director of Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering. Leader of Energy group of CEFT–Transport Phenomena Research Center. Author of a text book,
over 90 ISI papers, Leader/participant in more than 20 H2&FC projects.
Invited expert/Horizon 2020 projects. Major interests in Fuel Cells, Electrolysis and H2 Generators & Storage.
Mother of 5 & Grandmother of 2.
DAVID ALVARO
Airbus
Leading the aviation de-carbonization
I am a passionate Aerospace engineer ready to help others and always looking for opportunities to leave things a little better than I found them.
Main Roles @Airbus Commercial Division:
- TESSR (Technology & Engineering Senior Site Representative Spain)
- 1Y Site Rep (Systems Engineering Representative Spain)
- Ho 1YVS (Air Supply Systems)
- Local Chief Engineer A330/A340 (@Getafe)
CRISTINA B. SIERRA
CNH2
Use of hydrogen in ports. H2ports project.
Graduated in Chemical Engineering with a degree in Environmental Engineering (2008) from University of Castilla-La Mancha. She has more than 12 years of experience in the engineering sector in different fields of the engineering industry. She began her professional career in detailed engineering projects for thermo-solar plants for 4 years. Since 2019 she has been working at the CNH2 and currently belongs to the Applied Engineering department where she is working on projects dedicated to hydrogen technologies.
FRANCISCO GANHÃO
Infraestruturas de Portugal
Hydrogen and railway – European Project FCH2RAIL
Francisco has a degree in Electro technical Engineer - Systems and computers. His career began at CP (1995), developing activities in the coordination and implementation of railway signalling projects, in the suburban area of Lisbon, Sintra line and North-South Axis line. After 2003 he developed activities in the field of complementary safety systems. Since 2010 he has developed activity in the management and coordination of innovation projects, of national and international scope with active participation in several of them.
CARMEN RANGEL
LNEG
Critical Materials and Components for Electrolysers and Fuel Cells: Functionality, Performance and Degradation
Carmen Rangel is Research Coordinator, now retired, at the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology in Portugal. She is involved in Advanced Research in Hydrogen technologies addressing Energy challenges in the field of new materials for hydrogen Production and Storage, design of Catalysts and key components for efficient/cost effective electrolysers and fuel cells as well as new technologies for the synthesis of solar fuels, including CO2 co-electrolysis.
ALFREDO ORTIZ
Universidad de Cantabria
Hylantic & Energy Push Projects. A step forward in the implementation of hydrogen technologies in the maritime and stationary sectors
Full Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Cantabria (Spain). Their research activity is focused on hydrogen technologies, developing new electrolytes for PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers, membrane technologies and hybrid systems for the purification of hydrogen-containing waste streams, and implementation and integration of renewable systems and hydrogen technologies for stationary applications.
RUI RIBEIRO
FEUP / LSRE-LCM
Challenges and recent developments in electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions
Portuguese Chemical Society Best PhD Thesis on Catalysis Award’ winner (2020), Fulbright alumnus (2022 – 2023; The City College of New York, NY), Portuguese Candidate to the EFCATS Young Researchers Award (ongoing), and currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Porto, Portugal, Rui S. Ribeiro has been providing sound contributions to the fields of carbon materials for environmental applications and electrochemical energy conversion.
PAUL McCORMACK
GemComm
Commodification of Green Hydrogen for Europe | WORKSHOP |
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Establishing an Irish Hydrogen pathway
A Green H2 and P2X pioneer, Paul has many years of extensive skills and experience in developing, leading, and delivering international projects. As a sustainability and clean energy expert, Paul is passionate about tackling the climate crisis, generating energy security, and building resilient communities with sustainability as the catalyst for change.
RUI COSTA NETO
IST
Green projects with high technical and economic viability
Rui Costa Neto is an academic/engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry and academia. He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a Post-Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Técnico de Lisboa, IST). Currently Rui Costa Neto is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of Universidade Lusófona (ULHT). Researcher at IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, Técnico Lisboa. Senior expert in hydrogen and fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries and safety expert. Consultant on energy storage systems (Batteries, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Ultracapacitors and, Phase Change Materials).
KEVIN ROUWENHORST
Ammonia Energy Association
The role of ammonia as zero-carbon fuel and hydrogen carrier in Europe
Kevin graduated from University of Twente (The Netherlands) in 2018, with a degree in Chemical & Process Engineering. He continued research at the University of Twente with a PhD project on ‘Plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis’, from which he graduated in 2022. During the final year of his PhD research, he already worked part-time in his current roles as Innovation Engineer at Proton Ventures and as Technology Manager at the Ammonia Energy Association (AEA), with the aim to accelerate the responsible use of low carbon ammonia as a zero-carbon fuel and hydrogen carrier.
JOÃO PEÇAS LOPES
INESC-TEC
Power 2 Power - Technical and economic opportunities when exploiting hydrogen
Full Professor at Porto University (FEUP) where he teaches in the graduation and post graduation areas and is Diretor of the Sustainable Energy Systems PhD program. He is presently Associate Diretor at INESC TEC. He is a Fellow from IEEE. He was Adjoint Professor of the Iowa State University in USA and Visiting Professor of University Pontificia Comillas in Madrid.
NUNO CORREIA
INEGI
Compressed hydrogen storage systems
Nuno Correia is the Director of Composite Materials and Structures at INEGI, University of Porto. With extensive expertise in composites, he leads a team of 80+ researchers. Their work focuses composites, including pressure vessels, filament winding, and fiber placement, in more than 40 ongoing projects. He will speak about compressed storage of hydrogen.
VLADIMIR MOLKOV
Ulster University
Introduction to hydrogen safety engineering
Professor Vladimir Molkov, MSc, PhD, DSc, FHEA, CEng, FEI, Chartered Energy Engineer. Director of Hydrogen Safety Engineering and Research Centre, a key provider of hydrogen safety research and education globally. Chair, Education Committee of International Association for Hydrogen Safety. Member: UN GTR#13; ISO/TC197; CEN/CLC/JTC6; European Hydrogen Safety Panel, etc. 37 UK and EU projects in hydrogen safety. 360+ publications, 15 inventions.
DMITRIY MAKAROV
Ulster University
Major findings of the HyTunnel-CS project for inherently safer use of hydrogen vehicles in underground traffic systems
Reader in Hydrogen Safety at HySAFER Centre of Ulster University, UK. Expertise area is development of fundamentally based engineering and numerical models for assessment of hydrogen hazards to aid hydrogen safety engineering. He contributed to a number of European and UK funded projects including the coordinated by HySAFER Centre pre-normative research project HyTunnel-CS on safety of hydrogen vehicles in underground infrastructure (2019-2023).
SERGII KASHKAROV
Ulster University
The concept and validations of the breakthrough safety technology of self-venting (TPRD-less) hydrogen storage tanks
Dr Sergii Kashkarov is a Lecturer in Hydrogen Safety at HySAFER, Ulster University. He joined HySAFER team as a PhD student, studying fire resistance on onboard high-pressure storage tanks for hydrogen-powered vehicles. He is a co-inventor of the safety technology for composite hydrogen storage vessels (European Application No 18706224.5, 2019). He has been leading several research projects on this breakthrough safety technology. His expertise is the modelling of hydrogen storage thermal behaviour in a fire, combustion, heat transfer, blast waves from high-pressure tank ruptures, hazard distances, etc.
MINA KAZEMI
Ulster University
Hydrogen flame stability limits
Mina Kazemi has been involved in the validation of hydrogen flame stability limits using CFD modelling since she joined the HySAFER team as a researcher at Ulster University in 2020. Her work was presented at the international conference on fire and explosion hazards. Her career in CFD modelling began in 2015 during her BSc program in Mechanical Engineering and continued in the field of Wildfire till she obtained her MSc in mechanical engineering-energy conversion in 2019.
HAZHIR EBNE-ABBASI
Ulster University
The unique CFD model of refueling through the entire HRS equipment
MSc in Automotive Engineering, PhD student in Hydrogen Safety at Ulster University since 2020. Member of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training “Sustainable Hydrogen” (SusHy). Hazhir is now focusing on the development and validation of the first of its type CFD model for the simulation of complex heat and mass transfer processes during refuelling through the entire chain of equipment at HRS from a high-pressure tank through piping, pressure control valve, precooler, breakaway, hose, nozzle, etc. to onboard storage tanks.
SRINIVAS SIVARAMAN
Ulster University
Pressure recovery phenomenon and process dynamics during liquid ammonia tank depressurization
Srinivas Sivaraman is a researcher at Ulster University's HySAFER Centre who focuses in ammonia and hydrogen safety. He contributes to the EPSRC's Sustainable Hydrogen Centre for Doctoral Training's research funding. Through the investigation of inherently safer design strategies and quantitative risk analysis, Srinivas' research emphasises primarily on the safe use of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier.
DONATELLA CIRRONE
Ulster University
Safety of LH2 and CcH2: overview of physical and CFD models developed at Ulster University
Donatella Cirrone is a Research Associate in Hydrogen Safety at the HySAFER Centre, Ulster University. Her research focuses on analytical and numerical modelling of phenomena relevant to hydrogen safety. She has been involved in several activities and pre-normative research projects addressing the hazards and inherently safer use of hydrogen systems, such as PRESLHY and ELVHYS projects on the safe use and transfer of liquid hydrogen.
ANDREAS FRIEDRICH
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
The Future of Low Temperature Electrolysis: Challenges & Solutions
Professor of Fuel Cell Technology at University of Stuttgart and the Head of the Electrochemical Energy Technology Department at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart, Germany.
Research areas: Electrochemical energy conversion and storage, in particular polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) and solid oxide (SOC) fuel cells and electrolysis; Advanced Li and Mg batteries, and system design. Author and coauthor of about 300 peer reviewed papers (h-index 48). He received the Hellmuth Fischer medal (Dechema) in 2009 and the Ertl prize 2014 for his scientific work.
TIAGO RAMOS
Caetano Bus
Caetano Bus and Hydrogen: Sustainable Bus Solutions
Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering by Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (2011). His proactivity and ambition to learn more combined with the passion for electric mobility and systems integration, took him to CaetanoBus. Head of the electric area and Hardware/Fuelcell team, and leader of the project hydrogen-powered Caetano electric bus.
Tiago gained particular interest in the different applications of hydrogen in mobility, being responsible for Caetanobus's new platform/vehicles.
DIOGO QUINTÃO
UTIS
Sustainable Hydrogen Systems
Mechanical Engineer from IST in Lisbon, Portugal, specializing in Automation, Robotics and Systems, focusing on product development engineering design.
He started in the automotive sector as a Technical Specialist in Quality & Service Department of Renault Nissan Portugal (2005 to 2007). Entered the industrial sector in 2007 as Product Assembly Manager. He was the Founding Partner of the following companies: ULTIMATE POWER (2012), ensuring the project's Technical Direction; ULTIMATE CELL (2016), accumulating responsibility for Intellectual Property Management; UTIS (2018), responsible for industrial applications and sizing of H2 production systems. Following the merger of UP and UTIS (2022), he is currently the Director of Operations for UTIS.
PEDRO AMARAL JORGE
APREN
Green hydrogen production: Bankability, Challenges and Options
Joined APREN in October 2018 to take the CEO position. Previously worked for AfDB working as Private Sector Expert in developing and financially structuring Projects in Africa.
With track record on EPC and Utility business development, financing, designing, building and management with more than 15 years of international work experience. Pedro has postgrad as Green Energy Finance Specialist from RENAC, an Executive MBA in Finance and Operations from IESE/AESE as well as a MsC in Mechanical Engineering from IST - Instituto Superior Técnico.
MANUEL DA ROCHA
Smartenergy
The practical challenges of hydrogen production by electrolysis
Manuel joint Smartenergy in September 2019. Together with his team, he was part of the developed of 1GW+ and 20+ green H2 projects in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany. Manuel is a senior professional with 30 years of international experience, most of them in power and renewables. Manuel holds a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems from FEUP – University of Porto, MBA from Oporto Business School and MScc in Electrical Engineering from FEUP – University of Porto
JOSÉ NOGUEIRA
Bondalti
Green hydrogen as energy transition vector
Chemical Engineer from FEUP, with a PhD on solar electrochemistry from the same university. He joined Bondalti in 2021 with responsibility for Power-to-x and decarbonization projects development and management. Currently he is Hydrogen Business Manager at Bondalti. José has more than 10 years of professional experience, divided among industry and R&D research centers (BOSCH, EFACEC, FEUP, UPTEC innovation centre) with roles in innovation product and process development and project management.
MATTHIEU BROUTÉ
Galp
Hydrogen for mobility applications
Working in the H2 industry for 7 years, Matthieu started his career by TotalEnergies in Berlin, supporting the implementation of the German Hydrogen Refueling Stations network. He then worked during 3 years by ENGIE, in Paris, focusing on the origination of projects to supply H2 to public buses. Matthieu joined Galp a year and half ago and is in charge of the development of the H2 for mobility applications.