Professor Juan Alberto Chavez Ruiz has a background in Chemical Engineering and master’s degree in chemistry from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, a PhD in Chemistry from Universidade Estadual de Campinas and a specialization in Project Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He was a Lead Researcher at the Gas Processing Laboratory at the Center for Gas Technologies and Renewable Energy. He was Professor of the Professional Master’s Program in Process Engineering at Universidade Potiguar. He is currently a Lead Researcher at the SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energy at the Sustainability Laboratory. He has experience in evaluating new technologies for power generation with CO2 capture via chemical looping, greenhouse gas mitigation using microfluidic systems and synthesis of new catalytic materials.
Pr Juan Ruiz is currently at the Biomass Technology Laboratory (BTL) as a visiting professor to develop a collaboration between the two laboratories with researcher mobility. During his stay at BTL, he will develop catalysts for the CO2 conversion process via water gas shift reverse reaction, within the scope of ISI-ER’s GALP068 and PPGE projects, as well as CO2 capture and conversion technologies at BTL.