Babu Joseph obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He then joined the Energy Lab at MIT where he worked on the development of ASPEN Simulator. He joined Washington University in St. Louis in 1978 where he became the Edward C. Dicke Professor in 2000. In 2002, he moved to become Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at University of South Florida in Tampa. His research is focused on waste to energy conversion using thermocatalytic methods. He is the author of two books and over 200 technical publications. During 1985-86 he was Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and during 2016-17 he was Visiting Fulbright-Nehru Scholar at IIT/Bombay. He has been a Fellow of AIChE since 2009.

Rarosue Amaraibi obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and M.A. in Global Sustainability from the University of South Florida. Her doctoral research focused on integrated process modeling, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle assessment of biogas-to-energy systems. She subsequently held a postdoctoral research position at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now the National Laboratory of the Rockies, where she applied techno-economic, sustainability, and market analysis to plastics recycling and the manufacturing and circularity of advanced materials for vehicle lightweighting. She is currently a Senior Power Generation Engineer at NextEra Energy, where she works on the performance and optimization of renewable natural gas systems.

Xianhui Zhao obtained a Ph.D. in Agricultural, Biosystems and Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota State University. Dr. Zhao was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of South Florida and is now a Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research interests and expertise are in bio-based materials to improve feedstock value and reduce environmental impacts. Dr. Zhao has authored >75 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, 4 patents, and 3 book chapters.

Devin Walker obtained his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Florida and M.S. from University of South Florida in Chemical Engineering. He is one of the founders of T2C-Energy (https://www.t2cenergy.com/ ) a small business firm working on commercializing technology for converting landfill gas to diesel and jet fuel.

Olusola Johnson is a chemical engineer specializing in heterogeneous catalysis, reaction engineering, and sustainable fuel production. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida and is currently a postdoctoral appointee at Argonne National Laboratory. His research focuses on catalytic natural gas and light alkane conversion, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, biogas upgrading, and autonomous experimentation for accelerating catalyst and process development.

John N. Kuhn obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University and did postdoctoral research at the University of California before joining the faculty in Chemical Engineering at the University of South Florida. His research is focused on catalytic methods for production of renewable fuels. He has over 120 technical publications and 10 patents.