Rodrigo Morales-Vera
University of Washington, USA
Biography
Rodrigo Morales-Vera is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington, USA. He has
been working in the Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory for 6 years. His primary research focus is the bioconversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals. His work for the Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB) project includes design and modeling the process to make poplar to glacial acetic acid economically feasible and sustainable. He is interested in subjects such as design for the environment, life cycle assessment, industrial ecology and sustainable engineering.