Prof. Bruno Pollet BSc(Hons) MSc PhD FRSC is President of the Green Hydrogen Division at International Association for Hydrogen Energy and a French electrochemist/electrochemical engineer.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, Director of the Green Hydrogen Lab, Director of the Institute for Hydrogen Research at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in Canada. 

He has worked on hydrogen energy in the UK, Japan, South Africa, Norway, and Canada, and has both industrial and academic experience. He is considered one of the world's leading hydrogen experts.

Bruno has been recently awarded the SCI Canada International Award in recognition of outstanding service and contributions in the international sphere to an industry that is based on Chemistry, for its processes and/or services.

Dr. Ramon Gonzalez is currently the Chief Scientific Officer of MojiaBio, a global biomanufacturing company dedicated to the production of food ingredients and chemical materials using renewable carbon sources and green processes. 

He is the President-Elect of the Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (SIMB) and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (JIMB), SIMB’s flagship journal, from 2015 to 2023. Dr. Gonzalez is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Prior to joining MojiaBio, Dr. Gonzalez’s career spanned the academic, private, and government sectors. Most of his academic work was conducted at Rice University, where he led the laboratory for Metabolic Engineering and Biomanufacturing, rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor to Full Professor, and still serves as Adjunct Professor. While at Rice, he was the founding director of the Advanced Biomanufacturing Initiative and served as Director of the Energy and Environment Initiative. More recently, Dr. Gonzalez was appointed Professor and Florida World Class Scholar at the University of South Florida.

In addition to his role as Editor-in-Chief of JIMB, he has served on the Editorial Boards of several journals. Dr. Gonzalez has served as Program Director with the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. National Science Foundation, and on the Board of Directors of SIMB.

Dr. Gonzalez has published over 100 papers in prestigious scientific journals and has given more than 100 invited talks at institutions around the world. He is the lead inventor in 25 patents/patent applications and founded/co-founded Glycos Biotechnologies, Creo Ingredients, RBN Bio, and C1Plus Bio. He has advised major industrial bio and Fortune 500 companies and is currently a member of the scientific advisory boards of several companies and research institutions. Dr. Gonzalez has received numerous recognitions, including, Discovery Series Lecture (BioDesign Institute, Arizona State University), Tiangong Forum Lecture (TIB-CAS, China), ‘Inspiring Wisdom’ Distinguished Lecture (SKMML, SJTU, China), AIChE Division 15c Plenary Lecture, ASM Distinguished Lecturer, SDA/NBB Glycerine Innovation Research Award, and NSF CAREER Award.

Dr. Gonzalez obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Chile, an M.S. in Biochemical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (Chile), and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas (Cuba).