Hannon will fill the Board seat of Chris Tindal, former Director for Operational Energy
FREDERICK, Md., Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- John Hannon, Ph.D., the Chief Operating Officer of Vertimass LLC, has joined the Board of Directors for Advanced Biofuels USA, an educational nonprofit dedicated to the understanding, development and use of advanced biofuels in the US and around the world.
"Hannon's work with technology scale-up, licensing, business development, and intellectual property related to Vertimass' novel ethanol-to-fuels and chemical catalytic conversion technologies, his experience as a Principal Investigator for significant U.S. Department of Energy grants and his work with sustainable aviation fuel, will be of great value to the organization's board," explained executive director, Joanne Ivancic.
Hannon will fill the Board seat of Chris Tindal, former Director for Operational Energy who resigned as part of his retirement plans, effective in January.
"I am honored to join the Advanced Biofuels USA Board and strongly support their mission of promoting the use of renewable fuels to improve energy security, mitigating climate change and growing domestic economies," said Hannon. "I look forward to working with this elite team."
With fifteen years of experience as a chemical engineer, Hannon's expertise in technoeconomic analysis in renewable fuels and food products is a great asset to Advanced Biofuels USA.
"John's nearly 25 years as a consulting engineer, helping clients with technical due diligence, focusing on renewable fuels and food products, specializing in plant design, capital and operating costs, and scaling up ethanol conversion, will be invaluable as we continue our work to educate the world about sustainable fuels," Ivancic noted. "The Board is particularly happy to have someone who can fill in for Chris Tindal's hands-on experience with sustainable aviation fuels."
Advanced Biofuels USA , a nonprofit educational organization headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, advocates for the adoption of advanced biofuels as an energy security, economic development, military flexibility and climate change/pollution control solution. Technology neutral and feedstock agnostic, it serves as a resource for everyone from opinion-leaders, decision-makers and legislators to industry professionals, investors, researchers, educators and journalists via its online library, http://www.AdvancedBiofuelsUSA.org, with nearly 55,000 indexed items, and via government staff briefings, conference participation, lectures, and general assistance to those interested in sustainable, renewable fuels.
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Joanne Ivancic, Advanced Biofuels USA, 301-644-1395, [email protected], www.AdvancedBiofuelsUSA.org
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