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Biographies

Alexander Babich associate professor, worked at steelworks, research center and uni-
versities in Ukraine, Spain, and Germany in different positions in the fields of ironmak-
ing, modeling, energy saving, and environment protection in the steel industry, coke,
coal, and further reducing agent conversion, as well as new educational technologies.
Currently he is a senior researcher, leader of the ironmaking group and lecturer at the
Department of Ferrous Metallurgy, RWTH Aachen University. Over 280 of his
scientific works including 6 books and more than 35 patents on the abovementioned
topics have been published. His name is noted in Who’s Who in the World, Dictionary
of International Biography (Cambridge), and other reference books.

Benito Navarrete holds an MSc in Industrial (Chemical) Engineering from the School
of Engineering, University of Seville (ETSI) (1990), Spain, and a PhD from the same
school (2000). He graduated in Environmental Engineering from EOI (Spanish Min-
istry of Industry, 1991).
He is full professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
of ETSI in the subjects “Energy Resources and Fuel Technology” of the Degree in
Energy Engineering and “Energy and Environment Transformation” of the Master’s
Degree in Environmental Engineering. He has performed R&D on technological
issues related to environmental fields in two main areas: control and optimization of
combustion in coal power plants and new developments for the abatement of pollutant
emissions in large combustion plants, mainly particulate matter, NOx, and SO 2 .
Currently he is involved in projects related to advanced carbon capture systems for
coal and biomass, including post- and oxy-combustion systems. He has participated
and directed more than 30 research projects and is the author of 5 patents, numerous
papers, congress communications, and technical reports in those areas of specializa-
tion. He has been assistant director of the CO 2 Capture Programme of CIUDEN, a
state-owned foundation owner of a world-wide reference center for CCS development
and validation in northwestern Spain and deputy director of the Ciuden-Ule Institute in
CCS Technologies. He is currently director of the CEPSA Energy Chair of the
University of Seville.

Bernabé Alonso Fari~ nas since 2007 has been an assistant professor at the Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering in the Higher Technical School of Engi-
neering, University of Seville, Spain. On June 2013 he got his PhD degree in Chemical