Bluemethane began with a revelation: Nestor, a seasoned hydropower engineer, stumbled upon an article in The Guardian highlighting the staggering greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs, totalling a billion tonnes. Astonished by this previously overlooked challenge, Nestor harboured the idea for years until the abnormally warm European winter of 2019/2020 prompted him to confront the urgency of global warming head-on. Nestor resolved to leverage his engineering to address the pressing issue of methane emissions from water sources.
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Eliana is an Environmental Engineer with over 12 years of experience in research and consultancy. She has a background in water quality, limnology, and greenhouse gases. She completed her PhD on the role of physical processes in the dynamics of greenhouse gases in tropical reservoirs at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany. Eliana is a lecturer of Sustainable Development at Tecnológico Metropolitano de Medellín, and also measures and monitors greenhouse gases in reservoirs.
Oriol is a Postgraduate Aerospace Engineer with an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Catalonia Polytechnic University, Barcelona, and an MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering from Cranfield University, UK. He specialises in computational modelling and mechanical design. At Bluemethane, Oriol is responsible for the mechanical design of the company’s technology and CAE/CFD simulations to improve technological performance.
With a Masters degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Luis has experience in designing and teaching simulation and modelling courses as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the university. Prior to joining Bluemethane, he worked as a Research Engineer for Frontera Energy and as a CFD Engineer for ISAENG. At Bluemethane, Luis integrates his passion for both process design and environmentalism.
Tom is an Emeritus Professor of Water Sciences at Cranfield University. As Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation, his activities included development and delivery of research and knowledge exploitation strategies, leading relationships with research funders and submission of major grant bids. His responsibilities included entrepreneurship, covering intellectual property, start-ups and business incubation. He was Chairman of Water Innovate, a university spin-out company he founded and now owned by Bluewater Bio.Tom now actively supports innovation in the water sector and, as a member of Water UK’s Net Zero Expert Panel, is working towards the industry achieving net zero carbon emissions. His research focuses on wastewater treatment processes, and brings a wealth of experience to Bluemethane as board advisor.
Judith has worked on large infrastructure and engineering projects in developing countries, with the aim of bringing sustainable improvements in living standards and reductions in poverty. Judith’s principal area of expertise is in the structuring, financing and economic development of infrastructure utilities and projects. Whilst working at the World Bank, she was jointly responsible for developing and implementing a strategy for re-engagement of the World Bank in the construction of large water infrastructure. Judith continues to advise the World Bank on sustainable infrastructure development.Judith completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge and is a tutor on both the Masters in Interdisciplinary Design and the Built Environment, and Masters in Sustainability Leadership courses at the University of Cambridge, as well as being an Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of Engineering.
Miro is the Associate Professor of Storage and Hydropower at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education. He is a distinguished engineer and academic, who has made significant contributions to the field of civil engineering. His research interests span water resources, hydropower and structural modelling.Since 1994, Dr. Marence has worked as a consultant engineer at Poyry Energy GmbH in Salzburg, Austria. His expertise extends to the design of international hydropower projects across various countries, including Austria, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Bhutan, Laos, Thailand, and Bulgaria.Dr. Miroslav Marence’s multidisciplinary work bridges theory and practice, leaving a lasting impact on the engineering community.
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