Mark Maslin

Mark Maslin is a Professor of Earth System Science at the University College London. He is also a Royal Society Industrial Fellowship, Executive Director of Rezatec Ltd and Director of The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership. Mark is a member of the Cheltenham Science Festival Advisory Committee and sits on the Corporate Social Responsibility Board of the Sopria-Steria Group and Sheep Included Ltd. He is also a leading scientist with particular expertise in past global and regional climatic change and have published over 175 papers in journals such as Science, Nature, and The Lancet. He has been PI or Co-I on grants, projects and consultancy worth over £65 million. His areas of scientific expertise include causes of past and future global climate change and its effects on the global carbon cycle, biodiversity, rainforests and human evolution. He also works on monitoring land carbon sinks using remote sensing and ecological models and international and national climate change policies.

Johann Le Touze

Johann Le Touze works for Axens as Lead Sulphur Recovery Technology Engineer, within the Acid Gas Group – Low Carbon Solutions & Gas Product Line.   He started his professional career in 2013 as R&D engineer and then as a Marketing & Business Line manager for a world leading TiO2 manufacturing company.   He holds an Advanced Master degree in Chemical Engineering from ESPCI - Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la ville de Paris (Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Graduate Engineering School) and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science from Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan).

Christian McDermott

Christian manages and supports Voovio’s sales and operations in North America. He joined Voovio in 2012, after working several years with a leading Engineering, Procurement & Construction company in the UK and United Arab Emirates. Christian has had a broad international background, having lived with his family, studied and worked in countries including the UK, Spain, Germany, Russia, the UAE and, most recently, the United States, which he now calls home.

Bob Poteet

Bob Poteet has over 35 years’ experience in selling to the energy industries. Bob is one of the pioneers in Radial Temperature Profiling and is listed on two patents related to Temperature profiling of reactors. Bob jointed Gayesco-WIKA in 2010 and is currently serving as Director of Sales Application Specialist for temperature for WIKA globally. Before joining Gayesco-WIKA, he was Vice President of Sales for Daily Thermetrics. He is a 1982 graduate of Texas A&M University in Industrial Distribution.

Blake Stapper

Blake Stapper leads an R&D team within Messer Americas' Applications Development group and is responsible for developing innovative solutions for the cost-effective utilisation of industrial gases in the chemistry, energy and environmental industries

Roland Günther

Roland Guenther is a senior sales and project manager for the company STEULER-KCH GmbH based in Germany. After completing his studies as a Dipl.-Ing. (FH) engineer in ceramics Roland joined the Keramchemie group in 1994. He as a member of the STEULER-Linings group has been involved in the lining of aggregates worldwide for more than the last 25 years. His main fields of activities are acid resistant and refractory linings, particularly in sufuric acid and gas cleaning plants, e.g. the lining of absorbers and pump tanks, venturi-scrubbers and quench towers, sulfur- and spent acid furnaces, convertors, sulfur pits, secondary containment basins etc. His experience range covers all areas such as new turnkey constructions and shutdown management through to complicated repairs as well as technical improvements of lining systems in such plants.

Jan Bond

Jan embarked on his journey with Filtration Group – Amafilter® in 1995, armed with a Bachelor's degree in Process Engineering & Operational Technology and Sales & Account Management. Over the years, he has assumed various roles within the company, progressing from Project Manager to Technical Sales Manager / Process Application Manager.  

Jan's expertise lies in molten sulphur filtration, a domain where innovation fuels his passion. He relishes the challenge of creating tailored solutions that seamlessly integrate into complex processes, benefiting sectors such as Food & Beverage, Chemical, Biofuel, and Minerals & Mining.  

What truly ignites Jan's joy is witnessing the positive impact of Amafilter®'s filtration solutions on production and sustainability. Building partnerships and forging deep connections with clients are the highlights of his journey. Dedicated to simplifying filtration intricacies, Jan diligently guides clients through technicalities to co-create enduring filtration solutions. As a Technical Sales Manager / Process Application Manager, he is resolute in his mission to revolutionize industries and nurture a safer, healthier, and more productive world® through the magic of filtration.  

Luis Granes

Luis has been working on Corrosion Control for nearly 40 years. He graduated from I.U.N.P. Caracas, Venezuela in 1981. As a Corrosion Specialist, he has been a Member of NACE since 1987. Luis is a former Chairman of NACE Pittsburgh Chapter and a former Chairman of NACE & Corrosion Forum – Internet. He has been working for Sauereisen, Inc. since 1999 as their International Sales Mananger.

Samuel Scherman Johansson

Samuel is a Chemical and Biotechnology Process Engineer who has been working in the industry for over 10 years. Samuel studied at Lund University in Sweden and has since been a part of Topsoe's team, designing emission control and sulfuric acid technologies. He spent 4 years in Beijing, China, working on projects for Topsoe's office there. Currently, he is the proposal manager for clean air technologies at Topsoe, leading the design for new clean air technology projects within the commercial organization. Samuel has worked with a wide variety of industries globally, including metallurgical, refinery, petrochemical, viscose, and pulp & paper.  

Johannes Derfler

Johannes Derfler is a product engineer, who joined AGRU in 2014, focusing on high-end applications with highly corrosion-resistant fluoropolymers in the chemical industry. He holds a master degree in material since and engineering with a focus on plastic materials, from the University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria. One of his favorite applications are sulphuric acid plants.

Elmo Nasato

Elmo Nasato is a process engineer specializing in sulfur recovery, amine treating and sour water processing. He has 35 years' experience including design, retrofit, start-up and optimization, On-site field activities have included support of construction activities, turnaround assistance and operator training. Elmo graduated from the University of Waterloo, Canada with a B.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering (1987) with an option in Management Science. He is the president of Nasato Consulting Ltd. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors for Alberta Sulphur Research, Technical Advisory Committee for the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, and the Brimstone Sulfur Symposium Technical Advisory Committee. He has eight patents for SRU operation, oxygen enrichment and sulfur degassing technologies, has published 42 papers and has made over 74 presentations at conferences worldwide.

David Savage

David Savage has more than 30 years of experience in the process design, project management and plant operation. Upon receiving his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, he worked for Haldor Topsoe’s process engineering group in Houston.  Mr Savage worked seven years with Farmland (later acquired by Koch Nitrogen) as Plant Engineer and Technical Superintendent prior to joining Devco in 2004. He is currently Sr. Project Manager for natural gas industry related projects, as well as Industry Specialist for all sulphur related projects for Matrix PDM Engineering. Mr Savage has held multiple positions over the past 18 years to fully execute projects in various locations around the world totaling 30,000 TPD or 11 MM TPY of sulphur forming capacity, in-excess of 10,000 TPD of sulphur block pouring, 4,000 TPD of solid sulphur remelting and helped to develop a sulphur mine and recovery facility in northern Iraq.    

Hanno Hintze

After his Ph.D. at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Hanno Hintze started working at the R&D department of Aurubis AG, Hamburg in 1999. From 2001 - 2015 he was Production Manager and since 2012 director of the sulphuric acid department of Aurubis Hamburg, being responsible for the copper smelter offgas and wastewater treatment. After being director of the Hamburg primary smelter Projects (2015-2018) in 2018 he took over responsiblility for the large acid and wastewater projects at Aurubis Group Technology. In 2006 Dr.-Ing. Hintze started leading the technical working group on sulphur within the German VCI, and he is a member of the IPPC technical working groups of the non ferrous metals BREF and the waste gas common BREF taking care of SO2 emissions off sulphuric acid plants.

Wolfhard Kiefer

Wolfhard has Diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering of University of Applied Science Mannheim, Germany. He started working for Howden Turbo in 2007 as a Project Manager and is working in Sales since 2012. His focus is on applications like chemical plants, sulfuric acid plants and petrochemical plants. Howden Turbo GmbH, the former Siemens Turbomachinery GmbH / AG KK&K, is a turbomachinery manufacturer that was acquired by Howden in 2017. The company is based in Frankenthal / Germany.

Mark Golla

Mark Golla serves as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Knight Material Technologies (formerly Koch-Knight), based in East Canton, OH.  Mark is responsible for the global sales of the products and services of Knight Material Technologies and subsidiaries, Electro-Chemical Manufacturing, Emmaus, PA and Superior Dual Laminates in Vancouver, BC.  These organizations design, manufacture and install corrosion resistant materials of construction in the chemical processing and sulfuric acid industries.  Previously, Mark was the Vice President of Sales at Sauereisen from August 2014 – May 2022 and prior to that held various Sales and Product Management roles with Saint-Gobain for 18 years. 

Allison Belgard

Allison Belgard is BASF’s Technology Manager for sulfuric acid catalysts in North and South America. In her 11 years with BASF, she has focused primarily on catalysis and technical service. She has a chemical engineering degree from Louisiana State University and is based in Huntsville, Alabama in the US.

Peter Harrisson

Dr Harrisson has worked on CRU’s Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid analysis since joining the company in early 2011 and is Head of the Sulphur team. He also works across other nutrient areas, including both market and cost analysis. Prior to joining CRU, Dr Harrisson completed a PhD in Industrial Chemistry at Durham University.

Nelson Clark

Nelson Clark is CEO of Clark Solutions and holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of São Paulo. His main areas of expertise are gas treatment systems, mass transfer (absorption and distillation) and heat transfer, with focus in unit operations of both fertilizer and oil&gas markets. He has experience from product conceptualization and development to sales and start-up, participating in the implementation of several projects in varied countries.Nelson Clark is CEO of Clark Solutions and holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of São Paulo. His main areas of expertise are gas treatment systems, mass transfer (absorption and distillation) and heat transfer, with focus in unit operations of both fertilizer and oil&gas markets. He has experience from product conceptualization and development to sales and start-up, participating in the implementation of several projects in varied countries.

Brendan Daly

Brendan Daly is responsible for sulphur and sulphuric acid coverage in Fertilizer Week. He joined CRU in May 2014, and has a background in markets journalism and price assessment, having covered capital markets and petrochemicals. Mr Daly has a BA (Hons) in Journalism with Economics from City University and an MSc in Ecological Economics from Edinburgh University.

Domenica Misale

Domenica Misale is the Technical Director at Industrial Ceramics in Ontario, Canada. She joined shortly after graduating from McMaster University. Domenica has been involved in numerous tubehseet reliability studies and root cause analysis during the last 32 years; through which she has developed an in depth understanding of the design factors, operating conditions and material properties that impact the reliability and integrity of these systems. She serves as a sub-group leader on API 565 team, tasked with developing recommended practices for tubesheet protection systems in SRUs, and is part of the technical advisory committee for Brimstone Sulfur Symposium. She has authored several technical papers and has presented at numerous conferences worldwide.

Rob Marriott

Rob Marriott is the Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd (ASRL) Director of Research (DOR) and the NSERC ASRL Industrial Research Chair in Applied Sulfur Chemistry. He is responsible for guiding the ASRL Core research program and teaches as an Associate Professor within the Department of Chemistry. His current research interests range from applied chemical thermodynamics of complex systems, souring of reservoir fluids, sulfur deposition, hydrate formation, sulfur recovery and high-pressure fluid purification. Prior to taking over as DOR, he spent 8 years with ASRL as a Research Scientist and Project Manager and 5 years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. He has authored over 50 published research papers, more than 100 conference presentations and over 130 confidential research contract reports.

Hannes Storch

Before joining Outotec in 2002 as a process engineer in Sulfuric Acid Technologies, Dr. Storch studied at the Technical University of Clausthal and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Dr. Storch holds a doctor degree in Chemical Engineering.  

In the course of his work for Metso Outotec, Dr. Storch held various positions, including several years in Chile. 

Today, he is on the management board of Metso Outotec's German subsidiary and heads the Metals and Chemical Processing business line.  

Dr. Storch is also a member of the board of the VDMA - AG Großanlagenbau (Large Plant Building Section).

Kassie Chanda

Kassie Chanda is a seasoned Process Engineering Manager with an impressive 15-year track record in sulfuric acid plant design. She has demonstrated exceptional leadership by overseeing a team of 20 process engineers and supervisors who provide support for global customers across various MECS® technologies. She excels in mentoring and managing multiple process engineering teams, ensuring seamless project execution from pre-contract phases to onsite field activities. Throughout her career, Kassie has made significant contributions to projects encompassing sulfur burning, spent acid regeneration, MECS® SULFOX™, and oleum technologies. She has been a featured presenter at several conferences and a key member of two technology transfer teams.

Marco van Son

Marco van Son received a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University Eindhoven in the Netherlands and a second Masters degree in Refining, Gas Processing and Engineering from ENSPM in France. He started his career with Air Liquide in France developing a burner for high oxygen enrichment in sulfur recovery units, and emigrated to Canada after doing the test runs of the burner with ASRL at their mini furnace near Calgary. He is currently the Global Technology Manager for Comprimo, which is part of the Worley organization. He has over 25 years of experience designing, commissioning and troubleshooting sulfur recovery units, amine units and sour water strippers. He is the current president and chairman of the board of directors of ASRL, was a sub-task group leader for the development of the API-565 Standard for SRU Thermal Reactors and has authored a number of industry publications. He is a professional engineer in Alberta, Canada.

Jamel Mokhtari

Jamel Mokhtari works for Axens as Senior Process Engineer, within the Acid Gas Group – Low Carbon Solutions & Gas Product Line.   He started his professional career in 2013 as process engineer for a world leading company in engineering and drilling activities in Oil & Gas.   He holds an Advanced Master degree in Energy & Process Engineering from IFP School and an Engineering degree in Chemical & Process Engineering from University of Technology of Compiegne (France).

Keith B. Belton

Keith Belton is Senior Director, Policy Analysis and Statistics, with the American Chemistry Council, a Washington, DC-based trade association representing chemical manufacturers. Over his career, he has held positions in government (the White House Office of Management and Budget), industry (Dow), and academia (Indiana University, where he was the founding director of the Manufacturing Policy Initiative). He holds a B.S. degree (chemistry) from the University of Maryland, and M.S. (environmental science), and Ph.D. (public policy) degrees from the George Washington University.  

Joan S. Feddersen

As a Licensing Manager at Topsoe A/S, Joan is working with Topsoe’s Clean Air technologies to turn sulfurous off-gasses into valuable sulfuric acid. She holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark. Joan has been with Topsoe A/S for over 13 years, starting as a Catalyst Specialist in 2010 before moving into Sulfuric Acid Catalyst Sales and eventually into the Licensing Business. She works from Topsoe’s headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Collin Bartlett

Collin Bartlett graduated from the University of Manchester with an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering. Mr Bartlett has held various technical and sales roles during his ten years at Davy McKee associated with their global activities in the Iron & Steel division. He joined Lurgi Metallurgie in 1998 (now part of Metso) and has been involved in many sales/business development roles for the company over the past 26 years.

Ulrich Nanz

Ulrich Nanz is Global Product Manager Sulphur & Chemicals at IPCO and has played a leading role in the company's success in supplying solidification and handling systems to many of the world's major chemical industries. He joined IPCO in 1991 after graduating from the University of Stuttgart with a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After starting his career in the order handling and design department, he progressed to the sales department for international projects and then gained extensive field experience in his role as Global Product Manager with a strong focus on Asia.

Avi Jakkulwar

Avi Jakkulwar is Superintendent Engineer (Production), working in Process Group at Institute of Oil and Gas Production Technology (IOGPT), ONGC Panvel since 2018. Before that he was at the ONGC Uran Plant for five years. He has a Bachelor degree in Petroleum Engineering from Maharashtra Institute of Technology Pune. He is involved in providing process troubleshooting support, making technical recommendations, performing adequacy checks of surface facilities both offshore and onshore, and answering technical inquiries. He has a proven track record in accurately and efficiently determining root cause(s) of complex process, operation, and/or equipment problems and recommending cost effective solutions in process operations. He is also specialized in HYSYS simulator for process design, EDR, Pipesim, performance modeling, and optimization.

Marcus Runkel

Marcus Runkel graduated from the University of Applied Science in Mannheim, Germany in Process Engineering. His career started as a laboratory assistant in physics with Schott AG in the glass ceramics division. He joined Lurgi Metallurgie in 2000 (now part of Metso) and has been involved in many engineering projects and plant commissioning in fluid bed roasting technology for the company over the past 23 years. Based in the United States since 2011, he currently works on project development for new fluid bed roasting applications for Pyrite, Zinc and Copper concentrates and plant performance optimization solutions.

Kaitlin Gebbie

Kaitlin is a Consultant based in CRU’s London office. She joined CRU in 2021 as part of the Multi-Commodity Analysis team before moving to Consulting in January 2022. Kaitlin has experience working across a range of commodities including carbon products, petroleum crudes, steel, aluminum, fertilizers and ferroalloys, with extensive coverage on biomass and waste valorisation opportunities for various commodity markets. Recently Kaitlin has contributed to studies including long-term technical carbon analysis, petroleum pitch market analysis, regional emissions mapping for thermal coal mines, research in green steel and work on supply of petroleum crudes under different decarbonisation scenarios. Kaitlin has worked in a variety of disciplines including long-term strategy and advisory work, greenfield primary research, and managing long-term forecasting projects across commodities. Kaitlin holds an MSc (Distinction) in Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy & Transitions from University College London (UCL). She is a guest lecturer to an MSc module discussing ESG risk in natural resource projects at UCL’s Institute for Sustainable Resources and has written research on behavioral economic interventions for novel food-waste valorisation schemes. Kaitlin also holds a BSc in French and Business Management from the University of Southampton.

Ivan Gong

Frank Flow

Frank Flow has many years of experience in the world of Clamp-on Ultrasonic measurement and other I&C devices. He’s personally been involved with over a hundred sulfuric acid applications with both FLEXIM’s non-intrusive ultrasonics and wetted Transmitted-Light Refractometer.  Having a degree in both Engineering and Marketing Frank has a great grasp on how to explain technical details in simplified concepts that allow for just about anyone to understand why and how a certain solution will work best.

Martin Alvarez

Martin Alvarez holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires. He joined Topsoe in February 2019, where he has worked as a Specialist within the Clean Air Catalyst department giving technical support to sulfuric acid clients worldwide. Before joining Topsoe, Martin worked as a Process Engineer for 5 years in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Aldifi Putro

Aldifi Putro is one of Indonesia’s young and devoted process engineers who has spent more than seven years at the state’s leading fertilizer producer company, Petrokimia Gresik. His interest in reviewing and optimizing production processes to ensure optimal productivity and the highest standards in the fertilizer manufacturing sector has received global recognition and respect. His fresh approaches and creative ideas led him to be trusted to hold a patent for his groundbreaking innovations in the Phosphoric Acid Industry.Aldifi's insatiable curiosity has driven him to pursue a master's degree in Advanced Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, where he graduated with distinction in 2022. His Indonesian Professional Engineer certification indicates his unwavering commitment to the highest levels of professionalism and quality.

Alina Green

Alina Green is a Market Segment Manager responsible for the US Market in the chemical industry. She has been in the industry for over 10 years, working in operations, project management and business development, providing technical solutions for major Oil & Gas operators. She has worked for Schlumberger and WIKA and is experienced in application and product technical support. Alina has published multiple case studies and has been a speaker at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Alina is a professional member of AIChE, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and Project Management Institute (PMI).

Scott Kafesjian

Scott Kafesjian is currently the Director of Sulphur Technologies for Wood, formerly Amec Foster Wheeler, formerly Foster Wheeler.  Scott has over 30 years of experience in the technology, design, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, and revamp of sulphur recovery projects worldwide.  He has been with Wood since 2010.  Along with his sulphur experience, he has a diverse background encompassing crude oil distillation, hydrotreating, gas plant revamps, gas compressor stations, and other industrial processes.  He is also the Manager of Process Engineering for the Salt Lake City office of Wood.   Scott has a BS degree from University of California Los Angeles, with ME and PhD degrees (all in Chemical Engineering) from the University of Utah.

Steve Puricelli

Steve Puricelli is currently the Senior Technical Director at Saconix, a sulfuric acid logistics and marketing company. Over the course of his career, he has designed, started up and analyzed operating problems on a wide variety of sulfuric acid plants. He has also worked to bring several new technologies from the laboratory to commercial operation. Mr Puricelli also had P&L responsibility for several businesses and was a member of the MECS management team for many years. In the early days of his career, Mr Puricelli worked in a support and operating role at a manufacturing company that produced nitrogen fertilizers, flexible urethanes (Toluene diisocyanate) and sulfuric acid. He has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Missouri S&T and a Masters of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.

Mohamad Azahar Ahmad

Mohamad Azahar Ahmad is Mechanical Engineer in Petronas (IRSO West Coast, Group Technical Solution) Malaysia. He has demonstrated history of working in Equipment Fabricator, Engineering Consultant Firm and Petronas Refinery Plant. Skilled in equipment technical design, plant trouble shooting, root cause analysis, technology evaluation, techno-economic evaluation, facilities optimization and capital project support. Currently he holds position as Mechanical Subject Matter Experts and actively involved in resolving plant Reliability Issue.

Richard Barrington

Richard Barrington is a product development engineer at Controls Southeast Inc. (CSI). He has been working for CSI for the last 5 years primarily in their engineering department. Richard was the product expert for the SxSeal product line and has supported dozens of customers with their SRU heating and design both through online meetings and on-site troubleshooting.

Gerton Molenaar

Gerton has worked for more than 20 years as a Process Engineer in the Sulfur Recovery industry initially based out of the Netherlands later in Calgary, Canada. Both with Comprimo and Sulphur Experts in the past Gerton has executed numerous basic and detailed engineering designs and many troubleshooting, start-up, shut-down and testing assignments which has brought him to more than 45 countries around the world. Gerton's favourite SRU topics are commissioning and start-up and air control systems. Two years ago Gerton re-joined Comprimo as Director of Business Development for the Americas.

Douglas Azwell

Douglas Azwell is the Brink Technical manager for MECS.  He is a bachelor’s degreed chemical  engineer who graduated from Mississippi State University in 1994 and has 30 years of experience in mist eliminator design, troubleshooting and field sampling as well as research and development.  He holds five patents in mist eliminator technology and is recognized around the world for his expertise in the use of these devices in various industries.  He has spoken at various conferences about mist eliminator technology over the years including CRU.  

Robert Crane

Robert Crane is a mechanical engineer with 5 years of experience in engineering analysis, specializing in finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics. He has applied his skills in a diverse set of problems in the sulphuric acid industry including expansion joint design, nozzle load assessment, droplet carry-over risk assessment in sulfur furnaces, and flow distribution in heat exchangers and catalyst beds. During his time at NORAM engineering he has assisted in the detailed design of converters, ducting, sulfur furnaces, and radial flow heat exchangers. He has a Master’s degree from the University of Calgary in fluid dynamics.

Theresa Flood

Theresa M. Flood is a Fluor Fellow in Sulfur Recovery Process Engineering. She has over twenty-five years design experience in the sulfur recovery, gas processing, power, and petroleum refining industries. She received a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988 and has retained a keen interest in developing technologies. Ms. Flood’s Sulfur Plant design specialties include modified Claus processes, ammonia-destruction techniques, oxygen-enrichment, hydrogenation-amine tail gas treating, and SOx cleanup methods.

Rieks de Rink

Rieks de Rink is Technology Manager at Paqell. He received an MSc degree in Bioprocess Engineering and a PhD in Environmental Technology from Wageningen University & Research. He joined Paqell in 2015 and specialized in the biological desulfurization technology ‘Thiopaq O&G’ and in bio-electrochemical systems (BES). One of his main responsibilities is supporting the start-up and operation of (new) full-scale Thiopaq O&G plants. Dr. de Rink was involved in the development of Thiopaq O&G ULTRA, and the BES systems e-Thiopaq to convert H2S into H2, and Power-2-Methane to convert CO2 into CH4.  

Marcus Weber

Marcus Weber is Executive Process Director for Fluor. He has over 30 years’ experience in sulfur recovery, carbon capture and power generation industries. He has held a variety of roles in project management, engineering management, construction and commissioning. Mr. Weber received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. He is a licensed professional engineer in California & Texas. Mr. Weber is certified as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute.

Delfian Lutfiananda

Since 2019, Delfian has participated in the daily operations of the sulphur acid sulphur burning plant at PT Petrokimia Gresik. His operational experience encompasses every aspect, including start-up, troubleshooting, plant optimization, etc.

Prior to working in a sulphuric acid facility, he spent six years as an essential part of the production planning and inventory control team, which was responsible for creating the production schedule and managing the inventory.

He earned a master's degree in industrial management from Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology in 2021 and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Gadjah Mada University in 2012. Additionally, he possesses the ASEAN Engineer Certification (AFEO).

Viviana Alvarado

Viviana Alvarado is a market analyst based in CRU’s London Office. She joined CRU in February 2023 as part of the sulphur and sulphuric fertilizer team. She has a background in Economics and holds an MSc (Distinction) in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. Before joining CRU, Viviana worked as an economic analyst at the tax administration of Colombia.

Ron Pitman

Ron Pitman is the Manager of Technology (SME) for Crude, Sulfur, Energy, and Utilities in Motiva’s corporate Technical Excellence group.   A Technical Leader with over 30 years of demonstrated success in process engineering management, operations management, technical support, and plant optimization that also includes 6 years of nuclear power experience in the US Navy.

Markus Runkel

Dennis Koscielnuk

Peter Plaizier

Peter Plaizier studied Civil Engineering at the University of Delft, after which he started  working at Gouda Refractories as a sales engineer. He was involved in the Sulpur Recovery Industry from the beginning; after a few years he worked for several years in the installation department in The Netherlands and then moved back to the international operating department as a product manager for Petro Chemical application. He works for more than 27 years at Gouda Refractories and in the Sulpur Recovery industry and is involved in all the projects that the group of companies is performing in the Petro Chemical industry form start till finish.

Scott Harper

Brian Clancy

Chuck Stephenson

Stuart Hinze

Engineering Manager for the Mining & Manufacturing division of Simplot which is focused on the production of phosphate fertilizers. Much of his time at Simplot is spent supporting the five sulfuric acid plants. Stuart previously worked at Chemetics as a Senior Process Engineer, Commissioning Manager, & Proposal Manager specializing in greenfield sulfuric acid plants.

Aaron Wade

Alexandre Giess