Team

Sergio L. Gonzalez-Cortes was born in Venezuela. He received his Licentiate in chemistry at University of Los Andes (ULA, Venezuela). After eight years of working as assistant-associate professor at ULA he moved to the UK where he received his D. Phil in Heterogeneous Catalysis from University of Oxford in 2005. After a year as research associate at University of Oklahoma (USA), he joined to Oxford Catalysts Company (now Velocys) in 2007 as Senior Research Scientist and then to Future Blends in 2012. He has been dedicated to the research and development of hydrotreating catalysts using novel preparation methods and also to the upgrading of pyrolysis oil to liquid fuel.