George Philippidis
University of South Florida
USA
Biography
Dr. George Philippidis is Associate Professor at the Patel College of Global Sustainability (PCGS) at the University of South Florida (USF). He is a Fulbright Scholar and an expert in biofuels and bioproducts with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from the University of Denver. He has authored numerous publications and 11 patents on the nexus of biotech and cleantech and has developed graduate courses in renewable energy and sustainability. Dr. Philippidis has 25 years of experience leading strategic business units in the private sector and directing applied research and development in the public sector. He started his career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Denver before moving to Thermo Fisher Scientific in Boston, a Fortune 500 company. He then joined the Applied Research Center at Florida International University in Miami, where he created and directed the Center’s energy business. At USF Dr. Philippidis directs applied research, scale-up, and technology commercialization in the conversion of algae, biomass, and oils to sustainable bioproducts, fuels, and power in partnership with industry. He has worked in venture capital, managed energy and environmental projects in the US and Latin America, and has been advising government agencies and companies.
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