Dr. Frank Rosillo-Calle is a Research Fellow in Biomass Energy (f.rosillo-calle@imperial.ac.uk; www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/f.rosillo-calle). He obtained his doctorate at the University of Aston (UK), and Campinas (Brazil), where he investigated Brazil’s ethanol fuel program. He has more than 25 years experience in bioenergy research, and has been involved in many international research projects. Research areas include alternative transport fuels, biomass production and use, international bioenergy trade, environmental impacts, policy analysis, networking, etc. He has taught at various universities at MSc and PhD level, and has more than 70 publications on various aspects of bioenergy.
Francis X. Johnson is Senior Research Fellow in Climate and Energy at Stockholm Environment Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and leads the Bioresources and Energy Policy group. Previously he was a Senior Research Associate in Energy Analysis at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He holds Masters Degrees in Operations Research and in Public Policy, with a specialisation in Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis. He has been an expert advisor and/or evaluator for several international organisations, including the European Commission, UNIDO, EUROSTAT, FAO and the European Parliament. During 2002-2006, he was Scientific Coordinator of the Cane Resources Network for Southern Africa (CARENSA), an EC-funded North-South-South thematic research network with thirteen partners, focusing on bioenergy from sugarcane.