Program

Plenary Speakers

SUSANA CÓRDOBA DE TORRESI

Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

Electrochemical Production of Ammonia

XIN ZHANG

Centre of Environmental Science & NICCEE, University of Maryland (USA)

Environmental Aspect of Ammonia

JONAS C. PETERS

Resnick Sustainable Institute,
Caltech (USA)

Catalysis, Nitrogen and Ammonia Activation

YUYANG LI

Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

Combustion Applications

ALASDAIR CAIRNS

Powertrain Research Centre, University of Nottingham (UK)

Internal Combustion Engines

KEVIN ROUWENHORST

Ammonia Energy Association (AEA) and Twente University (USA/The Netherlands)

Market and Policy Insights

Best Paper Award

Journal of Ammonia Energy

Preliminary Program

Susana Córdoba de Torresi

Susana Córdoba de Torresi is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She obtained her PhD from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, and conducted postdoctoral research at Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS in France. Her research focuses on electrochemistry, nanomaterials, and electrocatalysis enhanced by plasmonic effects. She has held senior academic leadership roles at USP and is a member of several scientific academies, with broad international recognition in electrochemical sciences.

Xin Zhang

Xin Zhang is a Professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Director of the Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and Environment. Her research examines interactions between socioeconomic and biogeochemical processes affecting global nutrient cycles, agricultural sustainability, and environmental policy. She integrates Earth system modeling, atmospheric observations, and econometric analysis in interdisciplinary research. Her work has been widely published in leading journals and supported by major funding agencies, contributing to strategies for mitigating nutrient pollution while supporting food and energy security.

Jonas C. Peters

Jonas C. Peters is Bren Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute at the California Institute of Technology. His research focuses on new concepts for catalysis (including electro- and photocatalysis) with applications in renewable solar fuel technologies, distributed nitrogen fixation for fertilizers and fuels, and chemical transformations fundamental to the synthesis of organic molecules. Peters earned his BSc degree at the University of Chicago (’93), spent a year as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Nottingham (’94), did his PhD at MIT (’98), and a postdoc as a Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley (’99). He has been on the faculty at Caltech since 1999, including a brief period on the faculty at MIT.

Yuyang Li

Yuyang Li is a Tenured Professor and Vice Dean at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his PhD from the University of Science and Technology of China. His research focuses on carbon-neutral energy systems, low-carbon combustion technologies, gas turbines, and fundamental combustion science. He has led numerous nationally and industry-funded research projects and published extensively in leading combustion journals. His work contributes to advancing clean energy conversion technologies and next-generation combustion systems.

Alasdair Cairns

Alasdair Cairns is Director of the Powertrain Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. He has over 25 years of experience in low-carbon fuels and internal combustion engine research across academia and industry. His work focuses on alternative fuels, engine efficiency, and decarbonization of transport systems. He is currently the Academic Director of MariNH3, an EPSRC-funded research programme addressing key challenges in four-stroke ammonia-fuelled engines for future maritime applications. 

Kevin Rouwenhorst

Kevin Rouwenhorst is Technology Manager at the Ammonia Energy Association and an Industrial Fellow at the University of Twente. He holds an MSc in Chemical and Process Engineering and a PhD from the University of Twente, where his research focused on plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis. His work bridges fundamental research and industrial deployment of low-emission ammonia technologies. He has published research articles, book chapters, and reports, including contributions to international assessments on renewable ammonia, and is the author of Low-Emission Ammonia Production and Utilization.
 

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