Alberto Rodriguez
About Alberto Rodriguez
Alberto Rodriguez is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and Deputy Director of Pretreatment Optimization and Process Integration at the Joint BioEnergy Institute.
Professional Roles
Alberto Rodriguez currently holds the title of Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He has been in this role since 2019. Additionally, he serves as the Deputy Director of Pretreatment Optimization and Process Integration at the Joint BioEnergy Institute since 2022. His work focuses on enhancing processes and developing more efficient methods for biomass pretreatment.
Current Positions
As of now, Alberto Rodriguez is actively engaged with two prominent institutions. He is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. Simultaneously, he works at the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, California, where he holds the position of Deputy Director for Pretreatment Optimization and Process Integration.
Previous Experience
Alberto Rodriguez has a rich professional background. From 2015 to 2022, he was an Affiliate Scientist at the Joint BioEnergy Institute. During the same period, he also served as a Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories. Earlier in his career, he gained experience as an Assistant Engineer at CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique in France and as a Visiting Graduate Student at Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés (LISBP) in 2014.
Education
Alberto Rodriguez has an extensive academic background in biotechnology. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemical Sciences from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), studying from 2010 to 2014. Prior to this, he completed his Master of Science (MSc) in Biotechnology at the same institution between 2008 and 2010. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, awarded in 2007.
Research and Development Contributions
Alberto Rodriguez has made significant contributions in the field of bioenergy. He developed a Feedstocks-to-Fuels pipeline, which aims to enhance the generation of high throughput deconstruction and fermentation data. His research focuses on creating scalable and economical methods for pretreatment solvent recovery and recycling. Additionally, he works on optimizing biomass pretreatment technologies to produce high-quality lignin for chemical and biological conversion.