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Ronalds W. Gonzalez
Born
Acarigua, Venezuela
NationalityAmerican - Venezuelan
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering, biomaterials, sustainability
InstitutionsNorth Carolina State University

Ronalds W. Gonzalez is an American-Venezuelan academic born in Barrio Bolívar, Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela, in 1980.[1] He is an associate professor at the Department of Forest Biomaterials at North Carolina State University. He works on the development of alternative fibers and understanding their carbon footprint.[2][3]

Scientific Work[edit]

Gonzalez has contributed to research on valorization of waste materials,[4][5][6][7][8] including biomass conversion.[9] and risk and financial analysis.[10] He is an editor of the Journal Forest.[11] He is a consultant for the hygiene tissue industry.[12][13][14][15][16] He is instructor on sustainability potential at Aalto University.[17] He is also a consultant for the United States International Trade Commission.[18]

He is the Director of Conversion, Economics & Sustainability (ConEcSus) and the SAFI Consortium.[19] He received the Best Research Award from the American Cleaning Institute in 2023,[20] Chancellor Innovation Fund Award,[21] and was named Faculty Scholar at NC State University in 2019.[22]

SAFI collaborates with institutions and companies such as the BioProducts Institute at the University of British Columbia, Auburn University, Georgetown University, private companies (Familia, WestRock, Valmet, Cascades, Adidas, Unilever, Mercer, Kimberly-Clark, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Procter & Gamble, CMPC, Suzano, Eastman, Essity, International Paper, PSF, Genera Energy, Andritz, Treeco, Nalco Water, Tech Trade, Red Leaf Pulp, National Bamboo, Caboo),[23] federal agencies (Sun Grant Initiative, USDA), and non-profit organizations (Rockefeller Foundation, Climate Breakthrough, and Canopy).[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biomass Supply Chain and Conversion Economics of Cellulosic Ethanol". NC State University. 2011.
  2. ^ Forfora, Naycari; Azuaje, Ivana; Vivas, Keren A.; Vera, Ramon E.; Brito, Amelys; Venditti, Richard; Kelley, Stephen; Tu, Qingshi; Woodley, Alex; Gonzalez, Ronalds (1 February 2024). "Evaluating biomass sustainability: Why below-ground carbon sequestration matters". Journal of Cleaner Production. 439: 140677. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140677.
  3. ^ "The Evolution of the Sustainable and Alternative Fibers Initiative". PaperFirst Mag.
  4. ^ "Cotton Incorporated and NC State". NC State University. January 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "NC State Professors Combat Textile Waste Through Research". Technician Online. February 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Our Clothes are Polluting the Environment, Here's a Solution". NC State Recycling. October 29, 2020.
  7. ^ de Assis, Camilla Abbati; Greca, Luiz G.; Ago, Mariko; Balakshin, Mikhail Yu.; Jameel, Hasan; Gonzalez, Ronalds; Rojas, Orlando J. (2018). "Techno-Economic Assessment, Scalability, and Applications of Aerosol Lignin Micro- and Nanoparticles". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6 (9): 11853–11868. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02151. PMC 6135578. PMID 30221095.
  8. ^ Zwilling, Jacob D.; Jiang, Xiao; Zambrano, Franklin; Venditti, Richard A.; Jameel, Hasan; Velev, Orlin D.; Rojas, Orlando J.; Gonzalez, Ronalds (2021). "Understanding lignin micro- and nanoparticle nucleation and growth in aqueous suspensions by solvent fractionation". Green Chemistry. 23 (2): 1001–1012. doi:10.1039/D0GC03632C.
  9. ^ Gonzalez, R.; Treasure, T.; Wright, J.; Saloni, D.; Phillips, R.; Abt, R.; Jameel, H. (2011). "Exploring the potential of Eucalyptus for energy production in the Southern United States: Financial analysis of delivered biomass. Part I". Biomass and Bioenergy. 35 (2): 755–766. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.10.011.
  10. ^ de Assis, Camilla Abbati; Houtman, Carl; Phillips, Richard; Bilek, E.M. (Ted); Rojas, Orlando J.; Pal, Lokendra; Peresin, Maria Soledad; Jameel, Hasan; Gonzalez, Ronalds (2017). "Conversion Economics of Forest Biomaterials: Risk and Financial Analysis of CNC Manufacturing". Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 11 (4): 682–700. doi:10.1002/bbb.1782.
  11. ^ "Section Editors: Wood Science". MDPI. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  12. ^ "Toilet Paper Shortage Hits Costco and Sam's Club Again". Supply Chain Dive. September 24, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  13. ^ "How Sustainable are Paper Products? We Asked the Experts". Popular Science. March 2, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  14. ^ "Ronalds W. Gonzalez Patents". Justia. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  15. ^ "Enhancing Sustainability Metrics for Hygiene Tissue Products". Tissue World Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  16. ^ "Is sustainability shaping the hygiene tissue industry? Evidence from the..." PaperFirst Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  17. ^ "Summer School: Measuring the Sustainability Potential of Your Research". Aalto University. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  18. ^ "Consultant to the US International Trade Commission" (PDF). US International Trade Commission. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  19. ^ "Ronalds Gonzalez". NC State University. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  20. ^ "Research Award Recognizes Antiviral Activity on Packaging and Surfaces". American Cleaning Institute. May 2, 2023.
  21. ^ "Chancellor's Innovation Fund Supports Six Promising Projects". NC State University. July 1, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  22. ^ "2018-19 University Faculty Scholars Named". NC State University. February 19, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  23. ^ "Sustainable and Alternative Fibers Initiative Members". NC State University. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  24. ^ "Next Gen Fibers". NC State University. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

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