Dr. Magdalena Ramirez-Corredores, is a Distinguished Research Scientist, in Idaho National Laboratory since 2016, where she is working on biofuels and on carbon dioxide utilization. She gained her previous industrial research experience at KiOR LLC, BP International Ltd and PDVSA. She is a fellow researcher with a successful track in the invention and development of emerging process technologies. Technical areas of expertise include biomass conversion for the production of renewable fuels and green chemicals; oil refining chemical and physical processes; design, selection and commissioning of experimental rigs and equipment for material characterization, and for catalytic and process R&D work. Management areas of expertise include technology foresighting, competitive intelligence, knowledge management and science & technology strategy, management of multicultural, multidisciplinary and multitasking environments, and Academia - Industry engagement. She has 60 inventions described in 52 US patents (8 cases still pending in the United States) and more than 180 worldwide awarded patents, on chemical and physical processes, as well as on catalysts and catalytic technologies. She has (co-)authored 119 publications (2 books, 7 monographs, 67 articles and 43 conference papers). Her total number of citations (excluding all authors’ self‐citations) are nearly 1700, for an h-index of 23. She earned her doctorate in chemistry at the University of Bath, UK in 1981 and her BSc in Chemistry at Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas in 1974. She is also a recipient of the highest industrial research awards from her country of origin, Venezuela: the Exceptional Contributions Award (PDVSA 2001) and National Award on Technological Research (CONICIT 1991).​