David Chiaramonti is a full professor of Energy Systems at the Polytechnic of Turin. He also teaches Bioenergy Conversion Technologies at the University of Florence. He is chairman of the Renewable Energy COnsortium for R&D (RE-CORD). His main scientific interest is on the production and use in engines/turbines of biofuels, either liquid, gaseous, or solid and on bioproducts, mainly focusing on thermochemical biomass conversion and process development.