Derek Vardon

Derek Vardon is a Senior Research Engineer and Project Team Leader working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, USA) to decarbonize aviation and heavy-duty ground transportation with low-cost, low-net carbon fuels produced from biomass and waste. He is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications on biofuels and biobased chemicals, inventor on multiple pending and issued U.S. patents, and affiliate faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at the Colorado School of Mines. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.