Ram Ratnakar

Ram R. Ratnakar is a Sr. Researcher, subject matter expert, Technical authority 2, and PT-BMS auditor in Shell with 17+ years of research experience. He is an Adjunct Faculty at University of Houston, USA. He received his B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India and Ph.D. from University of Houston, USA, both in Chemical Engineering. He holds 70+ technical articles and 6 patents, coauthored a graduate textbook (+ 3 upcoming), and contributed significantly to the areas of multiscale modeling, reactive-transport, PVT, Data analytics, and new energy technologies such as hydrogen, carbon capture and utilization, electrification and Geothermal. He has served as Editor-in-chief of Upstream Oil & Gas Technology Journal and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Fuels. Currently, He is serving as a member of Advisory committees of SPE, International Advisory committee of Indian Chemical Engineers (ICE) and Scientific committee of NASCRE.