Shyamal Bej

Dr. Shyamal Bej is a Senior Principal Science Expert in the Process Development Group of Shell and is located at the Shell Technology Center, Houston. Currently, he is working in the areas of reducing carbon footprints of chemicals and fuels through the development and commercialization of different types of decarbonization technologies. He is supporting several projects related to renewable fuels production and conversion of waste plastics to chemicals. Before joining Shell in 2012, Dr. Bej worked for the Indian Institute of Petroleum, the University of Michigan, ConocoPhillips and BP in the areas of petroleum refining, petrochemicals and specialty chemicals. He has a total experience of about 33 years in the areas of fundamentals of catalysis and reaction engineering, catalyst and process development, technology due diligence and derisking, support to technology commercialization and trouble shooting in commercial plants. He was heavily involved in developing, commercializing and improving several technologies. Dr. Bej holds a PhD and a MS in Chemical Engineering; and two undergraduate degrees (one in chemistry and the other in chemical engineering). He did post-doctoral research in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.