Carlos Aizpurua

Carlos Aizpurua, PhD, is a Principal Engineer at Smurfit Westrock since July 2024 and previously served as a Mill Modeling Engineer at WestRock Company from March 2022. Prior experience includes roles such as Process Control Data Scientist and Data Scientist at Georgia-Pacific LLC from October 2018 to March 2022, and Senior Innovation Analyst and Postdoctoral Fellow from January 2016 to August 2018 at the same organization. Academic involvement includes research assistantship at North Carolina State University between August 2010 and December 2015. Carlos also gained experience as a Visiting Scholar at SINTEF, focusing on ethanol purification processes. Educational credentials include a PhD in Forest Biomaterials from North Carolina State University (2010-2015) and an Engineer's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes (VE) (2003-2009). Expert skills involve process simulation and techno-economic assessments for lignocellulosic biomass conversion technologies.