Expert duties and special assignments Ron
Zevenhoven
last update: February 2025
Ongoing
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Head of Doctoral
Program in Chemical and Process Engineering, Åbo Akademi Univ., 1.1.2025 –
31.12.2028
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Member of
Editorial Board / Subject Editor (Heat &
Mass Transfer) for the Elsevier journal Chemical
Engineering Research & Design (2012 - )
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Consultant (CCS) for
Cyient Citec Oy Ab, Turku, Finland (January – May 2016, August 2018 – today)
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?????? Representing Finland in the European Multiphase Systems Institute
(EMSI) click here for link (link
has been dead for a while – so is the EMSI apparently?!)
Completed / ended
· Member of Finnish publication
forum (“julkaisufoorumi”) for
evaluation and ranking, Panel 10 (Chemical engineering, materials engineering
and environmental engineering) (2018-2021 + 2022-2024)
· Member of the University of Turku, Dept. of Biochemistry and Food
Technology, special programme for MSc engineering degree in Biotechnology, representing
Åbo Akademi University (2012 - ) (no
longer active ??)
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Member of
the Editorial Board for the MDPI journal ENERGIES (2018 -2024)
(until grey-listing of MDPI journals in Finland)
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Member of
the Editorial Board for the Elsevier journal Journal
of CO2 Utilization (2017 - 2024)
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Review
Editor for the Frontiers media journal Frontiers in
Energy Research / CCSU (2015 - 2024) (until
grey-listing of Frontiers journals in Finland)
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Associate
Editor for Kenyan Journal of Sustainable Research
in Engineering (2013) (ISSN Online: 2409-1243)
· Member of the faculty board (fakultetsråd)
for Åbo Akademi Univ., Faculty of Sciences and Technology (1.1.2015-31.12.2016 + 1.1.2017-31.7.2019)
· Member of the collegial body (kollegiet) of
Åbo Akademi Univ., (2016-2018)
· Host and organizer of Workshop on
life cycle evaluation and energy use for different production processes of
nanomaterials, Turku Finland April 16, 2015: web-pages here
· Host and organizer of the
ECOS’2014 conference, Turku, Finland June 15 – 19, 2014: web-pages here
· Host and organizer of the
ACEME-10 conference, Turku, Finland Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 2010: web-pages here
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Member of the Steering committee (johtoryhmä)
for the Graduate School for Energy Science and Technology in Finland,
representing Åbo Akademi (2010 - 2015);
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Member of the department board (institutionsråd)
for Åbo Akademi University, Department of Chemical Engineering (2010-2012)
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Suppleant member of the Faculty committee for Åbo Akademi University,
Faculty of Technology (2006-2009)
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Suppleant member of the Department committee for Åbo Akademi University,
Department of Chemical Engineering (2006-2009)
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Until 1.1.2014: Representative for Finland in the Nordic programme
committee for the Top research initiative on Climate, Energy and the
Environment (TFI), programme committee 6: Carbon capture and storage 2009 -
2015 click
here for link
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Member of the Steering committee (johtoryhmä)
for the South-west Finland (Varsinais-Suomi)
Energy Strategy (2009-2010)
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Adj. professor ("dosentti") in Combustion Engineering &
Waste Treatment at Helsinki University of Technology, Lab. for Energy
Engineering and Environmental Protection (until March 2009, not renewed/extended
after 2 x 5 years)
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Adj. professor ("docent"), topic “Technology of Solid Fuels” at
Åbo Akademi University, Lab. for Inorganic Chemistry May 1997 - October 2005
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Consultant (utilisation of alternative fuels) for Finnsementti Oy Ab, Pargas,
Finland (Aug. 2003 - Oct. 2005)
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Dharmjeet Madhav,
KU Leuven / Brugge, Belgium, February 2025 – can be found here
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Kristjan Leben,
University of Tartu, Estonia, April 2021 – can be found here
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Maria Isabel
Romero Hermida, University of Seville, Spain, January 2020 – can be found here
· Examination of PhD thesis of Leiting Shen,
Aalto University, Finland, April 2019 – can be found here
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Can Rüstü Yörük,
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, October 2016 – can be found here
· Examination of PhD thesis of Jason Kramb,
Tampere University of Technology, Finland, October 2016
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Svetlana
Marmutova, University of Vaasa, Finland, May 26, 2016 – press
release, thesis can be found here
· Examination of PhD thesis of Antti Arasto,
VTT / Aalto University, February and second review May 2015
· Examination of PhD thesis of Jason Mann,
University of Sydney, Australia, June 2014
· Examination of PhD thesis of Marinda de Beer,
North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom, South-Africa, February 2014
· Examination of PhD thesis of Jaakko Ylätalo,
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, October 2013
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Alar Konist,
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, June 2013 – can be found here
· Examination of PhD thesis of Reydick D
Balucan, University of Newcastle NSW, Australia, October 2012
· Examination of PhD thesis of Geoffrey F.
Brent, University of Sydney, Australia, July 2011
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Julija Gušča,
Riga Technical University, Latvia, June 2011
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Riho Mõtlep,
University of Tartu, Estonia, December 2010 – can be found here
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Susanna Garcia,
Nottingham University, UK, March 2010
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of T. Annete Haug,
NTNU, Trondhem, Norway, March 2010 – can be found here
· Evaluation of PhD thesis summary of Inga
Urniezaite, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, January 2010
· Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Mai Uibu, Tallinn
University of Technology, Estonia, December 2008 – can be found here
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Examination of PhD thesis of V. Kirubakaran, Nat'l Inst. of Technol.,
Tiruchirappalli, India, April 2007
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Opponent and reviewer for PhD
thesis defence of Wouter J.J. Huijgen, Wageningen University, the Netherlands,
January 2007 – can be found here
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Examination of PhD thesis of T. Sekar, Nat'l Inst. of Technol.,
Tiruchirappalli, India, September 2006
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Opponent and reviewer for PhD thesis defence of Ernst Petter
Axelsen, Porsgrunn University College, Norway, October 2002
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Member of PhD examination committee of Jürgen Jacoby, KTH Stockholm,
Sweden, October 2001
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Consultant for PhD thesis Inga Stasiulaitiene (n. Kavaliauskaite) at
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania (2007-2010); thesis defence October
29, 2010
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Advisor for a part-time professor
nomination at
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, February 2025
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Expert for a professor nomination at the Technical University of Tallinn,
Estonia, March 2024
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Expert for a professor / associated professor
nomination at the
Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland, August 2023
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Expert for an associated professor nomination at Ben Gurion University of
the Negev, Israel, 2022
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Advisor for professor
nomination at
University of Zaragoza, Spain, 2021
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Expert for an associated professor nomination at Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa, Finland
2019
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Expert for a professor nomination at the Technical University of Tallinn,
Estonia, January 2018
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Expert for special professorship
nomination at the
North-West University, South Africa, October 2017
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Expert for a professor nomination at the Technical University of Tallinn,
Estonia, October 2015
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Consultant for professor
nomination in
Energy Technology at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, March –
Sept. 2008
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Expert for an associated professor ("docent") nomination at the University
of Umeå, Sweden, Feb. 2005
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Expert for a professor nomination at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne, Switzerland, March 2004
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Lead author for the IPCC Special report on CO2
capture and storage (2003-2005), Chapter 7
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Nordic Research Manager / Member of the Scientific Board of the Nordic
Energy Research project "Nordic CO2 Sequestration" (Jan.
2003- Jun. 2007)
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Member of the Scientific Committee of CPOTE-2020, Krakow, Poland,
Sept. 2020; CPOTE-2018,
Gliwice, Poland, Sept. 2018; CPOTE-2016,
Gliwice, Poland, Sept. 2016; CPOTE-2012,
Gliwice, Poland, Sept. 2012
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Member of the International Scientific Committee of Int. Conf. on CO2
utilization ICCDU-XVII, Aachen, Germany, June 23-27,
2019 ICCDU-XVI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
August, 2018; ICCDU-XV, Shanghai, China, July 2017; ICCDU-XIV,
Sheffield, UK, September 2016; ICCDU-XIII,
Singapore, July 2015; ICCDU-XI,
Dijon, France, June 2011, ICCDU-X,
Tianjin, China, May 2009; ICCDU-IX, Kingston, ON, Canada, July 2007;
ICCDU-VIII, Oslo, Norway, June 2005
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Permanent Member of the Scientific Committee for International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization,
Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems ECOS’2024, Rhodes, Greece; ECOS’2023, Las Palamas de Gran Canaria, Spain;
ECOS’2022, Copenhagen, Denmark; ECOS’2021,
Taormina, Italy; ECOS’2020, Osaka,
Japan; ECOS’2019, Wroclaw, Poland,
June 23-28, 2019, ECOS’2018, Guimarães, Portugal, June 17-22, 2018; ECOS’2017, San Diego, CA, USA, July
2-6 2017, incl. member of team selecting Best Paper Awards; ECOS’2016, Portorož, Slovenia, June 19 – 23,
2016; ECOS’2015, Pau, France,
June 30 – July 3, 2015
· Chairman
of the organising committee and member of the Scientific
Committee of ECOS’2014, Turku, Finland, June
15-19, 2014
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Member of the Scientific Committee of ECOS’2013, Guilin, China, July
2013; ECOS
’2012, Perugia, Italy, June 2012; ECOS
’2011, Novi Sad, Serbia, July 2011; ECOS ’2010,
Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2010; ECOS
’2009, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, August-September 2009; ECOS
’2008, Krakow/Gliwice, Poland June 2008
· Member of the International Scientific Committee
AND chairman of ACEME
2021, Tallinn, Estonia, May 17-19, 2021
· Member of the International Scientific
Committee of ACEME2018,
Newcastle, NSW, Australia, March 11-14, 2018; ACEME2015, New York City,
USA, June 21-24, 2015; ACEME13,
Leuven, Belgium, April 2013;
· Chairman
of the organising committee and member of the International
Scientific Committee of ACEME10, Turku,
Finland, Nov. 29- Dec. 1, 2010
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Member of the Expert Review Panel
of the Member of the International Scientific Committee of ACEME08, Rome, Italy October 2008
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Member of the Expert Review Panel of the 13th Int. Conf. on Greenhouse
Gas Control Technol., GHGT-13,
Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. 2016; 11th Int. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technol.,
GHGT-11, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 2012; 10th Int.
Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technol., GHGT-10, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, Sept. 2010; 9th Int. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technol. GHGT-9, Washington DC, USA, Nov. 2008; 8th
Int. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technol. GHGT-8, Trondheim, Norway, June
2006
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Member of the Scientific Committee of the World
Resources Forum 2019, Geneva, Switzerland, October 22-24, 2019; World Resources
Forum 2017, Geneva, Switzerland, October 24-25, 2017; World Resources Forum 2015,
Davos, Switzerland, October 11-14, 2015;
World Resources
Forum 2014, Arequipa, Peru, October 19-22, 2014; World Resources Forum 2013,
Davos, Switzerland, October 6-9, 2013; World Resources Forum 2011,
Davos, Switzerland, Sept. 2011; Member of the Scientific Committee of R'09 Twin World Congress Recovery of
Materials and Energy for Resource Efficiency, Davos, Switzerland & Nagoya
Japan, Sept. 2009; R'07 World Congress Recovery of Materials and Energy for
Resource Efficiency, Davos, Switzerland, September 2007
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Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Resources Forum Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the International Sustainable Building
Congress 2016, San José, Costa Rica, May 17-20, 2016 – see link here
· Member of Scientific Advisory board of i-SUP2010, Brugge/Bruges, Belgium, April 2010
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Coordinator and organiser, together with Nordic PhD candidate
Sebastian Teir, for the 4th Nordic Mini-symposium on Carbon Dioxide Capture and
Storage, Espoo, Finland, Sept. 8-9, 2005
click here for link
and editor for minisymposium proceedings
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Member of the Scientific Committee (subject: Fluid flow and multiphase
systems) for CHISA 2004 Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2004
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Reviewer for “Sustainable Economics – an introduction” by P. Bartelmus,
for Routledge / Taylor & Francis (Jan / Feb 2011)
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Reviewer for several chapters of the textbook "Municipal Solid Waste
Management - Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Solutions" by C.
Ludwig, S. Hellweg, S. Stucki (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2002 (ISBN 3-540-44100-X)
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Reviewing project applications:
for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) /
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (2021)
for the Research Council of Norway (2021,
2019, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003);
for CCEM-CH, Switzerland (2006, 2010)
for the Petroleum Research Fund, USA (2003)
for the Dutch Technology Foundation STW
(2007, 2003, 2002)
for Qatar Foundation (2017, 2016, 2015, 2014,
2013, 2012, 2011, 2010)
for FWO Vlaanderen, Belgium (2011, 2010)
for Research Council Catholic University of
Leuven, Belgium (2010)
for Vetenskapsrådet, Sverige (2011, 2010)
for the New Zealand Ministry of Business,
Innovation & Employment (MBIE) (2015)
for the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (2015)
for the Estonian Research Council (2018, 2015)
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Reviewing manuscripts (1 almost
every week ....) submitted to journals such as Science, Chem. Eng. Res. &
Des., J. Haz Mat.; Catalysis Today, Fuel , Energy and Fuels , Chem. Eng. Sci ,
Filtration & Separation , Combust. & Flame, Fuel Proc. Technol. , Env.
Sci. & Technol. , J. of Electrostatics , Int. J. of Thermodyn. , J. of the
Air and Waste Mangem. Assoc. , Resourc. Conserv. & Recycl. , Int. J. of
Energy Res. , J. of Anal. and Appl. Pyrol. , Chemosphere , Separat. Technol. ,
Energy , Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. , ……
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Conference chair or co-chair at ECOS2024 (Rhodes, Greece, July 2024);
ECOS2022 (Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2022); CPOTE-2020 (Krakow, Poland Sept 2020
virtual); ECOS2019 (Wroclaw, Poland, June 2019); CPOTE2018 (Gliwice Poland Sept
2018); ECOS2018 (Guimarães, Portugal, June 2018); ACEME2018 (Newcastle NSW
Australia March 2018); WRF2017 (Geneva, October 2017), ECOS2017 (San Diego,
USA, July 2017); CPOTE2016 (Katowice, Poland, Sept 2016); ICCDU-XIV (Sheffield,
UK, Sept 2016); ECOS2015 (Pau, France, June/July 2015), WRF 2014 (Arequipa,
Peru, October 2014), ECOS2014 (Turku, Finland, June 2014), WRF 2013 (Davos,
Switzerland, October 2013), ACEME-13 (Leuven, Belgium, Apr. 2013), ECOS’2012
(Perugia, Italy, June 2012) ACEME-10 (Turku, Nov/Dec 2010), GHGT-10 (Amsterdam,
Sept. 2010), ECOS’2010 (Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2010), ECOS’2009 (Brazil,
Aug./Sept. 2009), ICCDU-10 (China, May 2009), GHGT-9, (USA, Nov. 2008),
ECOS’2008 (Poland, 2008), R'07 (Switzerland, September 2007), ECOS'2007 (Italy,
June 2007), ECOS'2006 (Greece, July 2006), GHGT-8 (Norway, June 2006), 4th
Nordic Minisymp. on CO2 capture and storage (Finland, Sept. 2005), ICCDU-VIII
(Norway, 2005), ECOS'2003 (Denmark, June 2003), ECOS'2000 (the Netherlands,
July 2000), FBC-14 (Canada, May 1997)