Tiago Lopes is an Assistant Researcher at the Bioenergy and Biorefineries Unit (UBB) of LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P.. He has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon (2009) and a PhD in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (2014). He is responsible for UBB's projects in the area of sustainability of bioenergy systems and biorefineries. His work over the last few years at LNEG has focused on the design, integration and optimisation of processes, techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of biorefineries and bioprocesses. He has experience in the conception and design of biorefineries, equipment sizing, process simulation and optimisation using specialised software (such as Aspen Plus and SuperPro Designer) and environmental and social sustainability assessment of biofuel and bioproduct value chains under a biorefinery approach for microalgae and lignocellulosic biomass (SimaPro and openLCA). He is involved in and responsible for activities in these research areas in various national and European projects.