David Chiaramonti, PhD, is a full professor of Energy Systems and Energy Economics at the Polytechnic University of Turin, and he chairs the Renewable Energy Consortium for R&D (RE-CORD). He has authored >180 publications, participated in >27 EU R&D projects, and is a Member of the EUBCE, ISAF, and ICAE International Conferences. He was a former member of IEA-Bioenergy, Task 34, and Task 39 (Liquid Biofuel) and today is a member of the UN-ICAO task force on Alternative Fuels for aviation and ETIP-B. He was the scientific coordinator for the DG Energy Alternative and Renewable Transport Fuel Forum. He manages H2020 projects BIO4A (on Sustainable Aviation fuels) and BIKE (on low ILUC feedstock biofuels) and is a member of the Board of Cluster SPRING. He was awarded the Linneborn Prize for outstanding merits in biomass at EUBCE 2017 in Stockholm and has been included in the Stanford University list of the 2% most cited scientists (https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918).