Pedro de Almeida Bica Lança Vinagre
Affiliation: WavEC Offshore Renewables
Position: Researcher, Marine Communities specialist
Pedro, Biologist and Marine Ecologist, has large expertise in marine communities. He works actively in EIA and Environmental Monitoring, including biofouling (macrofouling), of coastal and offshore activities. He participates in expert groups (ICES WGORE, ICES WGMBRED, UNESCO-IOC GESAMP WG44) that aim to increase understanding and develop guidelines for more sustainable management of industries working in the maritime space.
Keywords of Expertise:
Environmental monitoring, Macrofouling, Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine Renewable energy
Title of the talk:
Biofouling management in the marine renewable energy sector: challenges and expectations (MIC-STAND Session 4)
Matt Snape
Affiliation: SGS
Position: Principal Consultant – Facility Integrity & Oilfield Microbiology – SGS MIRAS, Global Biosceinces Centre of Excellence, Lisbon, Portugal
Experienced Global Subject Matter Expert for Production Chemistry, Microbiology and Facility Integrity. Industry recognised Technical Authority & Principal Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the global oil and gas industry delivering value add, safety leadership and technical competency to customers projects and oil and gas field developments.
Responsible for leading multiple SGS global customer projects relating to integrated Production Chemistry services and Industrial Microbiology using advanced DNA meta-genomics, Reservoir Souring and Corrosion Forensics incorporating SGS MiRAS (Microbial Risk Assessment) technology, analytical programmes and consultancy services.
New service developments and continued focus on the role of microbes in green hydrogen cyclic storage in the subsurface, Carbon Capture and Underground Storage (CCUS), Geothermal, sustainable Biofuels, Biogas and a refreshed drive to support the wider remit of the renewable energy sectors.
Keywords of Expertise:
Experienced Industry Consultant, Troubleshooter, Solution Provider, Value Driven, Hands-on field application experience developed across many regions and global customer field locations.
https://www.sgs.com/en/service-groups/microbial-risk-assessment-services-miras & https://www.sgs.com/en/sgs-global-biosciences-center
Title of the talk:
Use of complimentary microbial monitoring technologies for effective asset integrity decision-making. (Presented by Danika Nicoletti, Luminultra and Matt Snape, SGS) – MIC-STAND Session 1
Danika Nicoletti
Affiliation: LuminUltra Technologies Ltd.
Position: Applications Scientist
In her role as Applications Scientist, Danika leverages her industry and academic experience to work on product development, product applications, and thought leadership related to microbial monitoring and diagnostics in the energy industry. She has an MSc in Petroleum Microbiology with expertise in microbiologically-influenced corrosion, reservoir souring, and molecular microbiology. Danika is an active member of industry associations AMPP, IATA, IASH, EURO-MIC COST Action, and SPE, and is based in Calgary, Alberta.
Keywords of Expertise:
Molecular biology, MIC, petroleum microbiology, microbial monitoring, ATP
Title of the talk:
Use of complimentary microbial monitoring technologies for effective asset integrity decision-making. By Danika Nicoletti (Luminultra) and Matt Snape (SGS) – (MIC-STAND Session 1)
Paulina D. Rakowska
Affiliation: National Biofilms Innovation Centre, UK
Position: Biofilm Standards & Regulatory Programme Lead.
Paulina joint NBIC in 2020, where she has been leading a transdisciplinary biofilm standardisation programme by creating networks, linking academia with industry, contributing to influencing industry standards, research and metrology project development, securing funding and influencing policy. She built her scientific career at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL), where she worked for 14 years leading metrology and standardisation projects in biometrology and surface chemical analysis, with the focus on biological systems. She has a vast experience in analytical R&D, interfacing physics, biology, chemistry and nanotechnology.
Keywords of Expertise:
Biofilms, Metrology, Standardisation, International Cooperation
https://biofilms.ac.uk
Title of the talk:
Building Consensus: Advancing Standards and Innovation in Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion and Biofilms (MIC-STAND Session 3)
Dake Xu
Affiliation: Northeastern University, China
Position: Professor, Director of the Talent Affairs Office.
Dake Xu received his PhD degree from the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University in 2013. His research interests fall in the mechanism, detection, and mitigation of microbiologically influenced corrosion and antibacterial materials, which is an interdisciplinary research of material science, corrosion, and microbiology. He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles, and he served as editor or guest editor for the Journal of Materials Science & Technology, NPJ Material Degradation, Bioelectrochemistry, and other SCI-indexed journals.
Keywords of Expertise:
Microbiologically influenced corrosion; Biofilm; Antibacterial material; Biofouling; Antifouling coating
professional profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dake-Xu
Title of the talk:
Demyth mechanism of microbial corrosion to design microbial corrosion-resistant materials (MIC-STAND Session 2)
Martyn Wright
Affiliation: Lloyd’s Register
Position: Principal Technology Specialist
He is a technical author for Lloyd’s Register Rules, in the subjects of materials, welding, and NDT. He manages LR’s research portfolio in these subjects, actively engaging research in academia, Joint Industry Projects (JIP’s), as well as their own internal research.
Additionally, he contributes to the IACS Expert Group for materials and welding, on behalf of LR.
Furthermore, he serves as the Panel Chair for Annex T of BS7910 committee (BS7910: Guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures).
Keywords of your Expertise:
Decarbonisation, methanol, ammonia, LCO2, materials.
Title of the talk:
Challenges and Opportunities in Corrosion Mitigation to Meet the Decarbonisation Journey. Presented by Martyn Wright, Heather Hughes and James Kwame (MIC-STAND Session 4)
Heather Hughes
Affiliation: Lloyd’s Register
Position: BSc Hons Applied Chemistry with Polymer Chemistry, FIMF, RMCI
Heather is a coatings and polymer formulation specialist with 35 years of experience in the marine sector. Her career started by formulating alternatives to tin based SPC resin systems for Antifouling paints, and continued working for a world leading coatings manufacturer for many years before branching out into the wider world of OEM yacht and composite materials manufacture. Latterly taking on the role of Non-metallics and Coatings materials Team Lead for Lloyd’s Register, Heather is heavily involved in the assurance of materials essential to the decarbonisation journey of shipping, and is passionate and proactively involved in the evolution of materials which substantially lower the environmental impact of shipping on our oceans and their life sustaining ecosystems.
Title of the talk:
Title of the talk: Challenges and Opportunities in Corrosion Mitigation to Meet the Decarbonisation Journey. Presented by Martyn Wright, Heather Hughes and James Kwame (MIC-STAND Session 4)
James Kwame, CEng MIMMM
Affiliation: Lloyd’s Register
Position: Senior Manufacturing Technologist
James works to develop and maintain LR’s internal and external technical publications including LR rules, procedures and guidance and also works closely with various technical discipline subject matter experts to provide input on assurance of materials selection, fabrication and inspection in client projects and R&D. Prior to joining LR, James worked as a Research Engineer at the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC)- Scotland, where he undertook various research and development activities into sheet metal forming.
In addition to his work at LR, James is passionate about education and serves on the Industry Advisory Board as a Member for Mechanical Engineering and related programmes at the University of Aberdeen. He also works as a reviewer for several journals and a scrutineer for chartered engineer registration at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). He is a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council UK and a professional member of IOM3.
Keywords of Expertise:
Physical metallurgy, physics of materials, finite element modelling, sheet metal forming, manufacturing processes.
Title of the talk:
Title of the talk: Challenges and Opportunities in Corrosion Mitigation to Meet the Decarbonisation Journey. Presented by Martyn Wright, Heather Hughes and James Kwame (MIC-STAND Session 4)
