Dr. Raghubir Gupta is the Vice President of the Energy Technology Division at RTI International. Dr. Gupta obtained his B. Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India. He worked as a process engineer for Engineers India Limited in Delhi before earning his Ph.D. degree (also in Chemical Engineering) from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
Dr. Gupta joined RTI in 1990 as a Research Chemical Engineer. During his tenure, he has played a key role in establishing a strong R&D program in the clean energy area at RTI. Dr. Gupta currently leads a group of more than 40 researchers comprising of engineers and chemists. Dr. Gupta’s technical expertise ranges from coal/biomass gasification, synthesis gas (syngas) cleanup and utilization, syngas conversion into fuels and chemicals including Fischer Tropsch chemistry, hydrogen production and storage, carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration, desulfurization of hydrocarbon fuels, production of cellulosic biofuels and industrial water reuse. Currently he is overseeing a $180 million syngas cleanup demonstration project funded by DOE to build a semi-commercial syngas cleanup and carbon capture system. Dr. Gupta has presented his research work in a number of national and international conferences, published in a number of reputed journals and holds more than 20 U.S. and foreign patents.