Food Versus Fuel: An Informed Introduction to Biofuels

Frank Rosillo-Calle is an Honorary Research Fellow in Biomass Energy at Imperial College London. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Aston (UK), and Campinas (Brazil), where he investigated Brazil's ethanol fuel programme. He has more than 30 years' experience in bioenergy research, and has been involved in many international research projects. His research areas include alternative transport fuels, biomass production and use, international bioenergy trade, environmental impacts, and policy analysis and networking. He has taught at various universities at MSc and PhD level, and has more than 80 publications in various aspects of bioenergy. Francis X. Johnson is Senior Research Fellow in Climate and Energy at the Stockholm Environment Institute. Previously he was a Senior Research Associate in Energy Analysis at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He holds masters degrees in operations research and in public policy, with a specialization in energy and environmental policy analysis. He has been an expert adviser and/or evaluator for several international organizations, including the European Commission, UNIDO, Eurostat, FAO and the European Parliament. During 2002-06, he was Scientific Coordinator of the Cane Resources Network for Southern Africa (CARENSA), an EC-funded North-South-South thematic research network with thirteen partners, focusing on bioenergy from sugarcane.