Senior Consultant: Dr. Frano Barbir
Prof. Dr. Frano Barbir is Senior Consultant to UNIDO International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies. He has been actively involved in fuel cell technology R&D, engineering and applications, since 1989 working in the U.S. in both industry (Energy Partners, Proton Energy Systems) and academia (University of Miami, University of Connecticut). He has led many R&D projects on fuel cell development sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Army, Ford Motor Company, 3M Company, etc. He joined the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies in 2004 and was Associate Director for Science and Technologies until January 2008. He has authored and/or co-authored more than 150 papers on hydrogen and fuel cells published in scientific and technical journals, books, encyclopedias, and conference proceedings, including 7 U.S. patents on various aspects fuel cell stack and system design and operation. He is the author of the book PEM Fuel Cells: Theory and Practice, published by Elsevier/Academic Press in 2005. He is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, responsible for the fuel cell issues, and he serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Hydrogen Energy.
