Technical Partner, Board of Trustees

Dr. Ibrahim Kolawole Muritala is an engineer with over a decade history of work, and research experience in higher education institutions, research sector, energy, oil and gas industry. He is a graduate of Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, where he specialized in energy process engineering and chemical engineering. He holds MSc. in Process Engineering and Plant Design from Brandenburg Technical University (BTU) Cottbus, Germany as well as BSc. in Chemical and Polymer Engineering from the Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos, Nigeria.

Dr. Ibrahim formerly works at H2Scan Corporation and the Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes – Cottbus / Zittau, German Aerospace Center as a researcher and project leader where he manages international research and technological development projects. He provides decarbonization technological interventions for energy-intensive processes in key industries like petroleum refining, chemical, petrochemicals and cement, steel production. Aside offering teachings to industrial organizations in the areas of hydrogen production, storage, transport, and utilization technologies as well as other related topics. Dr. Ibrahim is a visiting scholar and adjunct lecturer at some universities in Africa and Europe where he lectures and co-supervise students at post-graduate level.

Dr. Ibrahim offers technological transfer to industrial organizations in the areas of energy transition, climate change mitigation actions, hydrogen production, storage, transport, and utilization technologies, Net Zero Agenda as well as Carbon Dioxide (CO2) conversion to commodity chemicals. Aside from the consulting services, he offers support to several working groups at national, regional, and continental levels to foster partnerships for the hydrogen global market through multistakeholder engagements in the areas of technology transfer, standardization, and certification of several equipment in the hydrogen value chain, policy drafting and business development. He recently started a consulting company to offer services as an expert in chemical process design, renewable energy system technologies involved carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), hydrogen economy and circular economy. He is a member of the Consortium for the Development and Advancement of Hydrogen Economy in Africa (CODAHEA), an organization dedicated to the development and advancement of energy transition and hydrogen economy in Africa and the production and use of green hydrogen through capacity building, advocacy, pre-competitive research, featured pilot demonstration, and early stage (commercialization) projects.