SOM PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA, MSc, DPhil, has forty-five years
of research experience in the field of fuels, lubricants, and
additives. He is a former executive director of the R&D center
of Indian Oil Corporation (a global Fortune 500 company), and
Director of Indian Oil Blending Ltd and Iftex Oils & Chemicals
Ltd. Dr. Srivastava has been responsible for developing an entire
range of fuels and lubricants for the Indian Oil Corporation. The
author and coauthor of 200 research papers, thirty patents, and
four books, Dr. Srivastava is currently an independent consultant
on fuels and lubricants.
JENO HANCSÓK, MSc, Doctor of Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, is head of the MOL Department of Hydrocarbon and Coal
Processing at the University of Pannonia and a consultant of the
international oil and gas company, MOL Plc. He is the author or
coauthor of more than 700 papers and presentations, and holds
fourteen patents that are applied in the chemical industry. Dr.
Hancsók devotes his research to the study and development of
engine fuels, engine oils, and their additives, working with both
fossil and renewable energy sources.