Joao M. Uratani is a Research Engineer at the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC) at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU).
The SBRC was established in 2011 and has as its founding members The Boeing Company, Etihad Airways and UOP-Honeywell, that together with Safran, GE, ADNOC Refining and Bauer Resources, are spearheading research in the use of salt water and halophytes for the production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).