Dr. Fahimeh Yazdanpanah is a research associate in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the founder of Spark Biomass Consulting Inc. She has received her PhD and MASc from Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and she holds a bachelor’s degree from Amirkabir University of Technology. She has co-authored more than 50 technical report and peer-reviewed publications in the field of biomass and bioenergy.