
Gina Fioroni
Group Research Manager II-Chemical Engineering
Gina.Fioroni@nrel.gov
303-275-4475
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-1763
Gina Fioroni is a senior scientist and group manager for the Fuels and Combustion Science group within the Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences. Fioroni joined NREL in 2009 and has worked in the fuels performance area, designing, and conducting experiments to analyze the quality and chemistry of alternative and low net-carbon fuels for the difficult-to-electrify aviation, marine, long-haul trucking, and rail sectors. She has been the principal investigator on numerous projects, developing technologies for new analytical methods with state-of-the-art techniques. She has extensive experience in liquid and gas phase chromatography, thermal analysis, organic synthesis, experimental gas phase reaction kinetics, and rheology of fluids.
Research Interests
Evaluating the quality and chemistry of alternative and low net-carbon fuels
Developing state-of-the-art techniques to analyze combustion mechanism and kinetics
Fuels performance analysis, including liquid and gas phase chromatography, thermal analysis, organic synthesis, experimental gas phase reaction kinetics, and rheology of fluids
Education
M.S., Organic Chemistry, University of Vermont in Burlington
B.S., Chemistry, Westfield State University, Westfield, Massachusetts
Professional Experience
Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2009–present)
Analytical Lead of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Team, Array Biopharma (2007–2009)
Scientist, Mylan Pharmaceuticals in Saint Albans, Vermont (2002–2006)