Ronalds W. Gonzalez

Ronalds W. Gonzalez is an American-Venezuelan academic born in Barrio Bolívar, Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela, in 1980. He is an associate professor at the Department of Forest Biomaterials at North Carolina State University. He works on the development of alternative fibers and understanding their carbon footprint.

Scientific Work
Gonzalez has contributed to research on valorization of waste materials,    including biomass conversion. and risk and financial analysis. He is an editor of the Journal Forest. He is a consultant for the hygiene tissue industry. He is instructor on sustainability potential at Aalto University. He is also a consultant for the United States International Trade Commission.

He is the Director of Conversion, Economics & Sustainability (ConEcSus) and the SAFI Consortium. He received the Best Research Award from the American Cleaning Institute in 2023, Chancellor Innovation Fund Award, and was named Faculty Scholar at NC State University in 2019.

SAFI collaborates with institutions and companies such as the BioProducts Institute at the University of British Columbia, Auburn University, Georgetown University, private companies (Familia, WestRock, Valmet, Cascades, Adidas, Unilever, Mercer, Kimberly-Clark, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Procter & Gamble, CMPC, Suzano, Eastman, Essity, International Paper, PSF, Genera Energy, Andritz, Treeco, Nalco Water, Tech Trade, Red Leaf Pulp, National Bamboo, Caboo), federal agencies (Sun Grant Initiative, USDA), and non-profit organizations (Rockefeller Foundation, Climate Breakthrough, and Canopy).