J. Carlos Abanades is a Research Professor of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He obtained a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Zaragoza in 1991. He was a Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Special Report on CCS (2005) and is currently an Associate Editor for CO₂ Capture of the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. His main research interests are in reactor design for gas–solid reaction systems and process simulation of advanced CO₂ capture and energy storage systems. He works on several EU and industrial projects to pilot and scale up high-temperature chemical looping cycles.