CURRICULUM VITAE

	Henning, Reinhard Kurt
	Biologiste
	born in January, 26, 1945
Main fields of experience:	- Biogas (industriel and family size systems) - Jatropha curcas oil as raw materiel (as fuel and for soap production) - Website establishment and maintenance
Nationality:	German
Civil status:	Married, 3 children
Languages:	German (mother tongue) English (fluently) French (fluently) Spanish (partly)
Professional education:	Institution, country, degree
1972	University of Freiburg, Germany, Diploma as Biologiste
1964	Gymnasium Lindau/B, Germany, Abitur (A-level)
1961	Realschule Lindau/B, Germany, Mittlere Reife (to change to the Gymnasium afterwards)
Short courses:
2007	Jatropha Conference, University of Wageningen, Netherlands, 3 days.
1988	Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), 2 weeks.
1986	Computer hardware course, GTZ, Germany, 1 week.

Year/time Donor/Company Position: Description:	2009, 3 days, Greenpower, UK Participant, Lecturer Jatropha activities in West Africa were presented. This was accomplished by a field visit to a Jatropha plantation near Tema, (Riemann)
2008 Donor/Company Position: Description:	China, 1 week China Fibre Fuels Inc. Consultant The question was, wheather a Canadian company (Bacchus) should buy a Chinese Jatropha company of Baoshan, Yunnan province, south of China (near Kunming).
2008 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Mozambique, 1 week Enerterra Consultant To be present and represent the Jatropha know how of the company Enerterra during the visit of the Portuguese President, and to know the other members of the team Enerterra.
2007 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Mozambique, 6 weeks altogether, 3 missions in 2007 SGC-energia, Portugal; Enerterra, Mozambique Consultant To enable Enerterra to play, together with a company from Mozambique, an important role as Jatropha company
2007 Donor/Company Position: Description:	UNO, New York UNO-DESA, CSD, New York, Participant of roundtable discussion: Small-scale Production and Use of Bio-fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa
2007 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Cambodia, 8 weeks, 3 missions GTZ Consultant Feasibility study on Jatropha in Cambodia, support of SODECO, participation at workshop
2006 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Dominican Republic GTZ Consultant Feasibility study, workshop and Jatropha presentation concerning Jatropha in the binational GTZ-project Artibonito (in Pedro Santana, Haiti/Dominican Republic)
2006 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Madagascar Integration Consultant Feasibility study concerning the use of Jatropha oil as a renewable energy source in SAVA-region in the north of Madagascar

2005 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Madagascar KfW Consultant Feasibility study concerning the use of Jatropha in erosion control in the framework of the KfW-project in Madagascar, including a 1 day workshop in the project-area.
2004 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany GTZ – PREDAS - CILSS Consultant Establishment of a brochure in French and English concerning the work of CILSS and PREDAS
2003 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Southern Africa UNIDO – GTZ/GFU Consultant Case study on Jatropha in selected countries of Southern Africa
2003 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany / Tanzania FAKT Consultant Representing FAKT (Stuttgart) in German institutions and in Jatropha activities in Tanzania (ELCT and Vyahumu trust Morogoro)
2002 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany GTZ Consultant Support for West-Africa concerning the preparation of the Typha workshop.
2002 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany GTZ Consultant Establishment of a Predas CD-Rom.
2002 Donor/Company Position: Description:	St. Louis, Senegal / Germany GTZ Consultant Participation in the Typha workshop in St. Louis, Senegal, presentation of the essentials of the Typha technology and integratiom of this event into the PSACD website.
2001 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany Greenpeace International, office Germany Consultant Short description of the possibilities of a plasnt oil driven Tuk Tuk in Asia.

2001 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany GTZ Consultant Establishment of an bilingual website (French, English) with integration of an already existing French werbsite of PSACD
2001, April Donor/Company Position: Description:	Sudan UNIDO, Vienna Consultant Feasibility study concerning Jatropha in Sudan
2001, Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany HATI, Berlin, Germany Consultant Interactive CD-Rom, concerning Typha and a GTZ-project in Senegal (PSACD).
2001, Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany GTZ Consultant Summary of different studies concerning Typha in Senegal
1999, November Donor/Company Position: Description:	Zambia GTZ Consultant Establishment of a Feasibility study on Jatropha in Southern Province in Zambia
1998 - 2000 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany GTZ Consultant Answering questions concerning biogas and mainly Jatropha which were sent to Gate or GTZ.
1997 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany Founation of the consulting company bagani GbR Owner The company executed consulting services in different parts of the world, maily in the field Jatropha oil as fuel.
1993 - 1997 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Mali GTZ Project responsable (AP). Production and use of plant oil (Jatropha oil) as fuel and for rural income generation, working on all aspects of data collection, dissemination of technology, gender problems, socio-economic evaluation;

1990 - 1993 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Mali GTZ, Germany Member of staff (Fachberater) Preparation of the Jatropha project, general administration in the GTZ-headquarters in Eschborn/Frankfurt, Germany
1987 – 1990 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Bamako, Mali GTZ Staff member in an overseas project (AMA) Staff member in the Special Energy Programme (SEP), responsible for biomass use (biogas, charcoal from cotton stalks, alcohol as energy, production and use of Jatropha oil as renewable energy and for income generation in the rural areas. Main tasks: Rehabilitation of family size biogas digestors, mainly in schools;
1981 - 1987 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Côte d’Ivoire Oekotop Consulting Head of project Installation of an industrial size prototype biogas digester and extension to a large scale industrial biogas digester in a feedlot for steam and electricity production for a slaughterhouse. Dissemination programme of family biogas digestors in the north of Ivory Coast.
1977 - 1981 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany TUB (Technical University Berlin) Scientific Employee (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Foundation of a working group for appropriate technology (IPAT) and execution of a research programme by order of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
1973 - 1977 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany TUB (Technical University Berlin) Assistent Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) Teaching limnology, anaerobic fermentation (biogas) and biology of waste water treatment
1972 - 1973 Donor/Company Position: Description:	Germany Adult Education School, Berlin College Teacher Teaching biology for people in second education sector (adults).

Awards received:

· 2003: UNIFEM price 2003 (German section) for Jatropha project in Mali;

· 2005: Dr. Heinz Schulz Medal of Honour for important contributions to the development of biogas technology (invention of a very simple method of desulfurication of biogas).

Additional Comments

Establishment and maintenance of the website www.jatropha.de

Publications:

Many publications and presentations on Renewable Energies, biogas and plant oil as renewable energy. Detailed list on request.

Presentations & demonstations:

Many presentations and demonstrations on the extraction and the use of Jatropha oil (soap making) in different countries.

Lindau/B, June 2010