Maria Jose Lavorante is the Head of Research and Development Division of Renewable Energy at the Institution of Scientific and Technological Research for Defense (CITEDEF), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Her research interests include water electrolyzers, fuel cells, dark fermentation and conductometric titrations. She is the Head Professor at the Engineer Faculty, at the National Defense University in charge of the subjects Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Organic, Synthesis and Solids and Colloidal Chemistry. Since 2021, she is the coordinator of the ¨Electrolyzers for industrial use and storage¨ subnetwork of the CYTED network ¨Hydrogen: production and uses in transportation and the electrical sector (H2transel)¨.