Cesar Ovalles

Cesar Ovalles graduated with a Licentiate degree in Chemistry from Simon Bolivar University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University. Right after graduation, he worked for 16 years at Petroleos de Venezuela Sociedad Anonima-Instituto de Tecnologia Venezolano del Petroleo (PDVSA-INTEVEP). In 2006, he joined Chevron and is currently Technical Team Leader of the Heavy Oil Characterization group. He is involved in the areas of petroleum chemistry, heavy and extra heavy crude oil...See more

Cesar Ovalles graduated with a Licentiate degree in Chemistry from Simon Bolivar University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University. Right after graduation, he worked for 16 years at Petroleos de Venezuela Sociedad Anonima-Instituto de Tecnologia Venezolano del Petroleo (PDVSA-INTEVEP). In 2006, he joined Chevron and is currently Technical Team Leader of the Heavy Oil Characterization group. He is involved in the areas of petroleum chemistry, heavy and extra heavy crude oil upgrading (surface and subsurface), and asphaltene characterization. After his 28 years of industrial experience, Dr. Ovalles has published 62 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, 4 books, has been awarded 18 patents, and presented 116 papers at scientific and technical conferences. Additionally, he has published 14 articles in Venezuelan journals and 92 Technical Reports for an outstanding number of 306 total scientific productions. Cesar has also served as Associate Editor of Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Catalisis from 1996 to 2000 and Vision Tecnologica (Technical Journal of PDVSA-INTEVEP) from 2000 to 2002. In 2014, he won the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference and the National STAR-Hispanic in Technology-Corporate Award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Cesar is married to his college sweetheart, Luisa (Lulu), and is the father of two grown children. His son, Cesar Arturo, is a computer science graduate currently working for Safeway Supermarkets and his daughter, Manuela, is a microbiologist working for Mission Bio, a start-up company in South San Francisco. See less