Dr Paul Feron is a science leader in CSIRO Energy in Australia. He has been leading CSIRO's post-combustion capture (PCC) research since June 2007 and is currently Group Leader Sustainable Carbon Technologies. Dr Feron is a member of the Australian mirror committee for ISO TC265, which is developing standards for CO2 capture and storage (CCS). He also is a member of the IEAGHG Executive Committee representing the Australian consortium. Previously Dr Feron worked for the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO. 

Dr Feron has contributed extensively to the development and conduct of large multi-party, multinational CCS R&D programs in Europe, Australia and China and was a lead author for the IPCC Special Report on CCS. He co-authored more than 150 publications, is co-inventor on 16 patent applications and most recently edited the first monograph on post-combustion CO2 capture (Absorption-Based Post-Combustion Capture of Carbon Dioxide Woodhead Publishing). His current interests are in the realisation of concepts for added value, zero additional energy requirement CO2-capture and Direct Air Capture.