Ram Seetharam
UH Energy
Energy Center Officer and Hydrogen Lead
Ram currently serves as the Hydrogen Program Lead at UH Energy, a multi-disciplinary energy research program at the University of Houston. He serves as project manager for low-carbon energy projects including Project SHOWPLACE, an Industry-Academia-Government-Public consortium developing an offshore green hydrogen demonstration project in the Gulf of Mexico. Ram recently retired as a senior executive at ExxonMobil with nearly 40 years of experience in the Upstream industry and 33 years with ExxonMobil. His Upstream experience includes subsurface, concept selection, project and oilfield economics, asset valuation and technical support to major capital projects. He has held multiple key managerial and technical leadership positions influencing major upstream projects in the industry including Kazakhstan, Russia, North Sea, Middle East and Unconventionals. Ram serves on the Advisory Board for the UH Petroleum Engineering Department, and was recently recognized as an Engineering Distinguished Alumni by the UH Cullen College of Engineering. Ram has Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, and a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
