Marco Respini is a Senior Technical Advisor at Baker Hughes, with a background as specialist in crude oil chemistry, process modeling and asphaltenes. His primary professional focus in on modeling of asphaltene thermodynamics and chemistry with application to crude blending and processing, monitoring methods for fouling tendency, fouling control at crude units and residua conversion units, sediments control, and compatibility of heavy fuel oils, including the new IMO 2020 specifications.