Juan Ignacio Ibañez is a researcher UCL’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT) and Chief of Staff at the DLT Science Foundation. His work lies at the intersection of industry, research and education, and his research focuses on blockchain, supply chains, energy and climate.

He is also a lecturer at the Catholic University of Argentina and the Catholic University of Córdoba, where he co-leads a research project on blockchain and decarbonization. He participated in the BSI DLT/1 Blockchain and DLT committee, the IETF Blockchain Gateway Interoperability Group, the Hedera Legal and Regulatory Committee, and the Hedera Treasury and Coin Economics Committee.

Juan Ignacio holds an LL.M. in Law and Economics from the University of Hamburg, and an LL.M. in Law, Economics and Management from the University of Aix-Marseille. Previously, he received his Juris Doctor from the National University of Córdoba and his Degree in International Relations from the Catholic University of Córdoba.