Guildford, England, United Kingdom
I joined the University of Surrey as the Associate Dean of Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in September 2022. I hold a Chair in Sustainable Processes and an EPSRC Open Fellowship at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. I am a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. I am also the Director of the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy. Before moving to Surrey, I was the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University. My research focuses on net zero energy, circular economy and sustainable development via digital and engineering innovations. I am passionate about developing and applying bespoke AI and digital solutions to enable next generation energy and chemical devices, processes and systems. I am the recipient of the Philip Leverhulme Prize of Engineering in 2022 for my pioneering research on Energy and AI, and the Beilby Medal and Prize, jointly from the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in 2020. I also led the UKRI CircularChem Centre winning the IChemE Global Award for Sustainability in 2023.
I am the Director and PI of The UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy (CircularChem), a £4.4M UKRI investment bringing together stakeholders from academia, industry, government, NGOs and general public to transform the UK’s chemical industry into a fossil-independent, climate-positive and environmentally-friendly circular economy.