Academic staff
Chemical and Biological Engineering - Academic staff
Professor Sankar Bhattacharya
Research Interests:
Critical metals extraction from fly ash and eWaste;Platform chemicals (Levoglucosenone and 5-Chloromethyl furfural) from biomass and algae; Pyrolysis of tyre/plastics/paints for fuel and chemicals production; Chemical looping for easier CO2 capture, Oxy-CFB combustion; Coal and biomass drying; Gasification of biomass, coal, petroleum coke.
Professor Warren Batchelor
Research Interests:
Cellulose Fibres, Paper Strength, Life Cycle Analysis, Nanomaterials, Nonwoven Structure, Sustainability, Adsorbent Development, Cellulose nanofibres, Membrane separation.
Professor Udo Bach
Research Interests:
Dye-sensitized Tandem Solar Cells, Back-Contact Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Novel Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Tandem Solar Cells, New infrared sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, Size-selective separation of gold-nano-particles and Templated placement of individual nano-particles, DNA-Directed Nanofabrication.
Dr. Parama Chakraborty Banerjee
Research Interests:
Recovery of critical metals and minerals from wastes, Electrocatalysis, Energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors), Multifunctional electrocatalytic material development and Corrosion
A/Professor Simon Corrie
Research Interests:
Engineering novel biosensors and assays for biomedical imaging/sensing, and rapid diagnostics for human health and the environment.
A/Professor Bai-Qian Dai
Research Interests:
Coal combustion and gasification; Clean coal technologies, Ash deposition.
A/Professor Sushil Dhital
Research Interests:
Food Structure, Food Processing, Enzyme Kinetics, In-vitro Models, Starch, Plant cell walls, Plant Proteins, Extrusion, Phytochemicals, Gut microbiota and metabolites, Human health.
Professor Benny D. Freeman
Professor Gil Garnier
Research Interests:
Interfacial Engineering, Biodiagnostics, Biorefinery, Biomaterials, Nanocellulose Composites, Colloids and Surface, Industrial Water Treatment, Paper, Polymers, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Processes, Circular Economy.
Professor Ravi Jagadeeshan
Research Interests:
Sticky Polymers in Flow Dynamics of Chromatin Folding Internal Friction in Polymer dynamics Monitoring Drug Binding in Cells Modelling Bacteriophage Motion in the Mucus Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Biopolymer Networks
A/Professor Shibo Kuang
Research Interests:
Low-carbon metallurgy; Waste management; Smart process; Modelling and simulation technologies
Dr. Zhikao Li
Research Interests:
Membrane and adsorption technologies for water treatment and gas processing. Physics-informed machine learning: its application in process modelling and process control.
Professor Daniela Loessner
Research Interests:
Biomaterials, 3D cell culture models, matrix biology, tissue engineering, tumour microenvironment
Professor Nicoleta Maynard
Research Interests:
Engineering education; inclusive curriculum design; teaching and assessment of employability skills; unconscious bias in teamwork and feedback; neurodiversity support; gender equity in STEM; sustainable and systems thinking in engineering education; qualitative and mixed research methods.
Dr. Rishabh More
Research Interests:
Complex fluids (or soft materials), Rheology, Transport phenomena, Fluid Mechanics, Polymers, Colloids, Suspensions, Sol-Gels, Sustainable Technology, Digital Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Battery Thermal Management, Biological Flows.
Dr. Marzieh Namdari
Research Interests:
Sustainable process and system design for carbon-neutral chemical manufacturing. Electrochemical and catalytic pathways for CO₂ capture and conversion. Integration of renewable energy with reactive separation and production systems. Advanced membrane and hybrid separation technologies for resource recovery.
Dr. Wei Lin Ng (she/her)
A/Professor John Quinn
Research Interests:
Synthetic polymer chemistry, reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization, antimicrobial materials, polymer interactions with biomolecules, biomaterials.
A/Professor Md. Arifur Rahim
Research Interests:
Self-assembly, supramolecular chemistry, surface engineering, coordination chemistry, liquid metals, catalysis, and nanoscience
Dr. Priya Samudrala
Research Interests:
Heterogeneous Catalysis, Advanced materials, Biomass conversion, Glycerol valorisation, Green Chemistry & Sustainable chemical processes, Nanomaterials, Renewable fuels, Clean energy, Additive manufacturing, Fine chemical synthesis
A/Professor Timothy Scott
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Akshat Tanksale
Research Interests:
CO2 Conversion and Utilisation, Plasmonic Photocatalysis, Heterogeneous Catalysis, eFuels, Green Chemistry, Biorefinery, Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF), Metal oxides, and Meso- and Micro-Porous Materials as Catalysts.
Dr. Joanne Tanner
Research Interests:
Sustainable and Circular Processes, Process design and scaleup, AI/ML in chemical engineering, Experiential learning, Engineering education
Dr. Amin Valiei
Research Interests:
Nanobioengineering, experimental and computational modeling of microbial communities, the human microbiome, therapeutic techniques for restoring gut dysbiosis, biocolloids, and antimicrobial surfaces.
Dr. Leonie van 't Hag
Research Interests:
Self-assembly, food structure, drug delivery, therapeutic peptides, protein structures, X-ray and neutron scattering, in meso crystallisation, lipid mesophases, colloids, functional materials
Professor Huanting Wang
Research Interests:
Ceramic membrane, desalination, gas separation, metal organic framework, polymer composite membrane, porous material, separation membrane, fuel cell and water treatment.
Professor Paul Webley
Research Interests:
Hydrogen Energy and Production Technologies
Professor Lian Zhang
Research Interests:
Low-emission combustion, gasification, pyrolysis of coal, biomass and scrap tyre, hydro-metallurgical leaching, fly ash utilisation, clean energy, hydrometallurgy.