Academic research groups

Biofluids and Transport

Academic lead: Professor Yun Xu
Research interests: Biofluid mechanics, biotransport; drug delivery systems; biomass suspensions in bioreactors.

Ceroni Lab

Academic lead: Dr Francesca Ceroni
Research interests: cell engineering, synthetic biology, cancer therapy, bioprocessing.

Chen Group

Academic lead: Professor Rongjun Chen
Research interests: Biomaterials; nanomedicine; drug delivery; vaccines; cell and gene therapy; cancer treatment.

Clean Energy Processes

Academic lead: Professor Christos Markides
Research interests: Energy efficiency/integration; heat recovery/conversion; applied thermodynamics; turbulent reacting/multiphase flows.

Complex Multiscale Systems

Academic lead: Professor Serafim Kalliadasis
Research interests: Engineering science fundamentals, applied mathematics and complex systems.

Elani Group: Biomimetic Technologies

Academic lead: Dr Yuval Elani
Research interests: Biochemical Technologies; microfluidics; particle engineering; synthetic cells/biology; nanomedicine.

Electrochemical Systems Laboratory

Academic lead: Dr Anna Hankin
Research interests: Electrochemical energy conversion; CO2 reduction and separation processes.

Eslava Group: Applied Energy Materials

Academic lead: Dr Salvador Eslava
Research interests: Materials design; photoelectrochemical, photocatalytic, and electrochemical devices.

Fennell Group

Academic lead: Professor Paul Fennell
Research lead: CO2 capture and storage; clean energy; synergies between industry and power generation.

Hallett Group

Academic lead: Professor Jason Hallett
Research interests: Ionic liquid based biorefining; deconstruction of biomass and hybrid bioprocessing.

Hammond Lab

Academic lead: Dr Ceri Hammond
Research interests: Catalysis and bio-medical engineering.

Matar Fluids Group

Academic lead: Professor Omar Matar
Research interests: Hybrid computational fluid dynamics, ML, and optimisation approaches to solving multiphase flows problems.

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Functional Membrane and Energy Materials

Academic lead: Dr Qilei Song
Research interests: Design, synthesis, and characterisation of functional nanoporous materials for energy and environmental applications.

Molecular Systems Engineering

Academic leads: Prof Claire Adjiman, Prof Amparo Galindo, Prof George Jackson, Prof Erich Müller and Prof Costas Pantelides
Research interests: Integrated molecular and process design; molecular dynamics of fluids via porous media.

Petit Research Group - Multifunctional Nanomaterials

Academic lead: Professor Camille Petit
Research interests: Porous materials, materials synthesis/characterisation, molecular separations, photocatalysis.

Optimisation and Machine Learning for Process Engineering

Academic lead: Dr Antonio Del Rio Chanona
Research interests: Optimisation, control & reinforcement learning; ML applied to bioprocesses.

Papathanasiou Lab

Academic lead: Dr Maria Papathanasiou
Research interests: Industry 4.0 principles in (bio-) pharmaceutical processes, digital twins and control methodologies.

Polizzi Lab

Academic lead: Professor Karen Polizzi
Research interests: Bioprocessing, synthetic biology, vaccines and sustainable food production.

Polymers and Microfluidics

Academic lead: Professor Joao Cabral
Research interests: Experimental soft condensed matter; complex fluids; multicomponent systems; copolymers; (nano)-particles and surfactants.

Reaction Engineering and Catalytic Technology

Academic lead: Professor Klaus Hellgardt
Research interests: Solar (bio)fuels and products; clean fossil fuels; flow chemistry; electrochemical reactors/fuel cells; hydrogen.

Surfaces and Particle Engineering Laboratory

Academic leads: Professor Jerry Heng and Professor Daryl Williams
Research interests: SPEL specialises in the processing, manufacture and characterising of solid state particulate materials.

Thermophysics Laboratory

Academic lead: Professor Martin Trusler
Research interests: Thermophysical properties of fluid mixtures for industrial applications.

Titirici Group

Academic lead: Professor Magda Titirici
Research interests: Materials solutions that are based on renewable rather than fossil, resources.

Tomorrow's Chemical Technologies Lab

Academic lead: Dr Roberto Rinaldi
Research interests: Catalytic valorisation of lignin and cellulose by unconventional approaches.

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Dr Adam Hawkes

Research interests: Energy systems modelling; low carbon heat technologies; fuel cells; microgeneration; modelling integrated/coordinated energy systems.

Dr Marcos Millan-Agorio

Research interests: Catalytic upgrading of hydrocarbons; thermochemical characterisation of fuels; coal/biomass gasification and pyrolysis.

Dr Ronny Pini

Research interests: Single- and multi-phase flow in porous media, high-pressure (supercritical) adsorption in nano-/micro-porous solids, and multi-scale imaging of phase-equilibria and/or flows in porous media.

Professor David Chadwick

Research interests: Engineering of catalytic processes; development of new catalysts; study and modelling of reaction kinetics.

Professor Geoffrey Maitland

Research interests: Carbon capture and storage; exploiting non-conventional sources of hydrocarbons; renewable production of hydrogen.

Professor Kang Li

Research interests: Development of ceramic and polymeric membranes and membrane systems for fluid separations and reactions.

Professor Paul Luckham

Research interests: Colloid and interface science; measurement of inter-particle forces; rheology of complex fluids; novel nanoparticles.

Vibrational Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging

Academic lead: Professor Sergei Kazarian
Research interests: Materials; polymer, pharmaceutical, forensic and biomedical sciences; nanotechnology; microfluidics; supercritical fluids.

Yetisen Group

Academic lead: Dr Ali Yetisen
Research interests: Biochemical sensors; optical probes; nanotechnology; diagnostics; medical devices; healthcare.