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Current PhD students:
Samson Anuchi (co-supervisor Kyra Campbell, University of Sheffield), Toward an Ionic Liquid-Assisted Design of Lignin-Derived Nanoporous Carbons for Sustainable Applications
Charlotte Borrill (co-supervisor Kyra Campbell, University of Sheffield), Understanding IL-induced Corrosion
Yiyan Chen, Surface Modification of Proteins for Delivery Applications
Juliana Cumming (co-supervisors Maria Charalambides, Koonyang Lee), Sustainable Balloons
Amir Dezashibi (co-supervisors Paul Fennell and Geoff Kelsall), An Investigation for Utilisation of Ionic liquids in the Removal of Transition Metals from Refinery Waste/Feedstock and Their Potential Applications
Masahiro Hara, Ionogels as energy storage and separations materials
Harriet Judah (co-supervisors Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot and Paul Fennell), Rapid Ionic Liquid Screening for Enhanced Recycling Systems (RISERS)
Dean Keck (co-supervisors Karen Polizzi and Paul Fennell), Enhancing Phytoremediation via Engineering Soil Microbe Interactions
Priyanka Kumar (co-supervisor Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot), Building a Spent Grain Biorefinery Based on Low Cost Ionic Liquids
Enrico Manfredi-Haylock (co-supervisor David Payne), Development and Scale-up of More Efficient Chemical Recycling Processes for Lead Acid Batteries
Monica McCall (co-supervisor Mark Sephton), Algal biochar integrated with carbon dioxide removal
Suhaib Nisar (co-supervisors Benoit Chachuat and Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot), Optimisation of Ionic Liquid-based Biomass Processing
James Perry (co-supervisor Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot), Bio-derived Green Surfactants
Sarah Seidner (co-supervisor Paul Fennell), IonoSolv Pretreatment with Non-Corrosive Ionic Liquids
Matthew Spry (co-supervisors Ifan Stephens and Magda Titirici), Probing Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Intermediates Using in situ Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Tom Upcraft (co-supervisor Miao Guo, Kings College London), Modelling of Integrative Technology Solutions for Lignocellulosic Biorefining
Chaoyue Zhang (co-supervisor Paul Fennell), Towards an Economically and Environmentally Feasible Protic Ionic Liquid Based Biorefinery: Focusing on Optimization of Process Parameters and Life Cycle Assessment of Whole Process
Current Research Associates:
Aida Abouelela, Wastewater Treatment using Supported Ionic Liquids
Amir Al Ghatta, Biobased Surfactants for Biodegradable Detergents
Pedro Nakasu, Building a Spent Grain Biorefinery using Low-cost Ionic Liquids
Talia Shmool, Drug Delivery and Room Temperature Stable Vaccine Formulations Based on Ionic Liquids
Pedro Verdia, Biomass Fractionation using Ionic Liquids (Supergen Bioenergy Hub)
Past PhD students:
Aida Abouelela, Development of Sustainable Chemical Technologies using Lowcost Ionic liquids for Waste Decontamination and Valorization
Amir Al Ghatta (joint with James Wilton-Ely), Chemical Routes for the Valorisation of Biomass into High Value Added Chemicals Using Ionic Liquids as Solvents
Raul Aravena, Ionic Liquid Technologies for recovering Plant Sterols from Tall Oil
Hazeeq Azman (joint with Tony Cass and James Wilton-Ely), Bioligninolysis: Degradation of Ionic Liquid Derived Lignin by Rhodococcus
Husain Baaqel (joint with Benoit Chachuat and Gonzalo Guillen Gosalbez, ETH Zurich), Sustainability-Based Assessment and Optimization of Ionic Liquid Large-Scale Production
Patrick Brandl joint with Niall Mac Dowell), A Framework for the Techno-Economic Screening of Absorption-based CO2 Capture
Liem Bui-le, Stabilisation of Therapeutic Proteins using Surface Engineering and Ionic Liquids
Clementine Chambon (joint with Paul Fennell), Towards an Economically Viable Ionic Liquids Based Biorefinery: Lignocellulose Fractionation and Value-added Products from Lignin
Meng (Angela) Chen, Design of a Hybrid Organosolv-ionoSolv Lignin Fractionation Method and Lignin-like Polymer Synthesis for Value-added Applications
Paul Corbett, The Synthesis and Utilisation of Ionic Liquids in the Removal of Harmful Impurities from Fuel
Gilbert De Gregorio (joint with Tom Welton), Lignin Depolymerisation in Acidic Ionic Liquids
Sanan Eminov (joint with James Wilton-Ely), Catalytic Conversion of Fructrose, Glucose and Cellulose to 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF)
Vivi Filippousi (joint with Paul Fennell and James Wilton-Ely), Synthesis of Aromatic and Heterocyclic Platform Chemicals from Bio-derived Furans
Anton Firth (joint with Paul Fennell), Integration of Ionic Liquid Biorefinery with Constructed Wetland Remediation of Wastewater
Sebastian Green (joint with James Bull and Philip Miller), Thermal Hazard Assessment and Safe, Scalable Synthesis of Energetic Diazo and Azide Compounds
Florence Gschwend (joint with Paul Fennell), Towards an Economical Ionic Liquid Based Biorefinery
Louis Hennequin (joint with Paul Fennell), Towards the Valorisation of Marginal Areas for Biomass Utilisation: Combining Phytoremediation and Biorefinery for Environmental Remediation
Shaochen Huang (joint with Martin Trusler), Investigations of Thermophysical Properties of Ionic Liquids Used for Carbon Capture
Liyana Ismail (joint with with Tom Welton), Reactivity of Biomass Relevant Esters and Alcohols in Acidic Ionic Liquids
Latiffah Karim (joint with Karen Polizzi), Probing Cellulase Stability in Low Cost Mineral Acid Ionic Liquids
Ollie Levers (joint with Rob Law and Jon Lloyd), Particulate Organic Matter in Artificial Soils
Francisco Malaret (joint with Kyra Campbell, University of Sheffield), En Route to the Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids for Metal Oxide Production and Biomass Fractionation: A Sustainable Avenue to Advanced Materials
Bing Tian, Novel hemicellulose extraction techniques.
Wei-Chien Tu, Impact of the IonoSolv Process on Cellulose Quality and Cellulose-derived Materials
Lisa Weigand (joint with Tom Welton), Towards a Cost-competitive Biorefinery: Fractionation of Willow with Low-cost Ionic Liquids and Synthesis of Lignin-based Copolymers
Shahrul Shikh Nizan Zahari (joint with Tom Welton), Deconstruction of Biomass in Ionic Liquids: Reactivity of Cellulose
Past Research Associates:
Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Imperial College London.
Alex Brogan, Kings College London.
Andreas Brohl, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Clementine Chambon, Oorja
Coby Clarke, University of Nottingham
Paul Corbett, Shell
Vivi Filippousi, European Commission
Anton Firth, DyeRecycle
Almudena Garcia Sanchez, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Florence Gschwend, Lixea
Xiaoyan (Jane) Lin, Lonza
Francisco Malaret, Nanomox
Richard Matthews, University of East London
Mayte Mota Martinez, Inprocess Technology
Alastair McIntosh, UK Department for Transport
Charles Romain, Imperial College London
Somnath Shinde, Conagen
Wei-Chien Tu
Chetna Vaghela, Imperial College London
Charles Vriamont, Trasis
Gillian Whyte, Essen Bioscience
Joseph Yao, Shell
Shahrul Shikh Nizan Zahari, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia