MrRyanO'Shea

Summary

Ryan currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, under the supervision of Professors Jason Hallet and Nilay Shah.

His interests are in applying systems engineering and decision science for sustainable industrial development. He considers process innovation at the technical to management levels, and factors in multidimensional sustainability with varying degrees of uncertainty.

Currently, Ryan is dedicated to the sustainable process synthesis, analytics, and optimisation of a novel recycling system aimed at valorising multi-layered packaging waste using a combination of mechanical, green chemical and biotechnological technologies/techniques. More broadly, his efforts will demonstrate sustainable process development in the transition to a circular (bio-based)economy whilst adhering to the laws and rules of nature.

Previously, he served as an assistant Teaching Fellow in Environmental Resource Management at the Centre for Environmental Policy. There, he co-supervised MScs and also lectured on topics related to the Bioeconomy and Algal Biotechnology. Additionally, Ryan conducted research as a visiting scholar at the Clean Energy Research Centre, University of British Columbia, focusing on the development of a seaweed biorefinery system, a project he continues commercially.

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