Research Interests
PhDs available within Citi-Gens Doctoral Training Programme via H2020's Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) COFUND. Further information will be made available soon. PhDs available include:
- Moving to a Plastic Packaging Free Society – Feasibility, Consumer Psychology and Environmental Impact
- The Valorisation of Poultry Industry Waste Streams
- Compostable Agri-Waste
- Derived Biopolymer Lidding Films
Current Research Opportunities
- Valorisation of Livestock Waste Streams - Scalability of Material Recovery and Bioavailability of Recovered Compounds
- Valorisation of Livestock Waste Streams - Scalability of Material Recovery and Bioavailability of Recovered Compounds
Public outreach & key achievements
- Principal Investigator (Jan 2019 – Dec 2020) European Institute of Technology (EIT) funded project “Consumer and Manufacturing Driven Alternative Packaging Solutions from Agri-Food Waste Streams”.
- Co-Investigator (April ‘19 – Sept ‘20) EPSRC Funded project “Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics via Technological-Social Transitions” (ACCEPT Transitions EP/S025545/1).
Research students
Alice Liddell - Investigation and Numerical Modelling of Microplastic Particle Transport in Clean Water Systems (UK)
Alex Pritchard - The Development of Light Weight Rotomoulded Multi-Layer Structures for Off Shore Energy Generation (UK)
Natasha Hutchings - Development of Comprehensive Transport-Phenomena Based Model for Assisting in Postharvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables (UK)
Emma Harper - Investigating the endocrine disrupting potential and cytotoxic effects of packaging leachates and plasticisers (UK)
Conor O’Boyle - Modelling and development of efficient ventilation strategies to optimise bus passengers’ (UK) thermal comfort whilst minimising energy consumption
Raquel Ortega Garcia - Natural Fibres with Flame Retardant Properties (Spain)