Academic research groups

Academic research groups
Group name	Academic lead (s)	Affiliated research theme (s)	Research interests
Biofluids and Transport	Professor Yun Xu	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Energy and environmental engineering Multiphase transport processes Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Biofluid mechanics and biotransport; drug delivery systems; flow and mixing of biomass suspensions in bioreactors.
Ceroni Group	Dr Francesca Ceroni	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology
Centre for Process Systems Engineering Molecular Systems Engineering	Professor Claire Adjiman	Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	New techniques for the modelling, design and optimisation of products and processes; molecular systems engineering.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering	Dr Benoit Chachuat	Energy and environmental engineering Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Separations	Process and environmental systems engineering; global optimisation; optimisation-based process control; numerical computation.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering Molecular Systems Engineering	Professor Amparo Galindo	Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	Statistical mechanical approaches for complex systems; prediction of complex phase behaviour; molecular systems engineering.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering Molecular Systems Engineering	Professor George Jackson	Energy and environmental engineering Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Soft matter engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	Molecular systems engineering; properties of dense fluids and materials; thermodynamics; statistical mechanical theory and simulation.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering	Dr Cleo Kontoravdi	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Recombinant biopharmaceutical production; animal cell culture systems; industrial biotechnology; rational bioprocess design.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering	Dr J Krishnan	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Elucidating and manipulating signal transduction; gene-regulatory and information processing networks; systems and synthetic biology.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering	Professor Sandro Macchietto	Energy and environmental engineering Multiphase transport processes Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Process systems engineering methods and applications; model-based experiment design; energy systems; multidisciplinary project building.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering Molecular Systems Engineering	Professor Erich Müller	Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Soft matter engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	Atomistic and coarse grained molecular simulation of bulk and confined fluids; molecular systems engineering.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering Molecular Systems Engineering	Professor Costas Pantelides	Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Multiscale modelling and optimisation; process modelling tools; systems-based pharma; crystal structure prediction.
Centre for Process Systems Engineering	Professor Nilay Shah	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Energy and environmental engineering Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Design and analysis of process and energy systems; sustainable chemicals manufacturing; smart systems and infrastructure.
Clean Energy Processes	Professor Christos Markides	Energy and environmental engineering Multiphase transport processes Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	Energy efficiency/integration; heat recovery/conversion technologies; applied thermodynamics; heat transfer; turbulent reacting/multiphase flows.
Complex Multiscale Systems	Professor Serafim Kalliadasis	Multiphase transport processes Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Soft matter engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	Engineering science fundamentals, especially the cusp between applied mathematics, engineering science and complex systems.
Eslava Group: Applied Energy Materials	Dr Eslava Salvador	Energy and environmental engineering Reaction engineering and applied catalysis
Electrochemical Systems Laboratory	Dr Anna Hankin	Energy and environmental engineering	Electrochemical energy conversion, CO2 reduction and separation processes for industrial effluent treatment and material recycling.
Fennell Group	Professor Paul Fennell	Energy and environmental engineering Materials Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Carbon capture and storage; clean production of energy; synergies between industry and power generation.
Hallett Group	Professor Jason Hallett	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Energy and environmental engineering Reaction engineering and applied catalysis Separations	Ionic liquid based biorefining; deconstruction of biomass and hybrid bioprocessing using ionic liquids.
Hammond Lab	Dr Ceri Hammond	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Materials Reaction engineering and applied catalysis
Livingston Group	Professor Andrew Livingston	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Materials Separations Soft matter engineering	Novel membrane separation technologies for manufacturing chemicals and (bio) pharmaceuticals.
Matar Fluids Group	Professor Omar Matar	Multiphase transport processes Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Soft matter engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	Interfacial fluid mechanics, transport phenomena and multiphase flows for a variety of industrial applications.
Multifunctional Nanomaterials	Dr Camille Petit	Energy and environmental engineering Materials Separations Reaction engineering and applied catalysis	Energy and sustainability; hybrid nanomaterials synthesis and characterisation; gas and liquid separations.
Optimisation and Machine Learning for Process Engineering	Dr Antonio Del Rio Chanona	Multi-scale computational chemical engineering
Papathanasiou Lab	Dr Maria Papathanasiou	Multi-scale computational chemical engineering Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology
Polymers and Microfluidics	Professor Joao Cabral	Energy and environmental engineering Materials Soft matter engineering	Soft condensed matter; thermodynamics and phase behaviour; patterning; self/ directed-assembly; microfluidics; photovoltaics; nanocomposites; complex fluids.
Process Automation	Professor Nina Thornhill	Energy and environmental engineering Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Process automation with applications in oil and gas, chemicals and electricity supply.
Reaction Engineering and Catalytic Technology	Professor Klaus Hellgardt	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Energy and environmental engineering Multiphase transport processes Reaction engineering and applied catalysis	Solar (bio)fuels and products; clean fossil fuels; flow chemistry; electrochemical reactors/fuel cells; hydrogen.
Song Research Group - Functional Membrane and Energy Materials	Dr Qilei Song	Energy and environmental engineering Materials Separations Soft matter engineering	Design, synthesis, and characterisation of functional nanoporous materials for energy and environmental applications.
Surfaces and Particle Engineering Laboratory	Professor Daryl Williams Dr Jerry Heng	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Materials Soft matter engineering	Particulate materials- their characterisation, processing and formulation- with a special focus on surface phenomena. Nucleation and crystallisation; mesoporous materials; surface properties and wettability; particle engineering; material characterisation.
Thermophysics Laboratory	Professor Martin Trusler	Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems Energy and environmental engineering	Thermophysical properties of fluid mixtures for industrial applications, including the oil, gas and CCS sectors.
Titirici Group	Professor Magda Titirici	Energy and environmental engineering Materials Reaction engineering and applied catalysis
Vibrational Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging	Professor Sergei Kazarian	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Energy and environmental engineering Materials Soft matter engineering	Materials; polymer, pharmaceutical, forensic and biomedical sciences; nanotechnology; microfluidics; supercritical fluids; advanced spectroscopy; chemical imaging.
Yetisen Group	Dr Ali Yetisen	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Materials Soft matter engineering	Biochemical sensors; optical probes; nanotechnology; diagnostics; medical devices; healthcare
	Professor David Chadwick	Reaction engineering and applied catalysis	Engineering of catalytic processes; development of new catalysts; study and modelling of reaction kinetics.
	Dr Rongjun Chen	Biomedical engineering and industrial biotechnology Materials Soft matter engineering	Drug delivery systems for disease therapy; biofunctional nanomaterials; theranostic nanomedicine; biomedical health; cancer treatment.
	Dr Adam Hawkes	Energy and environmental engineering Multi-scale computational chemical engineering	Energy systems modelling; low carbon heat technologies; fuel cells; microgeneration; modelling integrated/coordinated energy systems.
	Professor Geoff Kelsall	Energy and environmental engineering Materials Reaction engineering and applied catalysis	Design, characterisation, modelling and optimisation of electrochemical processes for a variety of applications.
	Professor Kang Li	Materials Separations Reaction engineering and applied catalysis	Development of ceramic and polymeric membranes and membrane systems for fluid separations and reactions.
	Professor Paul Luckham	Energy and environmental engineering Materials Soft matter engineering	Colloid and interface science; measurement of inter-particle forces; rheology of complex fluids; novel nanoparticles.
	Professor Geoffrey Maitland	Energy and environmental engineering Soft matter engineering Multi-scale thermodynamics and molecular systems	Carbon capture and storage; exploiting non-conventional sources of hydrocarbons; renewable production of hydrogen.
	Dr Marcos Millan-Agorio	Energy and environmental engineering Reaction engineering and applied catalysis	Catalytic upgrading of hydrocarbons; thermochemical characterisation of fuels; coal/biomass gasification and pyrolysis.
	Dr Ronny Pini	Energy and environmental engineering Multiphase transport processes Separations	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.
	Dr Roberto Rinaldi	Energy and environmental engineering Reaction engineering and applied catalysis	Catalytic valorisation of lignin and cellulose by unconventional approaches, such as catalytic transfer hydrogenation, mechanocatalysis and solvent design.
Updated January 2019

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