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Areas of expertise
- Manufacturing of Functional Materials
- Sustainable Manufacturing
Background
Research opportunities
Featured in the Royal Academy of Engineering for innovative COVID-19 Mass vaccine manufacture:
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/covid-19-mass-manufacturing-a-vaccine-museum-of-engineering-innovation/6wVBUjd3PCfXwQ?hl=en
Current activities
My current research revolves around the fields of engineering, biology and chemistry with a combination of the 3.
By engineering continuous flow technology through design, simulation studies (CFD), manufacture, characterisation and optimisation to develop an oscillatory baffled flow bioreactors for scale up purposes and mass production of green materials. New technologies aim to intensify the processes to drive costs down.
Biological studies of different organisms to direct their metabolic pathways to produce green materials and determine which renewable feedstocks are most suited to each organisms for the production of green materials. Waste feedstocks incorporate a sustainable circular economy approach further reducing costs.
Chemical studies involve the optimisation of chemically defined medias for the enhances cellular growth of organisms and their intra or extra cellular materials at high quantities. by maximising the chemical components the organisms are grown in to enhance the production of green materials but balancing the total costing.