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School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences Catalytic Research Prof Faculty of Sciences and Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences Catalytic Research Prof. Chris Hardacre School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science [email protected] Chris Hardacre is Head of the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science and Professor of Chemical Engineering, with research interests in heterogeneous catalysis, in-situ method development and ionic liquids. He has 350+ publications with an H-index of 65 and over 15,000 citations. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. He has a number of awards including the inaugural Andrew Medal for catalysis and has won ~£28M research grant over the past 20 years. We are a world-leading research group working on heterogeneous catalysis and ionic liquids. We have developed a number of state-of-the-art techniques for in- situ monitoring of the systems studied and have strong links with industry. We target applications in energy, bulk, fine and pharmaceutical chemical synthesis as well as environmental protection: •Non-thermal plasma catalysis. ACS Catal., 2015, 5 956; 2014, 4, 666; •Neutron and X-ray scattering studies of catalysts and ionic liquids, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 3484; 2013, 4, 1270; 2011, 2, 1594; •Activating gold catalysts. ACS Catal., 2012, 2, 552; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 8912; JACS, 2009, 131, 6973; •Electrochemical reduction of CO2. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 14164.(Hot paper); Sustainable Industrial Systems (SIS) Research Group Professor Adisa Azapagic, Dr Laurence Stamford and Dr Rosa Cuéllar-Franca School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Adisa Azapagic FREng FIChemE FRSC FRSA HonFSE is Professor of Sustainable Chemical Engineering, with research interests in life cycle sustainability assessment, carbon footprinting, sustainable production and consumption, and corporate sustainability. She has over 100 publications – including three books, one of which has been translated into Chinese – with an H- index of 35 and over 5229 citations. She has received many prestigious awards for her research achievements and has won over £12 million in research grants over the past 10 years. We are a world-leading research group working on identifying sustainability solutions for industrial systems on a life cycle basis. The group currently has 20 international researchers and PhD students. Our work covers different sectors and supply chains, including: • Energy systems (e.g. Energ Techn., 2014, 2, 1012; Appl Energ., 2015, 155, 393; Energ Policy, 2016, 93, 168) • Food and drink (e.g. Int J Life Cycle Ass., 2016, 21, 492; J Clean Prod., 2016, 112, 214) • Carbon capture and utilisation (e.g. Energ Environ Sci., 2015, 8, 1775; Faraday Discuss., 2016, in press) Laurence Stamford is a Lecturer in Sustainable Chemical Engineering. His research interests include energy sources (nuclear, fossil and renewable), energy storage, recycling systems and alternative food production techniques. Laurence graduated from the University of Oxford in 2006 and received his PhD from The University of Manchester in 2012. Rosa Cuéllar-Franca is a Lecturer in Sustainable Chemical Engineering with research interests in carbon capture and utilisation technologies and circular economy. She received her BSc from Technological Institute of Tijuana in 2007 and PhD from The University of Manchester in 2013. Manchester Polymer and Peptide Research Group Professor Aline Miller School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science and Institute of Biotechnology [email protected] Aline Miller is Director of Research for The School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science and Professor of Biomolecular Materials, with research interests that lie at the life- science interface. She has over 100 publication, is co-author on 4 patents and has won ~£11M research grants over the past 10 years. The technology developed in her group is currently licensed out to a company that she co-founded in 2014. We are a world-leading research group working on understanding how to engineer advanced platform soft materials by applying physical principles to mimic, manipulate and improve biomolecular self-assembly. Our work is highly interdisciplinary and we regularly collaborate with chemists, physicists, medics, cell and synthetic biologists. We have a strong focus on the translational aspects of our research and regularly work with large multinationals and SMEs. Current projects include: • Hydrogels for cardiovascular applications (Biomacromolecules., 2013, 14, 1403) • Functional hydrogels for 3D cell culture (Langmuir, 2016, 32, 4917) • Biosensor Devices for early Disease Detection (Chem Comm, 2016, 6697) • Injectable Materials for Targeted Drug Delivery (J. Pep. Sci., 2014, 20, 578) Advanced Materials Engineering Research Group Professor Rahul Raveendran Nair School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science & National Graphene Institute [email protected] R. R. Nair is a Professor of Materials Physics and holds a prestigious Royal Society Fellowship. The main scope of his research is the novel synthesis and construction of application-oriented devices based on two-dimensional (2D) crystals and their modifications. He has published over 40 highly cited peer- refereed research articles, including four Science, two Nature, one Nature Physics, one Nature Nanotechnology, and five Nature Communications during the last nine years. His awards include a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust, UK, IUPAP Young scientist Award (2014) from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and the Moseley Medal and Prize (2015) from the Institute of Physics. His group is a world-leading research group in 2D materials based membranes and well-known both within and outside of the 2D materials community, which is confirmed by keynote and invited talks, lectures, invited seminars and media interviews (BBC, Reuters, etc.). His graphene based membrane research (Science 2012 & 2014) attracted interest and investment from various industries. So far his graphene based membrane research secured more than £7M funding in collaboration with large industrial companies. Our current research projects are developing novel membranes for water filtration, Organic solvent nanofiltration, gas separation, barrier coating applications and proton conducting membranes for fuel cells. Process Integration Research Group Professor Robin Smith School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science [email protected] Professor Robin Smith is Director of the Centre for Process Integration. He is also President of Process Integration Limited, a spin-out company from the University. He has extensive industrial experience and has acted extensively as a consultant to industry. He has published widely in the field of process integration and is author of “Chemical Process Design and Integration”, published by Wiley. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. The Centre for Process Integration, within the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science at The University of Manchester, is a world leader in the field of process design and integration. The Centre enjoys an outstanding international reputation for the quality of its research gained from many years of successful research and technology transfer. Key to this successful relationship is the Process Integration Research Consortium, which was founded in 1984, has in membership major companies representing different interests in and aspects of the process industries. Research projects of the group include: • Design and optimization of • Distillation system design cogeneration and site utility systems • Refinery distillation systems • Distributed energy systems • Refinery optimisation • Design and retrofit of heat • Decarbonised energy production exchanger networks • Biomass for the production of • Fouling in heat exchanger networks energy and chemicals • Sub-ambient separation systems • Flue gas emissions The Engineering Molecules, Particles and Processes (EMPAP) Group School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science Professor Roger Davey, Dr Thomas Vetter, Dr Aurora Cruz-Cabeza [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Our research group is internationally renowned for connecting the fundamentals of crystallization with the properties of particulate products and devising efficient processes for their manufacture. The group currently has 15 international researchers and is equipped with state-of- the-art instrumentation for materials characterisation and process analytics. Professor Roger Davey is internationally renowned for his work on crystal polymorphism, growth and nucleation, as well as solution chemistry. His research has close connections to the practice of crystallization and formulation in the pharmaceutical industry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He authored 240 publications with an H-index of 50, gathering over 8,200 citations. His research has attracted more than £7M over the last 10 years. Dr Thomas Vetter was appointed Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in September 2014. He is known for his simulation and experimental work on crystallization
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