Research and Innovation Community of Practice

Leadership

The Research and Innovation Community of Practice is led by a leadership group made up of members with vast experience in this area.

Cordelia Selomulya

Cordelia Selomulya

Chair

Cordelia works at the University of New South Wales, Australia, as a Professor (Food & Health) in the School of Chemical Engineering and as a Research & Commercialisation Director of the Future Food Systems Cooperative Research Centre.

Solomon Brown

Solomon Brown

Vice Chair

Solomon is Professor of Process and Energy Systems in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK.

James Sweeney

James Sweeney

Subject Area Lead for Education, Innovation and Research

James is an electrical design engineer working for Anesco, a company that designs and develops wind and solar farms and battery energy storage projects.

Benaiah Anabaraonye

Benaiah Anabaraonye

Leadership group member

Benaiah is a Research Scientist at the Danish Offshore Technology Centre, a national research centre located at the Technical University of Denmark.

Wenqian Chen

Wenqian Chen

Leadership group member

Dr Wenqian Chen is Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), working on the purification of proteins and peptides via crystallization and membrane filtration.

Billie Hiew

Billie Hiew

Leadership group member

Billie Hiew serves as an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia. His research focuses on nanotechnology, advanced material development, environmental pollution control and biomass reutilisation.

Adrian Jonas

Adrian Jonas

Leadership group member

Adrian is a PhD Student at The University of Edinburgh, UK, and the founder of Moxie Energy Group (MXG) in Northumberland, UK. His research focuses on novel experimental techniques to explore heat and mass transfer, phase change, and interfacial phenomena.

Anousha Amir Khan

Anousha Amir Khan

Leadership group member

Anousha is a chemical engineer working as an energy sustainability consultant at London based startup Insight Plum. She is passionate about sustainability and revolutionizing clean energy.

Minerva Ledezma Martinez

Minerva Ledezma Martinez

Leadership group member

Minerva is a Professor in Chemical Engineering at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico State Campus (CEM) in Mexico.

Paula Mendes

Paula Mendes

Leadership group member

Paula is a Professor of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology in the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK.

Akshat Tanksale

Akshat Tanksale

Leadership group member

Akshat is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, Australia, and is also the Theme Leader for Carbon Capture, Conversion and Utilisation theme of the Woodside Monash Energy Partnership.

John Williams

John Williams

Leadership group member

John is a chartered principal engineer with over 15 years’ experience, and currently works on developing new and novel processes across a diverse range of industries.