Biochemical Engineering
Committee
James Winterburn
Chair
Dr James Winterburn is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering.
Stephen Judd
Secretary
Stephen Judd is a Bioprocess SME with DPS Group.
Peter Martin
Treasurer
Ooi Chien Wei (Edward)
Malaysia Chapter
Glenn Robinson
Committee Member
Glenn graduated from Reading University in 1984 with an honours degree in biological sciences, specialising in microbiology.
Bill Thompson
Newsletter Editor
Wenqian Chen
Committee Member
Annette England
Committee Member
Ali Bahari
Committee Member
Andrew Brown
Committee Member
Adam Hawthorne
Careers Development Organiser
Alex Kiparissides
Committee Member
Dr Alexandros Kiparissides is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an Honorary Professor in Biochemical Engineering at University College London.
Qasmin Rafiq
Committee Member
Ivan Wall
Committee Member
Mark Woodyer
Committee Member
Petra Hanga
Bursary Officer
Dr Mariana Petronela (Petra) Hanga BEng, PhD, FHEA, AMIChemE is a Lecturer in Biological Engineering at Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Will Olughu
Vice Chair
Dr Williams Olughu is currently a Principal Scientist of the Bioprocess Development group at Ipsen Biopharm.
Gloria Lam
Student Representative
Henry Charlton
Committee Member
Claire Macleod
Committee Member
Thomas Kavanagh
Committee Member
Thomas is a PhD chemical engineering student at Imperial College London, researching process automation in upstream biopharmaceutical production of monoclonal antibodies.
Dhammy Parameswaran
Webinar Coordinator
Dhammy currently works at GSK
Dr James Mercer
Committee Member
Dr James Mercer currently works at Quorn Foods.
Alex Brierley
Committee Member
Alex Brierley is a process engineer / project manager at Pall Corporation.
Vaughan Thomas
Committee Member
Eirini Theodosiou
Committee Member
Eirini obtained a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, followed by an MSc in Biochemical Engineering from University College London and a PhD in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). She worked as a Senior R&D scientist and Purification team leader at Xellia Pharmaceuticals, before returning to academia, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Aston University. Eirini is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, committee member for ESACT-UK and IChemE’s Biochemical Engineering Special Interest Group, and honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Eirini’s research is in the areas of Healthcare and Cellular Agriculture, including the development of methods for the selective separation of human cells for clinical applications, and the creation of polymer-based scaffolds for tissue regeneration and animal stem cell expansion and differentiation.