Thomas is a PhD chemical engineering student at Imperial College London, researching process automation in upstream biopharmaceutical production of monoclonal antibodies. This PhD is within the research groups led by Dr Cleo Kontoravdi and Dr Maria Papathanassiou. Thomas received their Masters of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from Newcastle University in 2019.

Outside of their research, Thomas has previously chaired the IChemE National Early Careers Committee and is now a committee member within. Thomas is also one of the founders and lead of Global Engineering Futures a non-profit initiative championing engineers towards a sustainable future bringing engineers together from across the world.

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