I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Associate Director of the Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change (ISCC) at the University of Bath.

My research and teaching focus on embedding sustainability in design and engineering. This is essential for people to improve quality of life around the world while living within our planetary boundaries.

In particular, my team and I use life cycle assessment (LCA) to measure and reduce environmental footprints.  We work in two related areas: (1) improving the methodology of LCA; (2) applying LCA in experimental research and in practical, real-world projects.  We do this in a variety of applications including construction, energy, and manufacturing.

With experience in engineering, industry and Parliament, I think it is essential to collaborate across sectors to shape our research and to maximise its value.  Following a PhD and research contract in mechanical engineering (life cycle energy and carbon analysis of energy supply to buildings; 2006-09), I joined the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology as POST's energy adviser.  POST provides impartial and accessible research to Parliament, and I was also seconded to Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change.  During 2012-18 I was a senior associate at Sustain Ltd (now Anthesis) and then director at Circular Ecology (which maintains the ICE Embodied Carbon Database).  We helped companies with combined turnovers of greater than £10bn to measure and reduce their environmental footprint. Prior to 2006, I worked as an engineer in remote parts of Canada and Mexico, designing and building equipment and accommodation for ecological field research.

Interested in supervising students studying:

• Life cycle assessment
• Sustainable materials
• Sustainable energy technologies
• Sustainable manufacturing