My research interests in the past eight years have been on experimental aspects, process modelling, and/or techno-economic assessment of sustainable energy and chemical technologies, such as biofuels, nanofluids, waste heat recovery, flue gas desulfurisation and waste valorisation.

In my PhD project under the Department of Chemical Engineering, I pursued purely computational research on biomass value chains and the environment-food-energy-water nexus: whole-systems analysis and optimisation.  I determined optimal rice and Jatropha value chains that could provide the most benefits to the socio-economic and energy sectors of the Philippines while at the same time cause the least impacts on the land, climate, and water systems of the country.  I also examined bio-aviation fuel supply chains in terms of economic and environmental impacts.

After finishing my PhD, I joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a UKRI’s Supergen Bioenergy Hub Research Associate. By integrating lifecycle thinking, value chain optimisation, and whole-system analysis, I helped find pathways to decarbonise the UK’s petrochemical sector using locally sourced biomass resources. Presently, I am working on the C-THRU project, a collaboration among the University of Bath, University of Cambridge, University of Texas at Austin, University of California Santa Barbara, and HancockHamlin Ltd, which aims to provide a clearer, reliable, and comprehensive picture of the carbon emissions of the global petrochemical supply chains.