Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

• Sustainable energy and environmental systems
• Microplastics in drinking water systems
• The circular economy for energy and materials
• Biogas, biomass and biofuels
• Energy, carbon and environmental life cycle assessment

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Public outreach & key achievements

Grass4Gas - Is Ireland about to finally embrace anaerobic digestion? Eco Eye, RTE 1, 5 March 2019

Member of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance 2019 

The DNA of Innovation: Volume IV: Our Global Impact on Society

Science for Environment Policy: DG Environment News Alert Service, European Commission 

Member of Editorial Board for UCL Open: Environment 

Research students

PhD area	Renewable Energy Crops for Reducing Agricultural Run-Off and Improving Water Quality
Name	Joe Livingstone
Years of study	2018-ongoing
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD area	Nutrient Management of Digestate and Slurry combined with Energy Recovery
Name	Ashley Cathcart
Years of study	2018-ongoing
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD area	Investigation of Microplastics in Drinking Water Systems
Name	Alice Liddell
Years of Study	2019-ongoing
Country	Northern Ireland

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area	Whole Life Cycle Modelling of Alternative Driveline Technologies
Name	Andrew Harris
Years of study	2016-2020
Country	Northern Ireland
Current Position	2016-2020
PhD area	Grassland Management and its Impact on Carbon Fluxes
Name	Jonathan Blair
Years of study	2015-2020
Country	Northern Ireland
Current Position	Staff Officer in Green Growth and Climate Action Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)
PhD area	Micro-reforming of Biogas for Micro-combined Heat and Power Generation
Name	Fabio de Rosa
Years of study	2014-2018
Country	Italy
Current Position	Solution Consultant, Veeva Systems

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• Clean Energies
• Research Centre in Sustainable Energy