• Meet Our Team

    A team of dedicated scientists thrives to provide carbon solutions and sustainable future.

Director

Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Director｜Prof. Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Prof M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer is the first Robert Buchan Chair in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. She leads a team of 40 researchers developing novel solutions to meet the worldwide strive for energy, with particular emphasis on clean technologies. She has over 410 publications, including editor of 4 books and 32% of her publications are in top 10% most cited worldwide.Her outstanding contributions, publication record and service to the chemical sciences and energy engineering have been recognised with numerous international prizes and awards. She is a member of the Directorate of the Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage.
Research Profile ｜ M.Maroto-Valer@hw.ac.uk

Team Member

Associate Professor
Dr. John Andresen
Research focus:
Innovative process engineering solutions and life cycle assessment of industrial heat and power needs & waste water to renewable energy via Microbial Fuel Cell
Profile ｜ J.Andresen@hw.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Dr. Graeme Collie
Research focus:
Transportation of supercritical CO2, measurement of the mass flowrate of this cargo fluid and wellhead equipment design optimisation injection
Profile ｜ G.J.Collie@hw.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Dr. Susana Garcia
Research focus:
Advanced materials and separation processes; Biogas upgrading systems; Process intensification of separation/capture systems; Process integration and...
Profile ｜ S.Garcia@hw.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Dr. Huizhi Wang
Research focus:
Energy storage and conversion technologies (e.g., fuel cells, flow batteries, metal-air batteries), Carbon dioxide utilization & Electrochemical systems modeling
Profile ｜ H.Wang@hw.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jin Xuan
Research focus:
CO2 utilization, fuel cells, renewable energy, micro-reactors and process intensification.
Profile ｜ J.Xuan@hw.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Dr. Aimaro Sanna
Research focus:
R&D in bioenergy and waste valorisation combining catalysis, materials science and chemical engineering aspects. Catalytic membrane reactors, TEA, CO2 capture, pyrolysis, gasification and hydrotreating.
Profile ｜ A.Sanna@hw.ac.uk
Laboratory Manager
Dr. Sean Higgins
Research focus:
Dr Sean Higgins is the Laboratory Manager for the RCCS, where he coordinates all Health and Safety aspects, infrastructure maintenance, user induction and training, resources and..
Profile ｜ S.Higgins@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Javier Fermoso
Research focus:
Coal-biomass gasification; sorption enhanced steam reforming/gasification of biomass or biomass derived compounds for H2 production; catalytic pyrolysis of biomass...
Profile ｜ J.Fermoso@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Amir Jahanbakhsh
Research focus:
Multiphase fluid flow in porous media, Reservoir characterization, EOR processes and CO2 storage.
Profile ｜ A.Jahanbakhsh@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Ben Kolosz
Research focus:
Integration of catalytic gasification of waste biomass, solid oxide co-electrolysis and FT processing, all carried out through lifecycle assessment and process simulation.
Profile ｜ B.Kolosz@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Yang Luo
Research focus:
Process Integrations with particular interest in industrial sustainability, eco-intelligent manufacturing and signal processing.
Profile ｜ Y.luo@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Mahmoud Nazeri
Research focus:
Performance of Coriolis Flowmeters in the transportation of high CO2 content fluid mixtures with the emphasis on the impact of captured impurities by various CO2 capturing technologies...
Profile ｜ M.Nazeri@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Manuel Ojeda
Research focus:
Development of metal nanoparticles supported on mesoporous materials, mechanochemical synthesis and heterogeneous catalysis.
Profile ｜ M.Ojeda@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Eva Sanchez Fernandez
Research focus:
Detail operation of power plants with carbon capture at design and off-design conditions and the interfaces between the capture plant...
Profile ｜ E.Sanchez_Fernandez@hw.ac.uk
Visiting Post-Doc
Dr. Ahmet Turan
Research focus:
Mineral carbonation; utilization of waste materials which arise in vacuum silicothermic magnesium production process. Synthesis of Li4SiO4 CO2 adsorbents through solid state...
Profile ｜ at89@hw.ac.uk
Research Associate
Dr. Krystian Wlodarczyk
Research focus:
Investigation and development of CO2 laser polishing and ultrashort-pulsed laser micromachining of optical glass substrates, high-speed laser cutting and...
Profile ｜ K.L.Wlodarczyk@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Nur Adilah Abd Rahman
Research focus:
Development and application of catalysts for the development of biofuels & biomass or waste conversion into renewable fuels.
na346@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Muhammad N Almustapha
Research focus:
@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Mohammed Arshad
Research focus:
Depolymerize lignin and potentially to produce value added chemicals from this abundant resource, homogeneous-, heterogeneous- and bio- catalysis as well as chemical engineering.
@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Giuseppe Bagnato
Research focus:
Integrate catalytic membrane reactors in bio-refineries, Water Gas Shift Reaction in dense Pd-Ag membrane reactor for hydrogen production
gb17@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Julia Barrio
Research focus:
Understanding emissions from CO2 capture plants in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) networks.
jb82@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Elizabeth Bay
Research focus:
Carbon Capture and Utilization, particularly through Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Solar Fuels and integrating functional sustainability into modern life TA for Mechanical Engineering
erb31@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Meltiani Belekoukia
Research focus:
Catalysis engineering for energy and carbon conversion
mb75@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Muhammad Farooq
Research focus:
Activated carbon adsorption and regeneration for CO2 capture and low lost Bio-methane production from biogas.
mf181@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Evangelos Kalamaras
Research focus:
Activated carbon adsorption and regeneration for CO2 capture and low lost Bio-methane production from biogas.
ek15@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Roozbeh Kalateh
Research focus:
@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Franklin Kalu
Research focus:
@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
XiaoJiao Luo
Research focus:
CO2 photoreduction
xl25@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Muhammad Imran Masood
Research focus:
Production and characterization of different active carbon based adsorbents to capture CO2 from biogas in adsorption-based systems.
mm148@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Micheal O Ogidi
Research focus:
Process Safety, design and operation of a digester in bio-gas production & impact of multilayer subcontracting on project performance in Nigeria’s construction industry
moo1@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Montserrat Recasens
Research focus:
CO2-brine-well cement interactions under conditions representative of CO2 geological storage processes
mr25@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Ahmed Saleh
Research focus:
Process Integration of High Temperature CO2 Capture with Lithium-Based Sorbents in Power and Industrial Plants.
ams2@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Warren Thomson
Research focus:
CO2 Photoreduction, development of telescopic flow chemistry processes towards ARVs
wat1@hw.ac.uk
PhD Student
Adilet Zhakeyev
Research focus:
Development of active materials for additive manufacturing and subsequently fabricate functional energy conversion devices, particularly for CO2 utilisation.
az22@hw.ac.uk

Alumni

  • Dr. Nazia Farooqui
  • Dr. Luc T Steel
  • Dr. Tevfik Aysu
  • Dr. Patricia Córdoba
  • Dr. Qi Liu
  • Dr. Oluwafunmilola Ola
  • Dr. Theodoros Chronopoulos
  • Dr. Ili Ramli
  • Dr. Marco Dri
  • Dr. Xiaolong Wang
  • Dr. Dong Liu
  • Dr. Manuela Rallo
  • Dr. Junru Li

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We have over 400 publications and 30 books.

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Extensive state-of-art equipment covering CCS Chain