Experience

  1. Professor of Energy Process Engineering, Paul Wurth Chair

    University of Luxembourg

    Responsibilities include:

    • Developing new courses with a focus on energy, sustainability and hydrogen
    • Teaching in Bachelor and Masters programmes
    • Leading research group with a focus on hydrogen-related materials and systems
    • Leading multiple collaborative projects with industry

  2. Vice-Dean, Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine

    University of Luxembourg

    Responsibilities include:

    • Working together with the Dean on Faculty strategic leadership
    • Leading activities, chairing committees and developing education-focussed activities
    • Chairing a working party on diversity in recruitment, aimed especially at increasing diversity of the academic staff in the Faculty

  3. Group Leader, Institute for Micro Process Engineering (IMVT)

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Advanced materials, membranes, photochemistry and green hydrogen research. My initial period of work at KIT was supported by an Experienced Researcher Fellowship from the

  4. Senior Lecturer

    Imperial College London
    Teaching and research in chemical engineering, especially membrane science and engineering. Taught the course “Nuclear Chemical Engineering” for several years. Co-launched the Barrer Centre.

  5. Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering

    Monash University
    Teaching and research in chemical engineering. Appointed Lecturer in 2009, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011 and Associate Professor in 2012.

Education

  1. PhD Chemical Engineering

    The University of Queensland
    Thesis on Nafion Nanocomposite Membranes for the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell. Supervised by Prof G.Q. Max Lu, Prof. Joe da Costa, Prof. Darren Martin.
    Read Thesis

  2. Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) Hons I

    The University of Queensland
    Graduated with First Class Honours. Final year studied as an exchange student at Nottingham University.

  3. Graduate Certificate in Higher Education

    Monash University
    Teaching qualification, specialising in university teaching.

  4. Cambridge Senior Management Programme

    Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge University
    Senior management training programme to build key leadership skills, and apply them to drive strategy, lead digital innovation and manage change.
Skills & Hobbies
Professional Skills
Research group leadership

Experienced in building, leading, and problem-solving in diverse research teams
Budget management

Extensive budget management experience with small to large (10M€+) projects
Talent management

Recruiting and retaining high-performing team members
Communication

Exceptional skills in public speaking
Hobbies
Hiking
Travel
Photography
Awards
Experienced Researcher Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ∙ January 2019
Fellowship for a period of research at KIT working on advanced materials and reactors with Prof. Dr. Roland Dittmeyer.
Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers
IChemE ∙ January 2013
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry ∙ January 2016
Chevening Scholar
Royal Society of Chemistry ∙ January 2004
Fully funded scholarship supporting one year abroad during my PhD, mostly in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College London working with Prof. Anthony Kucernak, then a short placement with Prof. Suzana Nunes at GKSS, Germany (now known as Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon)
Languages
100%
English
75%
German