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- Blessing AfolayanStorageA doctoral student researching into carbon storage in saline aquifer in an offshore basin in South AfricaUniversity of the Western CapeJuan AlcaldeStorageI work on storage site selection, characterisation, monitoring and risk assessmentInstitute of Earth Sciences Jaume AlmeraJessica Arellano SanchezStorageCurrently I am a second year PhD student focused in the asessment of CO2 storage potential in the Southeast of Mexico, with a MSc in Geoinformation Technology and Cartography in the University of Glasgow, also a geological engineer. With two and a half years of work experiences in mapping and GIS development.University of BristolJess BaileyStorageReservoir GeologistRPSPuyan BakhshiStoragePostgraduate Researcher Focusing on CO2 StorageHeriot-Watt UniversitySam BartlettCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationHigher Research Scientist working in the Gas & Particle Metrology group at NPL. Research focus is on CO2 product quality/purity using expertise in gas analysis, sampling and provision of reference gas standards for analyser calibrationNational Physical LaboratoryMalcolm BellCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsRPSSimbarashe BitiCaptureUniversity of AberdeenJon BlazaCaptureChartered Civil Engineer CEng MICE) with geotechnical design and marine construction experience. Postgraduate student (MSc Carbon Management)University of EdinburghPhebe Linette Bonilla PradoCaptureUniversity of SheffieldI am a PhD student working on molecular simulation of CO2 capture on hydrotalciteUniversity of SheffieldPatrick BrandlCaptureImperial College LondonPatrick Brandl is a Doctoral Researcher within the Centre for Process System Engineering (CPSE), the Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP), and the Clean Fossil Fuel and Bioenergy Research Group (CleanFaB) at the Imperial College London.https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/patrick.brandl16Paul BridgerStorageI'm a Geologist currently working at the BGS as an early-career researcher, looking at carbon storage solutions for the UK. Previously I worked in the oil & gas industry but recently transitioned to CCS.British Geological Survey (BGS)Tony ByrneCaptureThornton TomasettiBen CallowStorageUniversity of SouthamptonI am a final year PhD student within the Geology & Geophysics research group at the University of Southampton. The key aim of my PhD project is to quantify permeability and fully understand the dynamics of fluid flow through fluid-escape structures, for applications to CO2 Storage. I have been actively involved with five international CCS research projects: CarbFix, STEMM-CCS, CHIMNEY, GASRIP and DETECT.Andrew CavanaghStorageI am a post-doctoral researcher at Edinburgh University. I have specialised in CO2 geological storage since 2006 and have been involved in projects that investigate the design, performance, and outcomes of CO2 storage sites around the world including Sleipner, Weyburn, and Snøhvit. I hold a PhD in petroleum geology and reservoir diagenesis.The University of Edinburgh96275637 ChenCaptureUniversity of EdinburghTBCThe university of edinburghChak Yam (Linus) ChuCross Cutting Issues: Business/Policy/Public PerceptionCurrently a MSc Environmental Technology student in Imperial College London. Aiming to focus on CCS for my future career.Imperial College LondonPeter ClarkCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationI am a Knowledge Transfer Manager at KTN with a key focus of my role being to support innovation in industrial decarbonisationDrPeter CloughCaptureCranfield UniversityDr Clough's experimental research is centred around the theme of clean energy, specifically hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage, and catalytic material development and testing. Within these fields his research students and post-doctoral researchers apply machine learning to aid the control and safety of reactors, predict optimal material properties, and explain the most important features within a system.Paul CoplandStorageMarubeni Itochu Tubulars Europe PlcCyril CruaCaptureCyril Crua is Professor of Engineering with 20 years’ experience in optical and laser-based diagnostics for aerosolsMariglia DanieliCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationMSc Renewable EnergyCranfieldNILOY DEStorageI am third year PhD student working on geological storage of carbondioxide. My objective is to study the effect grain particles on the dissolution process. The migration of Co2 plume in a microfluidic porous media will be visualized by a pH indicator.Loughborough UniversityBen DooleyCaptureI hold a PhD from the School of Engineering at the University of Leeds and I currently work at Drax Power Station as a BECCS project EngineerDraxMelis DuyarCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationDr Melis Duyar is a Lecturer in Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Surrey. Her research is focused on carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and experimental heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications. Dr Duyar received her B.Sc. (2012) in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Koç University. She obtained her MS (2013) and PhD (2015) in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York and conducted post-doctoral research (2015-2017) in the Chemical Engineering Department at Stanford University. Prior to her academic appointment at the University of Surrey (2019), Dr Duyar worked at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as Associate Staff Scientist at the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis and was also Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University (2017-2019).University of SurreyOghenegare EyankwareCaptureI am independent consultant with keen interest in deployment of CCS in Nigeria. I am interested in the use of adsorption media for carbon capture at post combustion conditions. Also, I founded an organization dedicated to advocating for deployment of CCS in Nigeria and West Africa at large.University of Port HarcourtPadraig FlemingCross Cutting Issues: Business/Policy/Public PerceptionI have recently been appointed the Market Development Manager for Carbon Capture and Storage in Ervia. I am based in Dublin, Ireland and I have experience in various utility sectors, electricity, gas and water. I have designed and implemented major developments such as the Single Electricity Market in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Established a new water utility, Irish Water in Ervia group. I have contributed to high profile strategic projects, such as the restructuring of a national energy utility and corporate planning. I have significant expertise in negotiation, due diligence, regulation, service level agreements, gas and electricity pricing policies, energy trading and I have also acted as an advisor to executive management team overseas. I am a Chartered Engineer and I holds an MBA with Henley Management College, Masters of Arts (mathematics) with Trinity College Dublin and a Batchelor of Science (engineering) with Trinity College Dublin. I am a member of the Institute of Directors and hold a Diploma in Company Direction with IOD.ErviaCarolina Font PalmaCaptureUniversity of ChesterSenior lecturer in Chemical EngineeringUniversity of ChesterJalal ForoozeshCross Cutting Issues: Energy Systems,Cross Cutting Issues: Environmental,StorageUniversiti Teknologi PETRONASAlejandro Gallego SchmidCross Cutting Issues: EnvironmentalDr Alejandro Gallego Schmid works as a Lecturer in Circular Economy and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment at the Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. He is part of Tyndall Manchester - an interdisciplinary team working on relevant research on climate change sustainability, where he works identifying sustainable solutions for industrial, water and energy systems on a life cycle and circular economy basis, taking into account economic, environmental and social aspects.The University of ManchesterStuart GilfillanStorageUniversity of EdinburghI'm a Senior Lecturer in Geochemistry within the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. My early research primarily focused on determining how CO2 can be safely stored in the subsurface over significant timescales. This is the most critical issue confronting the acceptance of geological storage of man-made CO2 in the Earth's crust. I'm particularly interested in geochemically investigating how CO2 migrates in the crust, especially through faults and cap rocks and the residence time of CO2 in natural reservoirs. More recently I have been developing methods to trace CO2 migration and applying this knowledge to the tracing of methane for the environmental monitoring of unconventional gas exploration and extraction.Mikhail GorbounovCaptureI am a PhD student at Brunel. My focus is mainly on synthesising and characterising a novel adsorbent for carbon capture. My research supervisor is Dr. Salman Masoudi Soltani. We are aiming on developing new materials, preferably out of bottom ash, due to the environmental benefit of putting it to use, rather than wasting the combustion by-product. I have a strong chemical engineering and chemical technology background, having done it previously in my BSc and MSc.Brunel University LondonClair GoughCross Cutting Issues: Business/Policy/Public PerceptionUniversity of ManchesterTyndall Centre for Climate Change ResearchClair Gough is a senior research fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester. She is the Research Area Champion for societal responses and leads the work package on social licence to operate. With a focus on CCS and biomass energy with CCS (BECCS), Clair has extensive experience in energy-related social scientific research, including expert elicitation processes, public attitudes and responses, and ethical assessment, as well as integrated socio-technical assessments. Her recent publications include the first integrated scoping study of BECCS technologies, analyses of the explicit and implicit assumptions underpinning the feasibility of BECCS in Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) and she lead-edited the first book bringing together latest thinking on BECCS technical, engineering, climate modelling, policy and social and ethical aspects of the technology, published in 2018.Meei Mei (Nicole) GuiCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationDr Gui currently a Lecturer (education) in Chemical Engineering in Queen’s University Belfast. She graduated with Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Monash University in 2015 and subsequently worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia from 2015-2017. Her research career till date have been focused on the synthesis of renewable energy such as hydrogen fuel and biodiesel, low-temperature adsorption of carbon dioxide and conversion of carbon dioxide into other useful chemical compounds. She has completed a PhD dissertation in a research project on photoreduction of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon compounds under visible light irradiation. She has also published several research articles reported on carbon dioxide capture and utilisation on international peer-reviewed journals. Her research interests focus on researching new innovation in sustainable fuel synthesis and consumption with respect to ‘zero-carbon emission fuel’ concept. She is currently working on solar-assisted synthesis of hydrogen fuel and utilisation of carbon dioxide.Queen's University BelfastFatih GulecCaptureUniversity of NottinghamCranfield UniversityCatrin HarrisStorageFirst-year postgraduate PhD researcher within the Earth Science and Engineering department at Imperial College London. I am part of the DTP transition to a sustainable zero pollution society. I previously graduated with a MSci Chemical Physics from the University of Bristol. My PhD project studies advanced petrophysics for the characterisation of CO2 trapping mechanisms for geological carbon storage, with supervisor’s Dr Sam Krevor and Prof Ann Muggeridge. The project uses novel digital rock core technology, including micro and medical x-ray CT, to improve our understanding of capillary and dissolution trapping of CO2 in the subsurface. The impact of rock heterogeneity on upscaled residual trapping is evaluated through experiment and numerical models.Imperial College LondonJim HarveyCross Cutting Issues: Business/Policy/Public PerceptionInnovation Lead Industrial Decarbonisation UKRIUKRIAliakbar HassanpouryouzbandCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsPostdoctoral Research AssociateThe University of EdinburghStuart HaszeldineCross Cutting Issues: Business/Policy/Public Perception ,Cross Cutting Issues: Energy Systems,Cross Cutting Issues: EnvironmentalUniversity of EdinburghCraig HodgeCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsThe Oil & Gas Technology CentreRicardo Joaquin Hornedo AldecoCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsIndustrial Engineer, studying a master in Renewable Energy in Cranfield University.Cranfield UniversityZhigang HuCaptureDr. Hu started his independent research group as a Lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Brunel University London in March 2020. He obtained his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS) under the supervision of Prof. Dan Zhao in 2016, working on novel synthetic approaches for the scale-up and design of functional MOFs and related composite materials for adsorption-based gas separation and heterogeneous catalysis. In July 2017, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology of University of Cambridge as a research associate with Prof. Laura Torrente-Murciano, working on developing catalytic ammonia decomposition catalysts and process integration membrane reactors. In March 2019, He worked as a research associate with Prof. Andrea C. Ferrari at the Department of Electrical Engineering of University of Cambridge, focusing on the solution processing of 2D semiconductor materials and composites for flexible electronics applications. He has got extensive expertise in solution-processing crystallisation of MOF and composite materials, advanced adsorbent materials for clean energy, supported metal nanoparticle catalysts for hydrogen production, process integration design for reaction and separation, and electrochemical nanofabrication of flexible electronic devices.Brunel University LondonFrank JacksonCross Cutting Issues: Business/Policy/Public PerceptionWe developing CO2 capture and application technologies on a commercial scale with the inteCool Planet Technologies LtdAmir JahanbakhshStorageHeriot-Watt UniversityHeriot-Watt UniversityYuhao JiCaptureI am a PhD student working on ceramic-carbonate dual phase membranes for high temperature CO2 capture. My project focuses on developing mechanistic insights on CO2 transport through these membranes, in order to enable more energy effective membrane based CO2 capture.Newcastle UniversityLong JiangCaptureNewcastle UniversityMy main research interest is in thermal energy storage and heat pump, biomass fuelled and solar driven tri-generation system, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), efficient energy conversion technologies e.g. organic Rankine cycle (ORC), heat and mass transfer enhancement of the porous materials, and exhaustive cleaning methods for diesel vehicle.Durham University/Newcastle UniversityGlynn JonesCaptureInterested in finding ways to apply advanced textile technology to CCSJ&D Wilkie LtdMolly KirvenStorageUniversity of DerbyMing LamCross Cutting Issues: EnvironmentalMing is a senior consultant with Ricardo Energy and Environment. He is an engineering and project professional with over 9 years of experience. He is an AD expert, working for 3 years as project engineer with an industry leading UK developer, builder and operator of AD facilities, and for 2 years as an independent project engineer for AD lenders prior to consulting. Ming has also worked as a process design engineer for a heat and mass transfer original equipment manufacturer (OEM), designing heat exchangers and pasteurisation systems for AD plants and gaining experience in a range of industry sectors, including wastewater, food and chemicals manufacturing. Ming is a qualified Chemical Engineer, Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).Ricardo Energy and EnvironmentMartin LandCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsProject Development and Delivery expertise developed over 30 years with major role in early UK CCS projects both as Owner, Technology Developer and as panel assessor with ETI.Black & VeatchChris MacMinnStorageUniversity of OxfordI am an engineer and applied scientist with an interdisciplinary background in physical mathematics, fluid and solid mechanics, and porous media. My research group studies flow, transport, and deformation in porous media, with applications in soft materials and subsurface engineering (including CCS). We do this using mathematical modeling and high-resolution experiments.University of OxfordZen MakuchStorageImperial College LondonCCS Technical, Regulation and Policy Expert, Imperial College LondonJames McGregorCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationUniversity of SheffieldMy research is concerned with sustainable catalytic science and engineering, in particular the application of waste or low-value co-products as feedstocks for the production of value-added chemicals and fuels. Current areas of research span CO2 utilisation, biomass conversion, energy materials and petrochemical processing. I am a chartered engineer, Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (MIChemE) and member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC).Christopher McMahonStorageI am currently studying for PhD at the University of Strathclyde, having completed my MSc Applied Geoscience (GeoEnergy) at the University of Edinburgh. My PhD focuses on shallow fault systems and the implications of these systems for the migration of stored subsurface fluids (e.g. CO2, H2, CH4) to the surface. This research aims to understand and build a safety case for effectively monitoring subsurface storage (e.g. CCS or Hydrogen) to ensure best practice and promote positive public perception of subsurface low-carbon geoenergy industries.University of StrathclydeJuan MejiaStorageAssociate professor of Petroleum EngineeringUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaGloria MensahCross Cutting Issues: Business/Policy/Public PerceptionUniversity of SheffieldGloria is currently completing her PhD in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her research focuses on bringing together insights from politics, psychology and engineering to advance knowledge on socio-political perspectives of CCS technologies. With countries continuing to pursue efforts to tackle environmental concerns such as climate change, it has become necessary to consider not only what technology is available, but also how social and political barriers to the advancement of technology can be overcome. One aspect of that debate is considering how ideas emerge on the government agenda to become seriously taken by policy makers. CCS technologies have been recognised as having an important role to play in steeper carbon dioxide emissions reductions, in efforts to tackle climate change. Despite the opportunities CCS present, there have been variations in the levels of government investment for CCS demonstration projects over the past decade in the UK, with projects often appearing to be frustrated in practice. This makes it interesting to focus an analysis of how policy ideas come to be taken seriously and which factors affect ongoing support of policy solutions. By applying insights from policy theory to the UK CCS case, my research seeks to identify lessons that will be valuable to proponents of other technology options.The University of SheffieldHenry MorrisCaptureTechnical DirectorAzinor CatalystDaniel MullenCapturePhD student, in Carbon capture, focusing on Post Combustion CCS for energy generation.University of EdinburghGreg A. MutchCaptureNewcastle UniversityDr Greg A. Mutch is a Newcastle University Academic Track Fellow in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University with areas of expertise in carbon capture and storage, gas separation using membranes and adsorbents, vibrational spectroscopy and surface chemistry, as well as micro-fabrication and X-ray tomography. He primarily works on solid sorbent and membrane approaches to carbon dioxide separations, including calcium looping and supported molten-salt membranes.Newcastle UniversitySUPRITH NANDAKUMARCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationResearch Engineer at Green Quotient- Leading Research in Carbon capture technologiesGreen Quotient LTDCharis NathanCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationI am a PhD student of chemistry, researching inorganic lanthanides that make functional materials when reacted with ambient CO2.University of BrightonWilliam NimmoCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsUniversity of SheffieldtbcPaula NkulikiyinkaCaptureIndustrially experienced chemical engineering PhD research student, with a demonstrated history of working in the emissions control industry, construction chemistry industry and briefly the oil and gas industry. MSc focused in Advanced Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London. Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in the low-carbon hydrogen production with carbon capture and storage (CCS) coupled with machine learning and molecular modelling, using MATLAB, Aspen, and Python.Cranfield UniversityGiorgos PapageorgiouStorageUniversity of EdinburghGiorgos Papageorgiou has a master’s degree in theoretical physics from Imperial College and a PhD in Mathematical Physics from Heriot-Watt University. He became interested in geophysics in 2011 where he worked as a postdoctoral researcher on AVO classification of subglacial sediments and its potential to determine the ice-bed boundary condition. The next three years he worked on rock physics modelling of partially saturated CO2 sands as a postdoctoral research associate within the DiSECCS project, offered by the engineering and physical sciences research council, UK. He currently shares his time between Trondheim and Edinburgh where he is a postdoctoral fellow in anisotropic, partially saturated thin layer effects in seismic wave propagation working with Alexey Stovas and Mark Chapman in a project funded by the Norwegian research council. His interest span poro/visco-elasticity, theoretical rock physics, rock-physics based inversion, fluid substitution and wave propagation in layered media and how their attributes can be used in the quantification of stored CO2.NTNU and Edinburgh universityRyan PaytonStorageRoyal Holloway University of LondonBen PetrovicCaptureBen Petrovic is a current doctoral researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Brunel University London. He obtained a BEng in Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University where for 6 months he studied the optimisation of post-combustion CO2 capture from a combined-cycle gas turbine power plant via Taguchi design of experiment. The project involved the modelling, simulation and optimisation of an amine-based absorption capture unit to process the flue gas of a 600 MW NGCC power plant. Upon graduation he was granted an EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Studentship. His PhD (October 2019-present) involves the utilisation of biomass combustion ash in the removal of CO2 from biomass combustion plants. With the intent to reveal the feasibility of a niche, in-situ process based on novel and cost-effective adsorbents for CO2 capture.Brunel Universtity LondonMervyn PilleyCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsExecutive Director of organisation promoting energy efficiency and carbon reduction policiesEnergy Services and Technology AssociationLuke PoultonCaptureAn early career researcher, working in laser based measurements using rainbow refractometry of solvent droplets CO2 uptakeMrFatemeh RezazadehCaptureUniversity of LeedsCCS Strategy & Go to MarketSiemensJen RobertsStorageUniversity of StrathclydeI am a Chancellor’s Fellow in Energy, which is a research-facing Lectureship position. My research is interdisciplinary and applied, and addresses the social and environmental risk of geological resources – often relating to CCS. These risks vary from the very specific or technical-facing, to broad and societal-facing, and the range of risks and impacts and decision-making processes in-between. Ultimately my work aims to inform how the necessary transition to a net zero carbon future can be implemented in a way that is acceptable to society and to the environment. Key CCS Research The study of natural and industrial analogues, and lab and field experiments to understand CO2 leakage, including leak mitigation and leak quantitation; CO2 emission and storage accounting; the perception, assessment and communication of risks relating to CCS; the role of CCS in delivering net-zero future.University of StrathclydeHaline RochaStorageImperial College LondonGeologist and PhD candidate. Research CO2 storage in shales through adsorption, and unconventional hydrocarbons.Imperial College London / University of São PauloHydra RodriguesStorageHeriot-Watt UniversityI grew up in Fortaleza, Brazil and now find myself ‘across the pond’ completing a doctorate in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. Here I soak in Edinburgh’s landscapes, history and people while working on my research in CO2-EOR and Storage. I’m using modelling and simulation tools to optimize CO2-WAG operations in carbonate reservoirs, aiming to improve profitability, flow assurance (managing inorganic scale) and environmental impact. After I graduate this year, my goal is to use my skills in geo-energy systems to help society tackle the energy transition challenge. My dream is to craft a career that makes a difference, and always pushes my intellectual limits - one that after 20+ years of experience I will be still discovering new things.Heriot-Watt UniversityJon RunyonCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsCardiff UniversityTBCArif SiddiquieCaptureI am currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil. Engineering at Amity University, Lucknow Campus India.I am a PhD degree holder in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the year 2009 from Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University Lucknow INDIA and also holding a M.Tech. degree in Environmental Engineering from Department of Civil Engineering Integral University, Lucknow. I have been teaching technical aspects of environmental engineering subjects, which include Environmental Impact Assessment, Air Pollution modelling, Water supply engineering, Waste water technology, Solid waste management, Geo-environmental engineering, Air Pollution Control and Ground water hydrology to B.Tech. and M.Tech. level students. Besides teaching and research assignments I have also worked as a consultant to the Govt. of India, New Delhi reporting directly to the erstwhile, Minister of state Mrs. Maneka Gandhi at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, India. I have published various research papers in various reputed journals and also guided B.Tech. and M.Tech. students for their project thesis work. Moreover, I have also participated in short term courses and attended various seminars, workshops and conferences from time to time.Amity University, Lucknow Campus, LucknowJeni SpraggCaptureI am a chemical engineer, currently working on the BECCS project at Drax Power. Previously I was studying for a PhD in hydrogen-CCS at the University of Leeds.Drax Power LtdAnjali SrinivasCaptureFounder of Green Quotient Ltd.Green Quotient Ltd.Oliver StanfieldCaptureOliver currently is a PhD student at the University of Leeds, with an undergraduate degree in Chemistry with Industrial Experience from Bangor University. His current research focuses on the challenges, impact and opportunities in large scale solvent management for CCS processes at industrial sources of carbon dioxide, such as solvent regeneration, recycling, and production methods and scalability with embedded CO2 emissions in solvent manufacture. Furthermore looking at key issues and fundamental chemistry aspects with amine deployment, such as degradation routes, which reduce the capacity and ability for carbon capture.Andrew StephenCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationForward thinking technology company with delivery expertiseTechnical SolutionsWennie SubramonianCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationInvolve in 'Building a Hydrogen Economy' Research Project at Teesside UniversityJunwang TangCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationUniversity College LondonProfessor of Materials Chemistry and EngineeringUniversity College LondonXu TANGStorageUniversity of NottinghamDr Xu Tang is a lecturer (assistant professor) in Carbon Storage and GeoEnergy Engineering in the School of Water, Energy and Environment at Cranfield University. His research focuses on two main areas to tackle climate change while meeting future low-carbon energy needs. The first research focus is on geological carbon storage with or without hydrocarbons recovery, and the second is on geoenergy engineering, including subsurface energy storage, unconventional hydrocarbons, sustainable mining and minerals etc. Dr Tang received a BEng and MEng degree from Henan Polytechnic University (China) in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He also received an MSc degree from West Virginia University (USA) and a PhD from Virginia Tech (USA) in 2014 and 2016, respectively. After the completion of his PhD, he worked as a postdoc associate at the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research (USA) for one and half years, and then moved to the University of Nottingham (UK) in 2018 when he was awarded a MSCA Individual Fellowship from the EU. When he worked in the USA, he obtained a significant amount of field experience and hands-on skills in geological carbon storage by participating in several large-scale carbon dioxide injection projects federally funded by the US Department of Energy. When relocating to Nottingham, he combined novel laboratory experiments and modelling approaches to investigate the fundamental mechanisms of fluid flow in porous media and the coupled physico-chemical processes of rock-fluid interaction.Cranfield UniversityDamon TeagleCross Cutting Issues: EnvironmentalUniversity of SouthamptonProfessor of Geochemistry, Director of the Southampton Marine & Maritime InstitutionUniversity of SouthamptonPetra van KoningsbruggenCross Cutting Issues: CO2 UtilisationLecturer in Inorganic ChemistryAston UniversityRuiqi WangCross Cutting Issues: EnvironmentalRuiqi Wang is a PhD student at the Department of Engineering, Durham University. Her research is focused on the incorporation of carbon capture and energy-efficient improvement technologies for low carbon iron and steel industry.Durham UniversityTon WildenborgStorageTNO Innovation for lifeTBCHamish WilsonCross Cutting Issues: Energy SystemsMy career spans both the oil industry and renewables, and includes leading technology and consultancy companies from start-up through to trade sale. I consult at senior executive level for a number of the world’s largest oil companies on exploration strategy and performance. The insights gained from advising on oil company capital allocation processes, combined with a deep understanding of renewable energy risk and reward profiles, give me a unique perspective on how to succeed in the transition to a low carbon future.Engenius LtdAndrew WrightCaptureAPRD ConsultancyI graduated from UMIST in 2003 with an MEng in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in modelling adsorption processes. I subsequently joined Air Products where I spent 4 years developing new adsorbents and process cycles at pilot-scale before implementing them into commercial air separation plants. My next role was to improve Air Products’ CO2 capture technologies including sorption-enhanced water-gas-shift (SEWGS) and a new H2 pressure-swing-adsorption process for sour syngas. In addition to these, I also led the onsite team piloting an oxy-coal CO2 capture process at Vattenfall’s 30 MWth test facility in Germany. In 2013, I joined Air Products’ operations team at Tees Valley, starting up a first-of-its-kind plasma gasification waste-to-energy facility designed to convert 950 tpd of municipal solid waste to 50 MWe. Since 2016, I have been working with industry and academia as an independent researcher looking at improving the modelling of adsorption processes and dealing with scale-up issues with these units going from laboratory experiments to commercial designs. My primary projects have focussed on medical oxygen concentrators and pre-combustion CO2 capture. I have also been sought out as a consultant on novel waste-to-energy projects.APRD ConsultancyJohn YoungCaptureI am a 1st year PhD student within the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) at Heriot Watt University. My PhD is focussed on Direct Air Capture and the use of a solid-amine adsorption process. The main goal currently is to investigate the effect of water on carbon dioxide adsorption since the relative humidity in air varies greatly. Previously, I obtained an MEng in Chemical Engineering with a 2:1 grade from Imperial College London.Heriot Watt University
