The Advisory Council links academic researchers working on the underpinning science base for CCS with both practitioners in the field and researchers across the wide range of related disciplines that all contribute to delivering net-zero. The Advisory Council brings together representatives from other academic hubs, industry and trade associations, policymakers and additional stakeholders with relevant experience and roles to work with the UKCCSRC programme and guide the strategic direction of the Centre.
Advisory Council

Dr Bruce Adderley

Dr Lindsay-Marie Armstrong

Mr Silvian Baltac

Dr Xiaomian Baxter

Dr Chet Biliyok

Mr James Bowers

Prof Nigel Brandon

Mr Jonathan Briggs

Mr Carl Clayton

Mr Jarad Daniels

Mr Graeme Davies

Ms Suzanne Ferguson

Dr Carolina Font Palma

Mr Sam French

Mr David Hanstock

Ms Catrin Harris

Mr Michael High

Mr Ben Kek

Mr Mark Lewis

Dr Bryony Livesey

Prof Ron Loveland

Ms Kirsty Lynch

Prof Niall Mac Dowell

Dr Niall Macfadyen, C. Eng.

Mr Klim MacKenzie

Prof Haroun Mahgerefteh

Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Dr Harsh Pershard

Prof Ian Reaney

Dr Fatemeh Rezazadeh

Ms Catherine Spriggs

Mr Adrian Topham

Mr Mike Wailes

Dr Sara Walker

Dr Gang Wang

Dr Bruce Adderley

Dr Lindsay-Marie Armstrong

Mr Silvian Baltac

Dr Xiaomian Baxter
Xiaomian Baxter, Carbon Capture Engineering Lead at SSE Thermal.
Xiaomian joined SSE Thermal after achieving a PhD in biomass combustion properties at University of Leeds in 2011. Xiaomian specialises in new and novel low carbon technological analysis and business opportunity identification. Specialist areas cover carbon capture and storage, low carbon hydrogen, all forms of energy storage and energy from waste gasification. Xiaomian has many years of market analysis experience, tracking market trends by regular attendance at conferences, association with university research bodies and meeting with key market players. Xiaomian has project management and development experience leading feasibility studies, concept design development, safety and risk reviews.

Dr Chet Biliyok

Mr James Bowers

Prof Nigel Brandon

Mr Jonathan Briggs

Mr Carl Clayton

Mr Jarad Daniels

Mr Graeme Davies

Ms Suzanne Ferguson

Dr Carolina Font Palma

Mr Sam French

Mr David Hanstock

Ms Catrin Harris

Mr Michael High

Mr Ben Kek

Mr Mark Lewis

Dr Bryony Livesey

Prof Ron Loveland

Ms Kirsty Lynch

Prof Niall Mac Dowell
- UKCCSRC Core Research Projects - Capture: A1, Materials Development, Systems & Policy: CAB1 - Cross-cutting Value of CCS and Systems & Policy: CA1 - BECCS within the energy system
Location

Dr Niall Macfadyen, C. Eng.

Mr Klim MacKenzie
Klim MacKenzie is an Associate Director with AECOM’s Renewables and Energy Transition business. He holds Chartered Chemical Engineer status with the IChemE and an MEng in Chemical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University. Klim's background is in petroleum refining, gas sweetening and power generation. At AECOM, he leads multi-discipline design teams across multiple projects developing both carbon capture and low-carbon hydrogen production in the UK and abroad. His specialisms include process simulation, process design and process control.
Klim is particularly interested in the response of carbon capture facilities during transient conditions, as well as the development of long-term data for solvent-based capture degradation processes. Recent work includes multiple studies for private and public sector clients such as BEIS – see 'Start-up and shut-down times of power CCUS facilities' or 'Review of Next Generation Carbon Capture Technology for Industry, Waste and Power'.

Prof Haroun Mahgerefteh

Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Dr Harsh Pershard
Location

Prof Ian Reaney

Dr Fatemeh Rezazadeh

Ms Catherine Spriggs

Mr Adrian Topham
Adrian Topham is Senior Development Manager CCUS, at The Crown Estate.
Adrian's role as sector lead is to help create a pipeline of geological CO2 storage prospects that delivers CB6 targets and meets market expectations, while playing a lead spatial planning role to optimise seabed use between CCUS, wind and other sectors.
His previous experience as an engineer, team leader, general manager and now development manager stems from academic training in chemical and petroleum engineering. He has worked as a reservoir engineer, aiding hydrocarbon extraction in many countries and is now committed to the carbon cycle and returning the by-products after use to the subsurface.Adrian's CCUS sector interests are both technical (geophysical, geomechanical, geological) and economic (capture feasibility, transportation, removals). He is currently involved in supporting research into windfarm / seismic monitoring interaction.
Mr Mike Wailes

Dr Sara Walker
