Member of Queen's University Belfast Senate

Member of Queen's University Belfast Academic Council

Member of Queen's University Belfast Planning, Finance and Resources Committee

Personal Tutor to Chemical Engineering Students

EPS Mental Health Ambassador

Chemical Engineering Lab Coordinator

CHE2101 Chemical Process Thermodynamics Module Coordinator

Member of College Advisory Group for College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

Current Academic Year:

• Chemical Engineering Labs (Level 1 and Level 2)
• Introduction to Chemical Products and Processes (CHE1101)
• Mathematics for Chemists and Engineers (CHE1108)
• Introduction to Engineering Design (CHE1105)
• Chemical Process Thermodynamics (CHE2101)
• Chemical Reactor Design and Process Integration (CHE3101)
• Research Project (CHE4012)
• Fundamental Principles of Hydrogen Generation and Use (CHE7204/7304)
• Hydrogen System Design and Practice (CHE7206/7306)
• Research Project in Net Zero Engineering (CHE7207)

Previous Academic Years:

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

• Sustainable Energy Systems (CHE 4105)
• Environmental Engineering (CHE 4004)
• Design Project 2 (CHE2012)
• Chemical Engineering Design (CHE2106)
• Introduction to Reaction Engineering (CHE2002)
• Mathematics for Engineers (CHE1006)
• Chemistry Laboratory Demonstrating for Physical Chemistry (Levels 1 and 2)
• Environmental Engineering Design (CHE4108) (2^nd Marker)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: 

• Final Year Individual Project Lecture Series (MEE 4040/MEE 3030/AER 4002)
• Thermodynamics (MEE1018)

Knowledge Transfer Workshop:

• Catalyst Characterisation Technique Development (Post Graduate, 2013)
• Kinetics of Transient Processes (Post Graduate, 2013). 

BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, Queen's University Belfast (2007)

PhD in Catalysis, Queen's University Belfast (2010)

Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC, 2011)

Chartered Chemist (CChem) Royal Society of Chemistry (2015)

Chartered Scientist (CSci), Royal Society of Chemistry/Science Council (2015)

Health and Safety Representatives (Level 2), NOCN (2020)

Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (PGCHET, 2021)

Fellow Higher Education Academy (2021)

SEDA University Co-ordinators Programme (2021)  

Workplace Essentials: Health & Safety, ATC Training via FutureLearn (2021)

Mental Health First Aid, Public Health Agency/Dept of Health (2021)

Teach Forward: Strategies for Hybrid, Remote and Blended Learning, Microsoft Educator Centre (2021)

Enable Student Success with Blended Learning Solutions in HE, Microsoft Educator Centre (2021)

Ensuring Safe Workplaces, South Eastern Regional College (2021)

Close the STEM Gap by Engaging Girls, Microsoft Educator Centre (2021)

Communicating Across Cultures, British Council via FutureLearn (2021)

Introduction to Safeguarding, Open University via FutureLearn (2021)

Encouraging Active and Participatory Learning, Microsoft Educator Centre (2021)

Education for a Sustainable World, Microsoft Educator Centre (2022)

Professional Development Course for External Examiners, Advance HE (2022)

SEDA Mentoring (2022)

Supporting Learning in the Digital Age, SEDA (2022)

Digital Content for Supporting Lab Education Video

Research interests are in Chemical Education, Sustainable Energy and Catalysis. Major focus has been on Lab based Education for Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. The short video above summarises some of this work.

Previous projects related to air pollution/emissions of renewable energy boilers/engines and for the valorisation of residual digestate from Anaerobic Digestion. Other work with Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE) has involved methane oxidation technology and the techno-economic evaluation of diesel/methane dual fuel and dedicated methane vehicles via drive cycle modelling.

I have an extensive background in catalysis, at the interface of physical chemistry and engineering. In particular, this research has focused on transient kinetics, mass transfer studies and reaction engineering through the development and application of mass transfer and kinetic models. Research also has focused on the application and development of the temporal analysis of products (TAP) and spatially resolved (Spaci) techniques for the improved understanding of kinetic, mechanistic and dynamic evolution of catalytic processes. Both liquid and gas phase catalytic processes have been investigated, including the valorisation of organic (lignocellulosic) waste products, emission control, selective reductions, carbonylations and catalyst recovery, including the regeneration of precious metal catalysts. I have also investigated correlations between cataltyic performance and physical structure.