Chemical Engineering

• Diplom Technomathematik, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
• Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Mathematics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Southampton, UK

• Engineering Mathematics
• Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers
• Process dynamics and control

• Mathematical modelling, simulation and optimisation for engineering and industrial applications
• Design and optimisation of thermal energy systems with energy storage
• Adsorption process modelling for Carbon Capture and Storage and air separation

Projects

• Low Carbon Heating Research Network
• Multisim
• FlexICCS

Office hour

• EM2A: Monday 12:30-13:30
• Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers: Tuesday 11:00-12:00

Francisco R. García-García is Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and the Discipline Program Manager for Chemical Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh. He leads a research group working on chemical reaction engineering, which focuses on clean energy production and emission control. His research focuses on the synthesis, design, and development of multifunctional catalytic reactors, enabling the integration of multiple processes within a single system.

Francisco pioneered the use of micro-structured ceramic hollow fibres as a support for catalysts, solvents, and inorganic dense membranes. His expertise extends to the design of innovative materials for hydrogen production, emission control, and carbon capture, with an extensive publication record. His research have received support from both public and industry funding sources. Beyond his academic pursuits, Francisco actively engages in public outreach, event organization, and advocacy activities.

Holding the Teaching Training Course completion, ANECA accreditation for public and private university lecturing, and being a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he is qualified to teach at both undergraduate and graduate levels in any UK university. With a background in Chemistry and extensive experience in Chemical Engineering, Francisco plays a pivotal role in contributing to BEng, MEng, and MSc programs at the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh. In recognition of his dedication, he was a runner-up for the 2021 Edinburgh University Student Association Teacher of the Year Award, with finalists chosen by a panel entirely composed of students.

• Doctor Honoris Causa. Department of Chemical Engineering, at the Royal and Pontifical Higher University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca, Sucre, Bolivia. Awarded for outstanding contribution to the field of Chemical Reaction Engineering (2024).
• PhD in Chemical Engineering. Department of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry at Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemical, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. (Summa Cum Laude / Mention of European PhD award / Extraordinary PhD Prize) (2004–2008).
• MPhil in Chemical Engineering. Department of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry at Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemical, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. (First class) (2004–2008).
• Teacher Training Course. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. (First class) (2003–2004).
• MSc in Chemistry. Autónoma University of Madrid, Spain. (First class) (1997–2002).

• Gas Phase Heterogeneous Catalysis
• New Material Development
• Membrane Technology / Chemical Looping
• Hollow Fibre-based Reactors Design
• Multifunctional Catalytic Reactors Design

• Member of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom
• Member of the Spanish Society of Catalysis

After beginning my career in industry as a Building Service Engineer, I went back into education to complete a BSc in Physics at Northumbria University. During this time I completed a project with the Smart Materials and Surfaces Laboratory in liquid-liquid capillary imbibition. This inspired to continue research in the field and went on to gain a PhD titled “Pinning-Free Evaporation of Sessile Droplets from Slippery Surfaces”. During my PhD my research was focused on manipulation of droplets using slippery surfaces and electric fields to modify evaporation behaviour. I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate within the WISE laboratory in the Institute of Multiscale Thermofluids at the University of Edinburgh on an EPSRC funded project looking into the strain-dependant manipulation of sessile droplets on new metamaterials.

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2015
• Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, 2011
• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, University of L'Aquila, Italy, 2009

• Senior Consultant Engineer, Process Systems Enterprise, London, 2015-2019
• Chartered Chemical Engineer (Engineering Council)
• Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
• Member of the Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage centre (SCCS)
• Member of the Association of Italian Scientists in UK (AISUK)

• Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4 CHEE10005 - Course Organiser
• Chemical Engineering Design 3 CHEE10009 - UniSim Process Design
• Chemical Engineering Study Project 4 CHEE10009 - Supervisor
• Chemical Engineering Research Project 5 CHEE11017 - Supervisor
• Chemical Engineering Industrial Project 5 CHEE11014 - Supervisor

• Design and modelling of PSA/TSA/CSA processes for hydrogen purification, air separation, carbon capture, biogas upgrade, olefins/paraffins separation and NGL recovery
• Simulation, validation and optimisation of ethylene plants
• Low temperature assessment and flare capacity studies in the Oil & Gas industry

https://christopherjness.github.io/

I am a Reader in Chemical Engineering, investigating various aspects of soft matter including suspension rheology and granular materials. I am available for industrial consulting projects in any area related to suspension rheology (see my publication list here) and I am also recruiting PhD students.

• 2023-present: Reader in Chemical Engineering
• 2019-2025: Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
• 2016-2019: Maudslay-Butler Research Fellow - Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
• 2012-2016: PhD Engineering - University of Edinburgh
• 2007-2011: BA, MEng Chemical Engineering - Clare College, University of Cambridge

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Associate Member of IChemE
• Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Associate Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
• Member of the Americal Physical Society
• Member of UKRI Early Career Forum (2021-2022)
• Member of RSC Formulation Science and Technology Committee
• Member of EPSRC Early Career Forum in Engineering (2018-2021)

• Chemical Engineering Design 4 (CHEE10010)
• Chemical Engineering Study Project 4 (CHEE10009)
• Chemical Engineering Research Project 5 (CHEE11017)

Rheology, soft matter, granular matter, particle-based simulation

I am available for consulting projects in the fields of suspension rheology (colloids, granular suspensions) and gelation. I have experience of modelling fundamental flows that elucidate the relationships between formulation (particle shape, size, surface details) and processing and also in modelling processes such as wet milling and extrusion.

I am currently recruiting PhD students and may have funding available.

Please get in touch by email for further information.

• PhD in Energy, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy), 2009
• MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy), 2004

• Member of Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre and UK Carbon Capture Research Centre

• Chemical Engineering 1 Laboratory CHEE08001
• Engineering Mathematics 2 SCEE08010
• Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4 CHEE10005
• Chemical Engineering Design 4 CHEE10010
• Chemical Engineering Study Project 4 CHEE10009
• Chemical Engineering Design Project 4 CHEE10002
• Chemical Engineering Research Project 5 CHEE11017
• Chemical Engineering Industrial Project 5 CHEE11014

Low grade heat, thermal energy storage, adsorption heating and cooling, adsorptiond desalination, solar thermal energy, temperature swing adsorption, heat transformers, thermodynamics, heat transfer, ionic liquids, ionogels.

Currently open positions in my group:

Open PhD projects:

Structured Ionic Liquid for Vapor Sorption

www.timm-krueger.de

I am Professor of Fluid and Suspension Dynamics. My research focuses on the modelling and simulation of complex fluids on microfluidic scales, for example suspensions of deformable particles or red blood cells. I am teaching Chemical Engineering in the second year. I am the Co-Chair of the University's Research Cultures Forum.

• PhD in Physics, Bochum University, Germany, 2011
• Diploma in Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany, 2007

• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• German Physical Society

Chemistry and Processes 2

• Modelling and simulation of complex fluids
• Microfluidics, suspensions and emulsions
• Blood flow in complex geometries and blood cell separation
• Inertial microfluidics
• Lattice-Boltzmann method
• Immersed-boundary method

I graduated from the University of Science Malaysia with a B.Eng. in Materials Science & Engineering and achieving a First in 2011. In 2013, I received the prestigious Warwick Chancellor's International Scholarship to carry out my Ph.D. research in Chemistry at the University of Warwick, UK, exploring carbon nanomaterials for electroanalysis and electrocatalysis. In 2017 I began a Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge, UK, working on novel porous materials for electrochemical gas sensing. I joined Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick in 2019 as a Research Fellow working on the development of lithium ion technologies (lithium ion battery and lithium ion capacitor). In 2020, I joint Teesside University to take up an appointment as a Lecturer (then promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2022) in Chemistry at School of Health & Life Sciences, working primarily on electrochemical sensor (biosensor and environmental sensor).

I joined the School of Engineering at The University of Edinburgh as a Lecturer in 2022. I am affiliated with the discipline of Chemical Engineering and I am a member of the Institute for Bioengineering, where I carry out research in the area of nanoscale/microscale electrochemistry, electroanalysis, electrocatalysis, development of electrochemical sensor (biosensor and environmental sensor) and electrochemical energy storage.

My work has been published in reputable journals such as Nature, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Carbon, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. I have received several awards, including the Best Oral Prize at the RSC Materials Horizons Symposium (2025), poster and oral presentation prizes at Warwick (2015–2016), the Gold Award in British Invention Show (BIS, London, 2011), the Romanian Best Innovation award in BIS (London, 2011), the Gold medal Award in National Research and Innovation Competition (NRIC, Malaysia, 2011), and the Sustainable Green Technology Award in NRIC (Malaysia, 2011).

In 2019, being awarded the prestigious Talented Program organised by Hebei (China), I aim to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations on electrochemical sensors with Hebei University of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

• PhD in Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK, 2017
• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering, First Class, University of Science Malaysia, 2011
• Postgraduate Certificate In Learning and Teaching In Higher Education, University of Teesside, UK, 2022

• Chartered Chemist (CChem)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), United Kingdom, PR253148
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member, 98359847
• The Royal Society of Chemistry, MRSC, 549655
• The Society of Chemical Industry membership, 71669

• (CHEE08020) Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering 2 (Credits 10)
• (CHEE11030) Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering 5 (Credits 10)
• (CHEE10002) Chemical Engineering Design: Project 4 (Credits 40)
• (CHEE09015) Chemical Engineering Design 3 (Credits 20)

• Nanoscale/microscale electrochemistry
• Electroanalysis
• Electrocatalysis
• Gas sensors
• Biosensors
• Biomedical wearable devices
• Advanced drug delivery systems
• Biomaterials
• Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
• Energy storage materials
• Zinc-ion battery