Chemical Engineering

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 2
• Chemical Engineering Design 4
• Chemical Engineering Research Projects 5

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.

I lead the Emerging Sustainable Technologies Laboratory at The University of Edinburgh. The ESTech Lab forges the future generation of sustainable energy and separation technologies.The ESTech Lab invented unanticipated solutions for negative emission separation technologies (low grade heat-powered CO2 capture&concentration from the air and hydrothermal carbonisation) along with other emerging heat-powered devices for water and cooling in data centres.The ESTech Lab methods span from Thermodynamics to prototyping and testing, where Thermodynamics is used as an ignition to the design.In its inventions, the Lab often exploits nanoporous solids or ionic nano-interfaces because they make possible a number of processes otherwise nonviable, often unlocking unimaginable opportunities for sustainable living.

• Post-graduate certificate for Academic Practice (PgCAP). The University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport, Edinburgh (UK). Master-level programme to support academic staff to effectively engage with their teaching responsibilities, enabling my current Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. 8/12/2020
• PhD in Energy, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy), 2009
• MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy), 2004

• 01/03/2023-2025    Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellow in Energy Efficient Data Centres.
• Member of Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre and UK Carbon Capture Research Centre
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. The Higher Education Academy (https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/) is the UK leading institution for accreditation of teaching in higher education

• Member of the Senatus Academicus (Senate) of The University of Edinburgh

  Editorial board member of: 

• Carbon Neutrality (Springer Nature) since 2021. The journal is an initiative of the China-UK Low Carbon College at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
• Energy & Environment (SAGE) since 2018.

• The Innovation Energy (Innovation Press) since 2025. 

  Guest-Editor of Special Issues:

• 2023/24 of Carbon Neutrality (Springer Nature) jointly with Dr. Shuanshi Fan, Dr Jia Li, Dr. Zhenyuan Yin, Dr. Tao Ren, Dr. Lei Hou on Decarbonization and CCUS

• 2020/21 of Energy (Elsevier) jointly with Prof. Ruzhu Wang (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Energy) of the Special Issue on Solutions for Ultra-Low Temperature Heat Recovery and Utilization

  Associate Editor of: 

• Frontiers in Thermal Engineering - Advancements in Cooling and Heating (Frontiers) since 2021

   

• Chair of the 10^th Heat Powered Cycle Conference in 2023 (148 delegates from 20 countries)
• Member of the International Scientific Board of Heat Powered Cycle Conference series since 2017
• Member of the organizing committee of:
  • Thermodynamics 2017
  • The 33^rd European Symposium of Applied Thermodynamics (ESAT) 2024
• Member of the International Scientific Board of International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems (IMPRES) in 2016

• Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2 CHEE08019 (current)
• Engineering Thermodynamics 2 SCEE08006 (past)
• Chemical Engineering 1 Laboratory CHEE08001 (past)
• Engineering Mathematics 2 SCEE08010 (past)
• Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4 CHEE10005 (past)
• Chemical Engineering Design 4 CHEE10010 (past)
• Chemical Engineering Study Project 4 CHEE10009 (current)
• Chemical Engineering Design Project 4 CHEE10002 (current)
• Chemical Engineering Research Project 5 CHEE11017 (current)
• Chemical Engineering Industrial Project 5 CHEE11014 (current)

• Ultralow grade heat
• Heat-powered adsorption water purification technologies
• Heat-powered adsorption cooling
• Data Centre Cooling
• Cooling/Water nexus in Data Centres
• Heat-powered adsorption direct air capture

Low grade heat, thermal energy storage, adsorption heating and cooling, adsorption 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