Meet The Team

The DECC project, with team members from three UK universities: Imperial College London, Loughborough University and Heriot-Watt University, is an interdisciplinary team of leading researchers working together to build a digital circular electrochemical economy.

Prof. Nilay Shah

Prof. Nilay Shah

PI: Professor of Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London

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Former Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London. Professor Nilay Shah’s research intere...

Prof. Benoit Chachuat

Prof. Benoit Chachuat

CO-I: Professor of Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London

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A Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London and an Associate Director of the ...

Prof. Jin Xuan

Prof. Jin Xuan

Co-I: Head of Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University

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Professor Jin Xuan graduated with a PhD degree from The University of Hong Kong in 2012, with the research topic i...

Dr. Bing Xu

Dr. Bing Xu

Co-I: Associate Professor in finance at Heriot Watt University

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Dr Xu’s research focuses on banking and investment analytics by modelling the impact of uncertainty on banks perfo...

Dr. Russell Lock

Dr. Russell Lock

Co-I: Reader in Information Modelling at Loughborough University

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Dr Russell Lock is a Reader in the Department of Computer Science at Loughborough University, and associate member...

Dr. Valerie Pinfield

Dr. Valerie Pinfield

Co-I: Reader in Applied Ultrasonics at Loughborough University

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Valerie Pinfield studied Natural Sciences (theoretical physics) at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1990...

Dr. Wei Pang

Dr. Wei Pang

Co-I: Associate Professor and Bicentennial Research Leader at Heriot Watt University

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Dr Wei Pang is an Associate Professor at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University,...

Dr. Andrea Bernadi

Dr. Andrea Bernadi

Research Associate at Imperial College London

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Andrea is a PDRA at the Sargent Centre for Process System Engineering, Imperial College London. As a member of the...

Mr. Benjamin Lyons

Mr. Benjamin Lyons

PhD Student at Imperial College London

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I joined Imperial College London as a PhD candidate in 2021 after working for two years in the oil and gas sector....

Dr. Grazia Leonzio

Dr. Grazia Leonzio

Research Associate at Imperial College London

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Grazia Leonzio is a Research Associate at the Imperial College London (Chemical Engineering department). Grazia ha...

Dr. Lei Xing

Dr. Lei Xing

Research Associate at Loughborough University

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Lei Xing is a research associate at the department of Chemical Engineering of Loughborough University. He got his ...