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Principal Investigator and Consortium Director

Professor Adisa Azapagic, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences, The University of Manchester

Adisa is Professor of Sustainable Chemical Engineering. She is currently Deputy Head of the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences.

Her research interests are in the area of Engineering for Sustainable Development, which includes systems optimisation, clean technology, life cycle assessment, industrial ecology and corporate sustainability. She has over 100 publications in these areas of interest, including two books.

 She is currently managing a research portfolio of £8.5m, which includes leadership of four major research consortia:

•  Pollutants in the Urban Environment (PUrE), £2m project funded by EPSRC under the Sustainable Urban Environment Programme;
•  Pollutants in the Urban Environment: An Integrated Framework for Improving Sustainability of the Indoor Environment (PUrE Intrawise), £2.3m project funded by EPSRC under the Sustainable Urban Environment Programme;
• Carbon Calculation of Industrial Activities over the Life Cycle (CCaLC), £1m project funded by the Carbon Trust, EPSRC and NERC under the Carbon Vision Industry Programme; and
• Sustainability Assessment of Nuclear Power: An Integrated Approach (SPRIng), £2.3m project funded by EPSRC and ESRC under the Energy Programme.

Adisa has held a number of fellowships and honorary appointments, some of which include fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering, UNESCO and the Erskine Visiting Fellowship from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Contact:
Email: adisa.azapagic@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 3064363