Members' Directory

Dr Adam Charlton

Senior Research Fellow, Bangor University (BioComposites Centre)
+44 (0)1248 388072
adam.charlton@bangor.ac.uk 

“I have been involved in collaborative R&I projects for the last 15 years which have been linked to biorefinery and biobased product development. There has been a strong emphasis on industrial collaboration in all of these projects. I manage the BioComposites Centre pilot scale facility located on the Island of Anglesey which has been involved in biobased product development for the last 30 years”

Andrew Hopkins

Strategic Technology Manager - ASTUTE
Cardiff University
+44 (0)29 2087 6725
hopkinsac2@cardiff.ac.uk

Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Circular economy standards, Development of new material suitable for circularity, Industrial symbiosis, Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, Life cycle assessment, Recovery of critical raw material, Remanufacturing 

“Assist companies to research and implement advanced and sustainable manufacturing technology”

Professor Andrew Flynn

Professor in Environmental Policy and Planning, Cardiff University
+44 (0)29 2087 4851
flynnac@cardiff.ac.uk 

Dr Andy Rees, OBE

Head of Waste Strategy & Circular Economy, Welsh Government
+44 (0)30 0025 1605
andy.rees@gov.wales
Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Circular economy food sector, Circular economy standards, Circular economy supply chain, Development of new material suitable for circularity, Government policy, Industrial biotechnology and bioenergy, Industry 4.0 and circular economy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Reserve logistics, Stakeholder perception, Teaching related to circular economy, Valorization of waste stream, Behavior change, Values, Psychological motivators for change, Reuse and preparation for reuse

Ann Stevenson

Professor Aris A. Syntetos

"I am currently leading an EPSRC project in this area, and have just completed a KTP (co-funded by Innovate UK and EPSRC) in the area of remanufacturing."

Carla De Laurentis

"I contribute to the delivery and design of teaching material on the circular economy to undergraduates, postgraduates and for executive education in the School of management in Cardiff Metropolitan University. I am part of the delivery team for WEFO’s funded programme ‘Circular Economy Innovation communities’. I am particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms that lead to an effective diffusion of sustainable practices in the public sector and businesses, investigating the geography of innovation and the role of policy in promoting local and regional development. Current research interests include investigating why regions show different patterns in the emergence of renewable energy systems and in the implementation of Circular Economy, particularly how circular economy principles can be re-framed at different spatial levels (e.g. cities and regions)."

Professor Carolyn S. Hayles

Chris Holtom

CIRIC Funding Development Manager, UWTSD
chris.holtom@uwtsd.ac.uk 

Associate Professor Christopher House

Professor Chris Tweed

Chair in Sustainable Design, Cardiff University
Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 6207
E-mail: tweedac@cardiff.ac.uk 

Dr Daniel Eyers

Reader in Manufacturing Systems Management, Cardiff University
+44 (0)29 2087 4516 
eyersdr@cardiff.ac.uk 
Areas of expertise: Advanced manufacturing, Operations management, Manufacturing engineering, Sustainability

David Blair

Professor David Lloyd

ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre Director, Cardiff Met University
+44 (0)29 2020 1194
dclloyd@cardiffmet.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular economy business models, Circular economy in the food sector, Circular economy standards. Circular economy supply chain, Government policy, Industrial symbiosis, Life cycle assessment, Recovery of critical raw material, Remanufacturing, Reserve logistic, Teaching related to circular economy, Valorization of waste stream

“Industrial research, applied knowledge transfer from academia to industry and strategic advisory role to government”

David Warren

Head of International Engagement, Welsh Government
David.Warren@gov.wales 

Diego Bermudez Bermejo

Research student, Cardiff University
+44 (0)74 7935 6506
bermudezbermejode@cardiff.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular economy business models, Circular economy standards, CE supply chain, Government policy, Industrial symbiosis, Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, Life cycle assessment, Reverse Logistics, Stakeholder perceptions, Valorization of waste stream

“My field of research is involved with the environmental supply chain dynamic analysis of payment technologies and further evolution. During the first two years, I have been developing a systems thinking process improvement approach to determine and analyse innovation, risk, and resiliency factors within all the payment system stakeholders (i.e. Banks, Retailers, Payment Providers). This involves a holistic capability analysis of the organizations involved in the system using Natural Processing Languages techniques to analyze the companies’ strategic reports and find their alignment with sustainability, resilience or other initiatives.”

Divine Mathew

Circular Economy Industry Placement, Swansea University
divine.mathew@swansea.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular economy business models, Circular economy food sector, Circular economy standards, Circular economy supply chain, Development of new material suitable for circularity, Government policy, Industry 4.0 and circular economy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Reserve logistics, Stakeholder perception

“The main purpose of my role is to assist the Circular Economy Research and Innovation Fellow and work with project partners to deliver an outreach programme to support Welsh SMEs in their engagement and adoption of Circular Economy thinking. I will be working with the Research and Engagement Team on WPs 1-4 with SMEs in West Wales and the Valleys to help raise awareness in Circular Economy and support Circular applications in their organizations.”

Gareth Loundes

Commercialization Manager, Welsh Government
Gareth.Loundes@gov.wales 

DR GARY WALPOLE

Director of Indycube CIC & Principal Investigator, Swansea University
+44 (0) 1792 606307
g.l.r.walpole@swansea.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular economy business models, Circular economy standards

Professor Gavin Bunting (Chair, CERIG)

“Set up the Circular Economy and Research and Innovation Group, Wales (CERIG) in 2018 to bring together circular economy expertise throughout Wales. Materials Engineer by background, my research and teaching is focussed on the areas of circular economy, life cycle analysis, sustainability and environmental policy. PI for Circular Revolution, a £2.3m ERDF-funded collaboration between University of Exeter Business and Law Schools, Riversimple (a high-profile Wales based developer of hydrogen fuelled vehicles) and Swansea University (Engineering, Computer Science and Law). Circular Revolution connects industry in Wales with university expertise to help them take advantage of circular economy opportunities. Also PI for the Life Cycle Analysis for Circular Economy Lab (LCA4CE) which focusses on the development of a more informed innovation cycle, where environmental impact is designed out through quantitative analysis and circular economy opportunities designed in”.

Dr Graham Ormondroyd

Head of Materials Research, Bangor University
+44 (0)75 2577 3006
G.ormondroyd@bangor.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular design, Circular economy standards, Circular economy supply chain, Development of new material suitable for circularity, Industrial biotechnology and bioenergy, Life cycle assessment, Recovery of raw material, Remanufacturing, Valorization of waste stream

“Continued research into the bio-based economy and materials within the circular economy”

Professor Iain Donnison

“I am Director of BEACON, the pan Wales ERDF and WEFO funded biorefining project which seeks to makes the best use of the natural resources in Wales including of wastes. I am also the lead on feedstocks and wastes in the new UKRI Supergen Bioenergy Hub.”

JAY DOYLE

“Personal and professional interest in CE. I work at the Digital Economy Centre, Swansea University. We are developing technologies for implementation in the CE, for example blockchain and cryptocurrency platforms to support social innovation in the CE.”

DR JENNIFER RUDD

Programme Manager & Senior Lecturer Innovation and Engagement, Swansea University
+44 (0) 1792 606230
j.a.rudd@swansea.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Development of new materials suitable for circularity, Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Life cycle assessment, Teaching related to circular economy

"I am the programme manager for the recently WEFO-funded Circular Economy Innovation Communities (CEIC) where we will run multiple cohorts of delegates from the public and third sectors instructing them and inspiring them to incorporate circular economy principles in their work practices"

Dr Jenny Cave

Affiliate, Swansea University
J.B.J.Cave@Swansea.ac.uk 

Professor Joe Gallagher

“In my roles as: Head of Industrial Biotechnology, Director of Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation, Co-Director of the P2P BBSRC Network in Biotechnology and Bioenergy and Projects Manager for the BEACON Centre for Biorefining, a pilot-scale bio-reprocessing facility at AU I work with industrial partners in the conversion of a range of feedstock, including agricultural wastes, municipal wastes, industrial process waste stream etc. to produce chemicals including fuels, platform and fine chemicals for use/re-use with the economy.”

PROFESSOR JOHANN SIENZ

Deputy Executive Dean, Science and Engineering – Faculty, Swansea University
+44 (0) 1792 295521
j.sienz@swansea.ac.uk 

Karl Couch

Business Liaison Officer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
+44 (0)29 2020 1159
kcouch@cardiffmet.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Circular economy food sector, Circular economy supply chain, Development of new materials suitable for circularity, Industrial symbiosis, Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Remanufacturing

“I work closely with academic colleagues to form partnerships with industry and address business challenges.”

Dr Katie Beverley

“I am head of Ecodesign Centre with a research interest in design-driven innovation for a circular economy. I work in ecodesign and design for a circular economy. My work covers both strategic and operational aspects of design - I have previously worked on policy instruments for circular economy support, circular business models and product and service design for circular economy. Our main interest at PDR is considering how user-centred innovation can improve the likelihood of adoption of circular products and services.”

Dr Kersty Hobson

Reader in Human Geography, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Cardiff University
+44 (0)29 2068 8682
hobsonk@cardiff.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Government policy, Stakeholder perceptions, Teaching related to circular economy

“I am an environmental social scientist, and I have been teaching and researching around issues of sustainable production and consumption for over 20 years. More recently, I have been focusing on the role of citizen – consumer in the Circular Economy”

Lara Hopkinson

Louise Hall

Project Manager, Swansea University
l.t.hall@swansea.ac.uk 

“With regards to the areas we can be involved in, there is scope for algal research and technology in the majority of these resource flows – for example, algae as a plastic replacement, for waste remediation, removing unwanted heavy metals, as a bio stimulant to enhance plant growth etc. With regards to UK collaborators, we are currently working with Birmingham City University on the Life cycle analysis/Techno Economic Assessment aspects - and we have a history of working with them on similar projects.”

Dr Marianna Marchesi

Lecturer and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow, Cardiff University – Welsh School of Architecture
+44 (0)29 2087 0923
marchesim@cardiff.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Circular economy supply chain, Government policy, Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Remanufacturing, Reverse logistics, Stakeholder perceptions, Teaching related to circular economy

“I am developing a H2020 MSCA IF project on the implementation of a circular economy in social housing”

Maxwell Green

Circular Economy Research and Innovation Fellow, Swansea University
m.h.green@swansea.ac.uk 

Dr Mike Morris

Business Development Manager - BEACON Biorefining Centre of Excellence, Aberystwyth University
+44 (0) 1970 823079
tem@aber.ac.uk 

Professor Mohamed Naim

Professor in Logistics and Operations Management, Co-Director of CAMSAC, Cardiff University
+44 (0)29 2087 4635
naimmm@cardiff.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular economy supply chain, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Remanufacturing, Reverse logistics

Dr Nick Hacking

Research Associate, WISERD, Cardiff University
+44 (0)29 2087 6063
hackingn@cardiff.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular economy business models, Circular economy standards, Circular economy supply chain, Government policy, Industrial symbiosis, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Stakeholder perceptions, Teaching related to circular economy

“I undertake research and research-led teaching into the circular economy. I have researched waste and resource management issues since 2010 focusing on the social sustainability of energy-from-waste plants. Most recently, I have contributed to an ESRC report on the likely impact of Brexit on the sector (Cowell et al, 2017) and several submitted articles about the importance of standards to the development of the circular economy.”

Dr Nicole Koenig-Lewis

Reader/ Associate Professor in Marketing, Cardiff University
+44 (29) 2087 0967
koenig-lewisn@cardiff.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Stakeholder perceptions

PROFESSOR PETER HOLLIMAN

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Swansea University
+44 (0) 1792 513758
p.j.holliman@swansea.ac.uk 

Rhiannon Chalmers-Brown

RICE Research Assistant - Low Carbon Bioprocess Analysis, University of South Wales/Tata Steel
linkedin.com/in/rhiannon-chalmers-brown-17465683
Area of Expertise: Circular economy standards, Development of new materials suitable for circularity, Government policy, Industrial biotechnology and bioenergy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Life cycle assessment, Recovery of critical raw material, Teaching related to circular economy, Valorization of waste stream

“I am carrying out research to develop a process that can clean Tata’s greenhouse gas emissions and produce industrially and economically profitable products using biofermentation.”

Dr Rhys Charles

“My role involves initiating industrial collaboration for sponsored EngD and MSc projects, with a brief to increase the number of projects in the area of circular economy. I am involved in establishing an industrial waste map for Wales to facilitate industrial symbiosis. I have research interests in weee recycling, critical materials recovery and circular economy around renewable energy systems. I deliver a number of lectures around this area of circular economy. I am currently coopted onto the environment, sustainability and energy division council of the royal society of chemistry to run events around waste and circular economy which engage academia, industry, government and NGOs.”

Dr Rob Elias

Director of BioComposites Centre, Bangor University
+44 (0)12 4838 8599
R.m.elias@bangor.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Circular economy food sector, Circular economy standards, Circular economy supply chain, Development of new materials suitable for circularity, Government policy, Industrial biotechnology and bioenergy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Life cycle assessment, Recovery of critical raw material, Stakeholder perceptions, Valorization of waste stream

Dr Roberta De Angelis

Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy, Cardiff University
deangelisr@cardiff.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular economy business models, Development of new materials suitable for circularity, Government policy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Remanufacturing, Stakeholder perceptions, Teaching related to circular economy, Valorization of waste stream

” I am conducting research about the circular economy and circular business models since 2012.”

Samantha Williams

SMARTExpertise Development Manager, Welsh Government
samantha.williams@gov.wales 

Dr Sandra Dettmer

Senior Lecturer Strategy at University of South Wales
sandra.dettmer@southwales.ac.uk 
Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Circular economy food sector, Circular economy standards, Circular economy supply chain, Government policy, Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Stakeholder perceptions, Teaching related to circular economy

Professor Sandra Esteves

Dr Sheena Carlisle

Senior Lecturer in Tourism, Cardiff Metropolitan University
+44(0)29 2041 6475
scarlisle@cardiffmet.ac.uk 

DR SIMON BROOKS

Associate Professor, Swansea University
+44 (0) 1792 513037
s.b.brooks@swansea.ac.uk 

Simon Thomas

“Currently we are conducting industry linked research at UWTSD. This research involves the recycling of one of the largest waste groups - Construction and Demolition Wastes. Current projects are focused on manufacturing soils and aggregates from wastes generated by the construction industry, these products must be recycled in accordance with Waste Resource Action Programme Protocols and within Natural Resources Wales guidelines / policies amongst other environmental laws.”

Steven Whitehill

PhD research student, University of Wales Trinity St David
s_whitehill@outlook.com 
Area of Expertise: Circular Design, Circular economy business models, Circular economy standards, Circular economy supply chain, Development of new materials suitable for circularity, Government policy, Industrial symbiosis, Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, Knowledge transfer from academia to business, Recovery of critical raw material, Remanufacturing, Reverse logistics, Valorization of waste stream

“I am a funded PhD research student working with an established manufacturer (Orangebox Ltd) to help in their transition to circular economy operations.”

Susan Jay

Dr Thanos Goltsos

PROFESSOR TIM CLAYPOLE

Professor Darren Oatley-Radcliff

Dr David Bryant

Dr Ana Winters

Dr Jessica Adams

Rhian Hayward MBE

DR RAHUL KAPOORE

Professor Pauline Found