The Hub is a dedicated online space connecting critical materials stakeholders across the supply chain. It creates opportunities to share knowledge on the current state of play and emerging innovations in the UK, and provides international perspectives. A key goal is to identify priority areas where standards can help accelerate progress toward critical material circularity, support innovation and boost growth. Foundational members are experts in their field who are happy to share their insight and experience. They help shape the direction the Hub takes from its early stages by starting and participating in discussions and helping spread the word more widely through their networks.https://critical-materials.bsigroup.com.

Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management aims to publish high quality scientific research papers that deal with human use of natural resources.https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-resource-management

Working on the University of Birmingham led ReLiB project.The overarching aim of the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials led Recycling and Reuse of Lithium Ion Batteries (ReLiB) Faraday Institution project is to facilitate a circular economy in lithium ion batteries. We will strive to establish the technological, economic and legal infrastructure to make the recycling of 100% of the materials contained in lithium ion batteries from the automotive sector possible.The team will tackle the most demanding technical challenges in sensing, gateway testing, robotic sorting, re-use, recycling and characterisation. The processes developed will be quantitatively assessed by specialists in lifecycle, technical and economic assessment. New business models and regulatory frameworks will be examined in the context of the complete, full-cycle value chain.The ReLiB project will have a significant impact on the safety, economics, and efficiency of battery recycling whilst minimising the environmental impact of these processes. Introducing robotics into the waste and recycling sector, will boost productivity, stabilise the existing jobs market and could also draw jobs into the UK by providing valuable raw materials to feed in further up manufacturing supply chains.

Managing the development of the Birmingham Energy Institute which brings together 140 academics from across the University of Birmingham estate, with over £75 million in active research grants. In addition to the promotion of our existing portfolio of activities, I am engaged in the development of new initiatives and programmes and have supported the formation of new strategic and academic partnerships. I proactively engage in horizon scanning for new opportunities and potential areas of research funding, seeking questions that our expertise and capability can address.I am engaged with partners from industry, Government departments, UK Research & Innovation, NGO's, think-tanks and other Universities both in the UK and internationally - with particular focus on the Midlands Universities that form the Energy Research Accelerator.I have been involved in the co-ordination and facilitation of large complex cross-disciplinary funding bids - across disciplinary and departmental boundaries, the creation of new research centres within the Energy Institute and the organisation of high level and large-scale events.The Birmingham Energy Institute shapes & informs public policy by convening "Birmingham Policy Commissions", examining issues germane to the energy policy debate. These focus on areas where the University has particular expertise to leverage. I have managed two such commissions; 'Doing Cold Smarter', chaired by Lord Teverson and 'Powering West Midlands Growth: A Regional Approach to Clean Energy Innovation' chaired by Prof. Sir David King.Our research centres, include:- Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage- Birmingham Centre for Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Research- Birmingham Centre for Environmental & Energy Economics & Management- Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials- Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & Education- Birmingham Centre for Vehicle & Engine Technology Research- Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education & Research

The UKRI Met4Tech Centre brings together for the first time world-leading researchers to maximise opportunities around the provision of techmetals from primary and secondary sources, and lead materials stewardship, creating a National Techmetals Circular Economy Roadmap to accelerate us towards a circular economy. This will help the UK meet its Industrial Strategy Clean Growth agenda and its ambitious UK 2050 climate change targets with secure and environmentally-acceptable supplies of techmetals.

The EGRD examines analytical approaches to energy technologies, policies, and R&D. The results and recommendations support the Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT), feed into IEA analysis, and enable a broad perspective of energy technology issues.https://www.iea.org/about/structure/cert/egrd/http://www.ieadsm.org/egrd/

The overall objective of CRM4EV is to generate and continuously update the relevant information needed related to critical raw materials for EVs by Task member countries and other Task stakeholders.

Have carried out engineering consultancy project work for a range of different companies:-ATKINS-Carbon Plan-Electric Pedals-J3 Building Futures-PURE Energy Centre

I have delivered visiting lectures and presentations at / on behalf of: Anglia Ruskin University, Birmingham University, Cambridge University, Cardiff University, University of East London, Edinburgh Napier University, University of Gloucestershire, Imperial College London, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, University of Liverpool, Royal Holloway – University of London, Southampton University, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University amongst others.

Working on the Climate Action Pathways for Island Transport (CAP-IT) Project: Accelerating the Decarbonization of Samoa’s Land and Maritime Transport Sectors. Reviewing report: Research for Samoa on EOL EV Battery Disposal Strategy and Solution

Energy Capital was established to promote the West Midlands as one of the most attractive locations to develop and build innovative clean technology companies in the world.I was asked to lead a broad group of stakeholders to agree on a brand identity and produce a range of supporting literature to underpin the launch of this new vision for energy in the West Midlands. In addition, with Creative Media, I produced a video and organised a successful launch event - with the best part of the work being done in a very challenging time frame of six weeks.

I joined CSER mid-project to provide maternity cover for Dr. Rachael Rowlands-Jones, leading the PV aspect of the Welsh Energy Sector Training (WEST) project, delivering masters level CPD courses on PV to industry. I took the courses through the process of validation with Agored Cymru, and ran training sessions across Wales on Photovoltaic Technology. Allied to the delivery of the training programme, there was also a strand of research into the Welsh Photovoltaic Industry and it's skills needs.

Along with two other colleagues from the University of Nottingham & University of Warwick, I was seconded to the Energy Research Accelerator project, to provide operational support to the Chief Executive Officer Gordon Waddington, in the pre-revenue phase of the project prior to the appointment of a Chief Operating Officer.Capital investment of £60 million government funding, supported by £120 million match-funding from Industry was confirmed for the consortium of Aston University, The University ofBirmingham, The University of Leicester, Loughborough University, The University ofNottingham, The University of Warwick and the British Geological Survey.www.era.ac.uk

Based in the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society and funded by the ESRC, my research examined firms looking to introduce ultra-low emission vehicles into the UK marketplace. Large multinationals and SMEs were compared using business modelling techniques, mapping their strategy and business model using a common ontology that allowed comparisons between these dissimilar firms to be made.

I signed my first contract with Mc Graw Hill at the age of 16 and authored a number of commercially successful books on popular science and technology projects - many with an emphasis on sustainable technologies. My books have been translated into Chinese, Italian and Russian and are of a technical, project nature.

I provided research support for the Rocky Mountain Institute's Factor 10xe project, which investigated radical improvements to resource-intensive engineering design problems, looking at how to achieve step-change improvements in sustainability.