Current projects

Enzyme-enhanced CO2 storage in rocks

Tapping into carbonic anhydrase enzymes to catalyse permanent mineral carbonation

Quantifying the ocean’s efficiency for enhanced carbon storage

Modelling deep ocean CO2 injection to understand its efficiency

Human-Earth-System framework for assessing Carbon Dioxide Removal strategies

Assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of carbon dioxide removal strategies via the complex and interconnected Human-Earth-System framework

Game-changing absorbents for increasing efficiency and lowering costs of direct air capture (DAC)

Investigating novel liquid absorbents for direct air capture applications

Creating a toolkit for in-situ CO2 mineralisation in basaltic rocks

Unravelling the mechanisms of CO2 mineralisation for successful field-scale deployment

Algal biomass for CO2 removal at scale

Developing a new algal-bacterial biofilm platform for carbon capture and storage

Responsible transition pathways for new carbon dioxide removal technologies

Identifying responsible pathways for the development and deployment of novel carbon dioxide removal technologies

Novel air-liquid contacting concepts for direct air capture of CO2

Developing an innovative pathway for realising effective, low-cost direct air capture

Accelerating discovery of novel CO2 capture materials using AI and machine learning

Teaching chemical intuition to AI to enable a fundamental shift in materials discovery

Microorganisms with macro potential

Exploring biomineralising microbes for ex-situ long-term carbon storage