I am an Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University and I'm leading the Topic Group Systems in the Supergen Bioenergy Hub. My research interests focus on bioenergy and related sustainability implications, bioenergy in the context of global challenges and development and the role of bioenergy systems in climate change mitigation including bioenergy with carbon capture and storage/utilisation (BECCS/U).

By training I am an agricultural engineer with a focus on SSA countries, rural development and gender studies. I have many years’ experience in bioenergy research, environmental assessment, climate change and socio-economic assessment, with a strong quantitative and qualitative methodological background, incorporating whole systems analysis, life cycle assessment, emission accounting and budgets, environmental and sustainability assessment, stakeholder engagement, interviews and focus groups.

Research areas

• Bioenergy and bioeconomy
• Sustainability
• Climate change
• Negative emissions
• Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
• Bioenergy in the context of global challenges and development
• Bioenergy and interfaces with forestry and agriculture
• Land use

Skills and methods

• Life cycle assessment
• Emission accounting and carbon budgets
• Environmental and sustainability assessment
• Whole systems approaches
• Stakeholder engagement