UPCYCLE Team

Simone Seccareccia from Italy is the DC14 Doctoral Candidate (Reactor Scale) in the UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.      With a background in Chemical Engineering, Simone is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt under the supervision of Prof. Christian Hasse and Dr.-Ing. Arne Scholtissek.   His research focuses on high-fidelity CFD simulations of pyrolysis and gasification reactors, with particular attention to contaminated lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks. Through multi-scale and multiphase reactive […]

Qi Li from China is the DC13 Doctoral Candidate (Reactor Scale) in UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.  With a background in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Qi is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Chemical Engineering at La Sapienza Università di Roma under the supervision of Prof. Benedetta de Caprariis and Dr. Martina Damizia.  Her research focuses on the valorization of contaminated biogenic waste through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), with

Nicole Catli from the Philippines is the DC12 Doctoral Candidate (Molecular Scale) in UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.   With a background in Chemical Engineering and Sustainable Biomass and Bioproducts Engineering, Nicole is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials, and Environment at Sapienza Università di Roma under the supervision of Prof. Benedetta de Caprariis and Dr. Martina

Noé Kautzmann from France is the DC11 Doctoral Candidate working at molecular scale in UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.   With a background in Chemical engineering and environmental processes, Noé is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology at University Rey Juan Carlos under the supervision of prof. Isabel Pariente and prof. Fernando Castillejo.  

Lucía Angeleri from Argentina is the DC10 Doctoral Candidate (Molecular Scale) in UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.   With a background in Chemical Engineering, Lucía is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos under the supervision of María Ventura Sánchez Hornero and Juan Antonio Melero Hernández.   Her research focuses on the

Francesco Celauro from Italy is the DC8 Doctoral Candidate (Process Scale) in the UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.  With a background in Environmental Engineering, Francesco is pursuing their PhD at the ChEMaRTS research group at KU Leuven under the supervision of Prof. Jo Van Caneghem and Prof. Giuseppe Granata.  Their research focuses on sustainability assessment, with particular attention

Hazem Hamdy Ashour from Egypt is the DC7 Doctoral Candidate (process modelling and system integration) in UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.  With a background in Mechanical Engineering and Thermal Energy Management (EMJMD DENSYS), Hazem is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Energy Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana under the supervision of Prof. Mihael Sekavčnik and Prof. Tine Seljak.  His research focuses

Hesham Qatan from Yemen is the DC9 Doctoral Candidate (Reactor Scale) in UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.   With a background in Chemical Engineering, Hesham is pursuing a PhD at the the Department of Materials Engineering (MTM), ChEMaRTS research group at KU Leuven under the supervision of Johan De Greef and Maarten Vanierschot.    His research focuses on waste thermochemical treatment, with particular attention to hard-to-recycle waste combustion. Through multi-scale modelling, he will develop an advanced predictive numerical model that can be used

Muhammad Hasnain Yousaf from Pakistan is the DC6 Doctoral Candidate (Reactor Scale) in the UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.  With a background in chemical engineering, chemical innovation & regulation @ChIRs and material characterization, Muhammad is pursuing his PhD at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), under the supervision of Prof. Tine Seljak.  His research