Meet the Researchers

Gholamreza Masoudi Rad

Gholamreza Masoudi Rad from Iran is the DC5 Doctoral Candidate (Reactor scale) in the UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.  With a background in chemical engineering, Gholamreza is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana under the supervision of Prof. Tine Seljak and Prof. Johan De Greef.  His research focuses […]

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Jiaxin Ren 

Jiaxin Ren from China is the DC4 Doctoral Candidate (Molecular scale) in the UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.  With a background in Chemical kinetic modeling, Jiaxin is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” at Politecnico di Milano under the supervision of Matteo Pelucchi and Alberto Cuoci.  His research focuses on the development of detailed chemistry models for the pyrolysis/gasification of

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Santhosh Srinivasan 

Santhosh Srinivasan from India, our DC3 Doctoral Candidate (Molecular scale) in the UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.   With a background in Chemistry and Sustainable chemical processes, Santhosh is pursuing his PhD at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” at Politecnico di Milano under the supervision of Prof. Matteo Pelucchi and Prof. Alessio Frassoldati.   His research focuses on developing mechanistic chemical kinetic models for hydrothermal carbonization and liquefaction (HTC/HTL)

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Sophie Shrees

Sophie Shrees from Nepal is the DC2 Doctoral Candidate (Process Scale) in the UPCYCLE MSCA Doctoral Network.  With a background in Environmental Technology and Engineering, Sophie is pursuing her PhD at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano under the supervision of Andrea Turolla and Elena Ficara.  Her research focuses on resource recovery from hard-to-recycle biogenic waste, with particular attention to the valorisation of pyrolysis products derived from

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Nimra Shahid

Nimra Shahid from Pakistan is the DC1 Doctoral Candidate (Process Scale) in the UPCYCLE Doctoral Network.  With a background in chemical engineering and sustainable biomass processing, Nimra is pursuing her PhD at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano under the supervision of Andrea Turolla and Elena Ficara.  Her research focuses on sustainable resource recovery from hard-to-recycle biogenic waste, with particular attention to

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