David is a consultant specialising in the production of
sustainable aviation fuels. David works with multiple partners including
international chemical companies, recognised household brands, pilot plants,
academia and government bodies analysing the potential feedstocks for
production of biobased commodities, evaluation of the process economics and
aligning policy with internationally recognised standards. David has a special interest in sustainable aviation fuel.
David is currently working on the WASTE2FUNC project which
is an EU funded project through BBI-JTU. The project is focused on producing
biosurfactants and biobased lactic acid from 2nd generation biomass
and waste. David is leading the analysing of the feedstocks for the two pilot
plants and will evaluate the economics of developing the pilot facilities. He
is also undertaking some work for the Department for Transport, developing
their policy for biofuels developed from forestry material and agricultural
residues.
Prior to joining NNFCC David did his undergraduate degree in
Chemical Engineering at the University of Leeds. He enjoys learning about how
materials and energy and produced from raw materials. Following his success on
his master’s project which looked at developing silver nanowires for
photovoltaic applications he was invited to join the Bioenergy CDT to do a PhD
at the University of Leeds. The focus of his PhD was alternative biomass for
heating applications trying to tackle the issue of decarbonising heat with
biomass unsuitable for other applications.