DrCostas Velis
Associate Professor in Waste and Resource Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- Associate Professor in Waste and Resource EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
RESEARCH
As Principal Investigator, I lead a team whose core research focuses on enabling a sustainable circular economy and preventing plastic pollution. My research portfolio spans the globe and encompasses innovations for closing material loops and recovering value from secondary resources and energy streams derived from post-use products and waste. I pioneered the circular economy agenda across the University of Leeds by establishing the Circular Economy and Resource Recovery (CERRY) network.
I conduct interdisciplinary research funded by UK research bodies, including UKRI, NERC, EPSRC, ESRC, the British Council, Innovate UK, BBSRC, and the Royal Academy of Engineering, as well as international organisations such as the World Bank Group, OECD, GIZ, UN-Habitat, UNESCAP, The Pew Charitable Trusts, IGES, ISWA, Grid-Arendal, and SYSTEMIQ.
The outputs of my research collaborations have received several prestigious international awards, including the CIWM James Jackson Award (2015), the ICE Thomas Telford Award (2014), and the ISWA Publication Award on two occasions (2013 and 2015).