As Principal Investigator I lead a team with core research focus on enabling a sustainable circular economy and on preventing plastics pollution. My research portfolio is spread over the world and covers innovation for closing the materials loop and recovering value for secondary material resources and energy (after-use items, waste) – I pioneered circular economy across the university by setting up the Circular Economy & Resource Recovery (CERRY) network. I conduct interdisciplinary research, funded by UK research bodies (UKRI, NERC, EPSRC, ESCR, British Council, Innovate UK, BBSRC, Royal Academy of Engineering) and international organisations (World Bank Group, OECD, GIZ, UN-Habitat, UNESCAP, The PEW Charitable Trusts, IGES, ISWA, Grid-Arendal, SYSTEMIQ). My research collaboration outputs are in receipt of prestigious international awards, including those from the CIWM James Jackson Award (2015), the ICE Thomas Telford Award (2014) and twice the ISWA Publication Award (2015 and 2013).