Emeritus ProfessorDavid Stuckey
Emeritus Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Emeritus ProfessorDepartment of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 5591 (Work)
- 510, ACE Extension, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Biography
Date Role
1984-2001
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London
1983
Visiting Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Iniversity of Sussex, UK.
1981-1982
Research Fellow, EAWAG, Zurich, Switzerland.
1980
Post-Doctoral Fellow, SINTEF/NTH, Trondheim, Norway.
1974-1980
PhD in Civil Eengineering, Stanford University, California, USA.
1973
MEng(Sci) Biochemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
1970-1972
Environmental Engineer, State Rivers, Melbourne, Australia.
1966-1969
BEng Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Research interests
My research interests fall into three seemingly disparate but ultimately inter-related areas:
Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment : Treatment of dilute (500 mg/l COD) and heavy metal/dye containing wastes using a "Baffled Reactor" (ABR). Production, characterisation and removal of soluble microbial products (SMPS) from anaerobic digester effluents. Sulphate reduction to disinfect and remove metals from sludges. Use of solid-phase gas membrane separation in anaerobic digestion to control shock loads. The use of 16S rRNA molecular probes to understand the microbial ecology of anaerobic reactors. In addition, I am looking at immobilised (in PVA) nitrification/denitrification for high ammonia (1000 mg/l) wastewaters in gas-lift reactors.
Downstream Separations in Biotechnology : Selectivity, activity recovery, kinetics and contactor design (Graesser) using reverse micelles (5 nanometer w/o microemulsions) to extract proteins from fermentation broths. Colloidal liquid aphrons (CLAs-5 micron o/w emulsions) to extract non-polar (erythromycin) and polar (phenylalanine) solutes from broths. Interfacial mass transfer in solvent extraction in the presence of proteins/surfactants and cell debris looking at Marangoni instabilities. Extraction of eicosapentanoic Acid (EPA) from marine algae using solvent extraction, silver ion chromatography, and solid phase membrane/silver ion extraction.
Biotransformations : production of chiral epoxides in solid-phase membrane bioreactors. Biphasic enzymatic reactions on colloidal liquid aphrons, as well as the development of crossflow membrane reactors with CLAs.
Links
Bio-Driven Chemical Engineering
Date Role
1984-2001
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London
1983
Visiting Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Iniversity of Sussex, UK.
1981-1982
Research Fellow, EAWAG, Zurich, Switzerland.
1980
Post-Doctoral Fellow, SINTEF/NTH, Trondheim, Norway.
1974-1980
PhD in Civil Eengineering, Stanford University, California, USA.
1973
MEng(Sci) Biochemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
1970-1972
Environmental Engineer, State Rivers, Melbourne, Australia.
1966-1969
BEng Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Research interests
My research interests fall into three seemingly disparate but ultimately inter-related areas:
Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment : Treatment of dilute (500 mg/l COD) and heavy metal/dye containing wastes using a "Baffled Reactor" (ABR). Production, characterisation and removal of soluble microbial products (SMPS) from anaerobic digester effluents. Sulphate reduction to disinfect and remove metals from sludges. Use of solid-phase gas membrane separation in anaerobic digestion to control shock loads. The use of 16S rRNA molecular probes to understand the microbial ecology of anaerobic reactors. In addition, I am looking at immobilised (in PVA) nitrification/denitrification for high ammonia (1000 mg/l) wastewaters in gas-lift reactors.
Downstream Separations in Biotechnology : Selectivity, activity recovery, kinetics and contactor design (Graesser) using reverse micelles (5 nanometer w/o microemulsions) to extract proteins from fermentation broths. Colloidal liquid aphrons (CLAs-5 micron o/w emulsions) to extract non-polar (erythromycin) and polar (phenylalanine) solutes from broths. Interfacial mass transfer in solvent extraction in the presence of proteins/surfactants and cell debris looking at Marangoni instabilities. Extraction of eicosapentanoic Acid (EPA) from marine algae using solvent extraction, silver ion chromatography, and solid phase membrane/silver ion extraction.
Biotransformations : production of chiral epoxides in solid-phase membrane bioreactors. Biphasic enzymatic reactions on colloidal liquid aphrons, as well as the development of crossflow membrane reactors with CLAs.
Links
Bio-Driven Chemical Engineering
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Emeritus Professor