Meet the people who make up STEM Faculty.
Lecturer In Sustainability And The Smart Environment
Current PhD Students
Fatemeh Khodaparastan: Exploring biochar production in applied smouldering systems
Harri Williams: Modelling hydrogen storage using an alternative cushion gas
Marc Cochrane: Assessment of technological pathways for international transport of hydrogen 
Alongside students and collaborators, I'm currently researching a range of environmental engineering topics that support a low-carbon, clean, and circular economy - such as assessing hydrogeological conditions for safe used nuclear fuel storage, large-scale hydrogen storage and transport systems, and furthering the scientific understanding of a novel thermochemical waste-to-energy technique based on smouldering combustion. These projects primarily focus on understanding mass and energy balance dynamics - often in porous media systems - via experimental, analytical, and numerical methods. I am concurrently Assistant Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Lecturer at University College London. I hold a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a specialization in Environment & Sustainability from The University of Western Ontario, and I am a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada.
Below are two image links to videos summarizing current research activities.
The following image link is to SPLICE: Sustainable Processes Linked for an Integrated Circular Economy. This is an Open Societal Challenges project linked to my team's core research activities.
Please see this story on our 2023 research meeting, SPLICE 2023.
I am engaged in supporting the presentation and production of various engineering and environmental & sustainability courses, including
My team and I engage frequently in external events.
See an example event below with myself and colleagues alongside OU PhD students Harri Williams and Marc Cochrane. This panel discussion was on hydrogen in the UK and a part of Energy Security & Green Infrastructure Week 2023.
This online case study highlights a successful project alongside local leader on electric vehicle component design, Saietta.
This is a photo of team members supporting a local science outreach programme that promotes women leadership in STEM, Soapbox Science. My PhD student Fatemeh Khodaparastan participated in Soapboxscience 2024. Wonderful event for a terrific initiative!
I am keen to host collaborators at the OU. Below is a YouTube video of a very special lecture delivered by Prof. Bejan (Duke University) from his visit to the OU with an introduction from Prof. Torero (University College London)!
I have many long-standing collaborations with colleagues accross the UK - e.g., University College London, The University of Edinburgh, The University of Strathclyde - and internationally - e.g., Western University (Canada), York University (Canada), Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Chile), Federal University of Espírito Santo (Brazil), Xi'an University of Science and Technology (China), and China University of Mining and Technology (China). In addition, I collaborate frequently with multiple industry partners, including Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Geosyntec Consultants, Saietta, Elentec, Ragn Sells, and the leading smouldering technology provider Savron.
