Experience

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

• Austria
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Researcher

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Working on the GAINS model with a focus on pollution control technologies.Continuing work on mercury and GAINS.

• Guest Research Assistant

  • Oct 2021 - Jan 2023

  Collaboration | GAINS | Mercury pollution control technology | Industry | Co-benefitsAs the pandemic limited my access to the laboratory for the materials science part of my thesis (see below), I took the opportunity to delve further into policy modelling. What started as a 3-month stay at IIASA, became a 12-month University of Leeds - IIASA collaboration and a relocation to Laxenburg, Austria. I am now working with the multi-pollutant policy model GAINS to explore scenarios of future mercury emission and cost-effective future mercury control.My tasks include:* Update of current and future control technologies for mercury across all emission sectors in GAINS* Representation of the impact of PM and SO2 control on Hg abatement* Collection of cost data on mercury-specific emission abatement technologies, enabling cost-effectiveness calculations Show less



University of Leeds

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Researcher, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Independent research | Proposal writing | Project management & Covid-19 mitigation My PhD project explores mercury pollution control on two scales - the chemical and policy scale. * The molecular scale: Part I explores the chemical properties of manganese - green carbon composite sorbents as mercury filters for industrial flue gases. Through laboratory synthesis, systematic literature review and advanced X-ray absorption analysis (XANES), I explored different types of green carbon feedstocks (coffee grounds, rice husk, oak wood) and synthesis methods influenced the oxidation state of the manganese oxides. * Part II of my PhD looks at mercury pollution control on a much larger context, exploring the applicability and cost of implementing novel filter materials, alongside a host of other mercury abatement options, across different industrial emission sources. What role will such mercury-specfic control technologies play within the UN Minamata convention to reduce mercury emissions? To answer this question, I am developing scenarios of future mercury control options with the GAINS model, using my insights from Part I and literature research. Show less



International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

• Austria
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Young Scientists Summer Program

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021



University of Leeds

• Leeds, Großbritannien

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Project: Sustainable water purification using engineered bio-products Researching interactions between heavy metals and engineered bioproducts like biochars, with a special focus on precious metals like gold, and the pollutant mercury. We used a wide array of methods, ranging from wet chemical extractiosn to transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and synchrotron methods (XANES, EXAFS) to understand the samples. Project: Sustainable water purification using engineered bio-products Researching interactions between heavy metals and engineered bioproducts like biochars, with a special focus on precious metals like gold, and the pollutant mercury. We used a wide array of methods, ranging from wet chemical extractiosn to transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and synchrotron methods (XANES, EXAFS) to understand the samples.



Josephinum Research

• Wieselburg an der Erlauf

• Laboratory Research Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Sep 2015



Josephinum Research

• Wieselburg an der Erlauf

• Laboratory Research Assistant

  • Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  Worked in stable isotope lab, preparing and conducting measurements on the light stable isotopes H, C, N, O and S on the IRMS. Measurements included a range of environmental and geological samples, such as carbonate (CO2), pyrite and others in the context of paleo-climate research. Worked in stable isotope lab, preparing and conducting measurements on the light stable isotopes H, C, N, O and S on the IRMS. Measurements included a range of environmental and geological samples, such as carbonate (CO2), pyrite and others in the context of paleo-climate research.



Háskóli Íslands

• Iceland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2013

  Summer research student with Prof. Sigurður Reynir Gíslason, Ph.D. I was responsible for dissolution experiments within the CarbFix research project which looks at the geological carbon capture and storage via the mineralisation of CO2 in basaltic rocks (https://www.or.is/en/projects/carbfix). Summer research student with Prof. Sigurður Reynir Gíslason, Ph.D. I was responsible for dissolution experiments within the CarbFix research project which looks at the geological carbon capture and storage via the mineralisation of CO2 in basaltic rocks (https://www.or.is/en/projects/carbfix).