Overview

This networking webinar event was aimed at chemical engineering entrepreneurs and enthusiasts from the UK working in research and innovation. The event attracted a group of high-quality professionals from Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, and Nottingham.

This session provided new-comers with a chance to introduce themselves, host a talk and panel discussion by experienced entrepreneurs, and outline planned activities for 2022.

Hosts

Dr James Courtney, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Birmingham

James is a post-doctoral researcher within The Rees Group at the University of Birmingham, working with The Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research and The Centre for Electrochemical Research. James is developing electrochemical engineering in energy and is currently focused on the applications of impact electrochemistry and the recycling of critical materials

Nicholas Lau, Masters Student, Imperial College London

Nicholas is a third-year chemical engineering undergraduate at Imperial College London. Nicholas has a strong interest in deeptech and entrepreneurship and worked as an analyst at a venture capital company to gain insights into the topic. For his research, Nicholas has been specialising in process and biological network modeling skills through different projects in a hope to contribute to the advancement of peptide synthesis and redox pathway simulation.

Speakers

Dr Amit Bhave, CMCL Innovations

Dr Bhave is the CEO and co-founder of CMCL Innovations, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, where he graduated with a PhD in Chemical Engineering. Dr Bhave has 17 years of experience in software and services business development, delivering projects focused on digitalisation applied to decarbonisation, carbon-negative energy technologies, nanomaterials and emissions reduction in vehicles.

Dr Katie Howe, Patent Attorney, Barker Brettell LLP

Dr Howe is an experienced patent attorney at Barker Brettell with 8 years of experience in patent drafting and prosecution and intellectual property strategy guidance. Dr Howe has a PhD in fuel cells from the University of Birmingham.

Any opinions are the presenter's own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Research and Innovation Community of Practice. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.