Last updated: 16 May 2025
Current Sector: Academia
Current Company: Loughborough University
PhD Project Title: Novel materials for catalytic conversion of bio-oils
Supervisor(s): Dr Valeska Ting, Professor Mark Weller and Dr Chris Chuck
External Partner: Wessex Water and Airbus Group
MRes Project 1: Development of a microbial biofuel; utilisation of waste resources, reactor design and catalysis
Supervisor(s): Chris Chuck (Chemical Engineering)
Supervisor(s): Dr Dmitry Lukyanov & Dr Matthew Jones
MRes Project 2: Aqueous dye sensitized solar cells
Supervisor(s): Petra Cameron (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Professor Alison Walker
Since graduating in 2008 with a MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath, Jon completed an engineering graduate scheme with BP. During this time he worked on the onshore support team for a Northsea oil platform and spent two years on a gas terminal in Teeside. In his free time Jon likes to travel and has recently started to learn Portuguese.
