Dr Dale McClure
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Quad North 049
- Email: dale.mcclure@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265277
- Chemical Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
I joined the Chemical Engineering Department at Brunel University in May 2021, after moving from the University of Sydney where I was employed at the Centre for Advanced Food Engineering, working in the area of industrial biotechnology. Prior to that I completed my PhD at the University of Sydney in 2014 and my undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in 2010.
My research is in the area of industrial biotechnology, with a focus on the safe, sustainable and cost-effective production of high-value compounds for the food, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. A key focus of my work is sustainability and transforming what would be otherwise considered wastes to valuable products.
I have extensive experience in the design, scale-up and modelling of bioreactors, and have developed advanced computational models of industrial systems. I have worked extensively with industry and many of the projects I have worked on have been successfully commercialised.
Awards and Honours:
- 2018 Science and Innovation Award for Young People in Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
- 2016 Winner of European Society of Biochemical Engineering Bioprocess Engineering Design Prize
- 2011 Australian Postgraduate Award
- 2009 MIPPs Scholarship
- 2008 Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance
- 2008 Amcor Prize for Greatest Proficiency in Chemical Engineering Practice
- 2007 Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance
Newest selected publications
Alam, D., Lee, S., Hong, J., Fletcher, DF., Liu, X., McClure, D., et al. (2024) 'Influence of bubble size on perfluorooctanesulfonic acid degradation in a pilot scale non-thermal plasma treatment reactor'. Chemical Engineering Journal, 489. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1385-8947 Open Access Link
Alam, D., Lee, S., Hong, J., Fletcher, DF., McClure, D., Cook, D., et al. (2023) 'Experimental investigations of Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) degradation by non-thermal plasma in aqueous solutions'. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (6). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 2213-3437 Open Access Link
Gu, W., Theau, E., Anderson, AW., Fletcher, DF., Kavanagh, JM. and McClure, DD. (2023) 'A modelling workflow for quantification of photobioreactor performance'. Chemical Engineering Journal, 0 (in press, pre-proof). pp. 1 - 35. ISSN: 1385-8947 Open Access Link
Nadal-Rey, G., Kavanagh, JM., Cassells, B., Cornelissen, S., Fletcher, DF., Gernaey, KV. and et al. (2023) 'Modelling of industrial-scale bioreactors using the particle lifeline approach'. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 198. pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 1369-703X Open Access Link
Molina Ortiz, JP., Read, MN., McClure, DD., Holmes, A., Dehghani, F. and Shanahan, ER. (2022) 'High throughput genome scale modeling predicts microbial vitamin requirements contribute to gut microbiome community structure'. Gut Microbes, 14 (1). pp. 1 - 21. ISSN: 1949-0976 Open Access Link