Dr Uche Onwukwe
Research Fellow II
Research Interests
Uche has a wide range of interest which include biomimetics, nanomaterials synthesis and characterisation, catalysis, phytomining, microplastic investigation. Uche is presently involved in several projects within the realm of circular economy and how living organisms can be utilised as a green approach to reducing waste while be used as alternative means to synthesise high value materials.
At heart, they are a true material scientist that hopes to use their expertise to collaborate on multidisciplinary and intersectional projects.
Research grants and projects
Research Projects
Grants
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: December 2023 -
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: April 2023 -
Decontamination of land and recovery of valuable metals
Funder: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
Duration: January 2023 - December 2026
Biomimicry and carbon adsorbent eco-materials for a climate-neutral economy
Funder: European Space Agency
Duration: January 2021 - December 2021
Funder: Young European Research Universities Network
Duration: December 2020 - December 2021
the recovery of metal from contaminated soils, sludges/brines and water using a carbon negative technology. For this project I will work in close collaboration with Natural Resources Wales, Royal Holloway, Kingston University and National University of Athens.Additionally, developing and using low temperature pyrolysis to enhance the recovery methods.
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Co-author network
- Dr Lorna Anguilano
- Dr Alan Reynolds
- Prof Ronan Mccarthy
- Dr Sophia Haghani
- Dr Myles Worsley
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Research group(s)
- ETC
- IMM
- MCP