Our teammates
Our consortium includes 65 people from very diverse backgrounds : researcher, professors, engineers, PhD students and more...
Coordinators
João CASTRO GOMES
Full Professor (UBI)
João is a Professor at UBI, working on ... He was previously involved in the MSCA Program REMINE and is currently leading the CSTO2NE consortium
Geoffroy LESOT
General Manager (BIO)
Geoffroy is a graduate engineer from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers. He is the General Manager at Bionnov Engineering (ex Bioxegy).
Julie LAFAYE
Project Manager (BIO)
Julie works on industrial project and will contribute to CSTO2NE with her technical skills and biomimetic analysis.
Xiangming ZHOU
Full Professor - Coordinator (BUL)
Xiangming is Head of CEE, 15% involvement in research, training and supervision, is on carbon absorption and storage via construction materials, planting concrete, low carbon cement, cement-based functional & smart materials.
Torben LENAU
Associate Professor (DTU)
Torben Lenau has for the last 20 years been working with biomimicry and how to search for and incorporate inspiration from nature in the design of new products. He is responsible for DTU master course on the topic and has co-written a textbook on the topic for education. He also uses the biological inspiration for industry-oriented research and development work and is currently developing medical needles of plastic utilizing inspiration from the mosquito.
Antonia PACIOS
Associate Professor ( UPM)
Antonia is an architect, expert in cement-based materials and innovative building systems and materials. Her activity in research transference is realted to novel construction processes from the sutainability approach, and standardisation procedures.
Luisa CABEZA
Full Professor (UDL)
Luisa F. Cabeza holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. She has published over 500 scientific articles on thermal energy storage and energy systems, covering various aspects from basic science to engineering solutions, economics, and sustainability. Her recent research also focuses on social problems related to thermal energy storage.
Paula CAREY
Chief Technonolgy Officer (C8S)
Paula is the CTO and a founding director of C8S. With over 20 years of experience in the field, she has contributed to the design, construction, and operation of three out of four operational ACT plants and manages research and development at C8S.
José GONCALVES
Professor (CBPBI)
José is a biologist and undertakes research in plant physiology and biotechonology
Simon MAY
Co-founder & Director (PHY)
Entrepreneur and author. Industrial Design trained with a Master's in Innovation. Experienced at taking products and services to market.
Leszek SZOJDA
Full Professor(SUT)
Leszek scientific activity is focused on the study of the mechanical properties of materials and their application to numerical models using FEM, as well as numerical analyzes of building structures under the influence of soil deformation.
Shuqiong LUO
Associated Professor (HPU)
She is an expert in upcycling mining and industry wastes into cementitious materials, as well as manufacturing low-carbon cementitious materials using microwave heating techniques. Her research also focuses on developing CO2 sequestration materials.
Teammates
University of Beira Interior (UBI)
Marisa ALMEIDA
Assistant Professor (UBI)
Marisa is specialized in pavement research, materials, design, construction and performance evaluation pavement.
Cristina FAEL
Assistant Professor (UBI)
Cristina's research interests include hydraulics, hydrology, water resources, river hydraulics, and sediment transport. Her focus areas are surface water resources, river hydrodynamics, local scour, countermeasures, and sediment transport.
Clemente PINTO
Assistant Professor (UBI)
Clemente specializes in structural design using stones and eco-materials. He has expertise in the mechanical behaviour of brittle materials like rocks and concrete, as well as the path of forces in structural systems. Aditionally, his work focused the study of structural design of special structures, like shells and arches, based on the examples of some master builders and using the relationships between form, materials and paths of forces as a tool.
Manuel MAGRINHO
Assistant Professor (UBI)
Manuel is interested in research in the electrochemistry of biosensors, focusing on developing sustainable materials and minimising the environmental impact of building materials. He also investigates leaching in building materials and its potential environmental impact.
Imed BEGHOURA
Post-doctoral researcher (UBI)
Imed is a researcher with a doctorate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Beira Interior. His research focuses on sustainable building materials and technologies.
Erick SOARES
Doctoral researcher (UBI)
Erick is a Civil Engineering doctoral student at UBI studying innovative materials and building technology that use carbonated materials as an alternative to Portland cement-based materials. He specializes in material analyses.
Dina PINTO
Doctoral researcher (UBI)
Dina is pursuing a doctorate in Civil Engineering at the University of Beira Interior, focusing on "Vegetation-growth and water-pervious carbon-cured construction materials". Her research interests include Sustainable Development, Sustainable Building, and Life Cycle Analysis.
João LEITÃO
Associate Professor (UBI)
João is the director of UBIExecutive Business School and of the MBA@UBI. President of the Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional (APDR), Portuguese Section of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA).
Dina PEREIRA
Doctoral researcher (UBI)
Dina is the executive manager of UBImedical, incubator of University of Beira Interior. She is researcher at CEGIST-Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. She is co-founder of a startup in the field of drug development.
João FERREIRA
Associate Professor (UBI)
João Ferreira is the director of the Doctoral Program in Management at the UBI. He has edited or co-edited several books on strategy and entrepreneurship and has published over 300 articles in leading international journals. He is an editor for several leading journals in the field of Management. His main research interests include strategy and entrepreneurship.
Bionnov (ex Bioxegy) (BIO)
Geoffroy LESOT
General Manager | Bionnov Engineering |
Bio-inspired R&D
Geoffroy is a graduate engineer from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers. He is the General Manager at Bionnov Engineering (ex Bioxegy).
Julie LAFAYE
Project Manager | Bionnov Engineering | Bio-inspired R&D
Julie works on industrial project and will contribute to CSTO2NE with her technical skills and biomimetic analysis.
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Luc LAMORE
Head of Knowledge Department | Bionnov Group |Bio-inspired R&D
Luc is a Bio-inspiration Specialist. He contributes to industrial projects by providing crucial knowledge on biology and other scientific domains . In CSTO2NE, he will bring his knowledge of the living world and great understanding of its solutions to tranfer them into technical ones.
Clément NORODOM
Head of Technical Expertise| Bionnov Engineering | Bio-Inspired R&D
Clément is Head of Technical Expertise, Project Manager & Project Engineer. He has a training in civil engineering and participate in industrial projects with his technical skills. He will occasionnaly contribute to CSTO2NE with his knowledge and understanding of complex industrial problematics and technical solutions.
Charlotte JOUFFRE
Head of Project Department | Bionnov Engineering | Bio-inspired R&D
Charlotte is Head of Bio-Inspired Projects Department at Bionnov Engineering and contributes to CSTO2NE with her technical skills and biomimetic analysis.
Clémence LEPETIT-LEBAILLY
Project Manager | Bionnov Engineering | Bio-inspired R&D
Clémence works on industrial project and will contribute to CSTO2NE with her technical skills and biomimetic analysis.
Rémi CARENCOTTE
Head of Product Development | Bionnov Forge | Bio-inspired R&D
Rémi works on industrial project and will contribute to CSTO2NE with her technical skills and biomimetic analysis.
Loris SCHMITT
Project Manager | Bionnov Engineering | Bio-inspired R&D
Loris works on industrial project and contributes to CSTO2NE with her technical skills and biomimetic analysis.
Brunel University of London (BUL)
Lorna ANGUILANO
Senior Research Fellow (BUL)
Lorna is Senior Researcher and Quality Manager of ETC, 75% involvement in research, has main expertise in Phytomining, characterisation of materials, mineralogy as well as ISO accredited analyses.
Kangkang TANG
Senior Lecturer (BUL)
Kangkang is UG Course Director of CEE, 15% involvement in research, training and supervision, is on resilient infrastructure and natural-based solution for built environment.
Nuhu BRAIMAH
Senior Lecturer (BUL)
Nuhu is the Director of Teaching and Learning of CEE, 5% involvement in research, training and supervision, is on construction technology and management, risk and finance management for construction projects.
Lee HOSKING
Lecturer (BUL)
Lee is a lecturer in geo-environmental engineering of CEE, 5% involvement in research, training and supervision, is on carbon capture and storage, the numerical modelling of geo-energy engineering technologies, such as geological CO2 sequestration and unconventional geothermal energy recovery.
Uchechukwu ONWUKWE
Researcher
Uche is a Researcher at the ETC, 75% involvement in research, main expertise in nanotechnology, synthesis and material characterisation
Shuang LIANG
PhD student (BUL)
Shuang, a final year PhD student at CEE, is on carbonation of magnesium-based cement, and nano-engineered magnesium-based cement.
Zhonghao NIU
PhD student (BUL)
Zhonghao, a 2nd year PhD student at CEE, is on nano-additive for tailoring rheology of fibre-cement composites for additive manufacturing.
Mingqing LIU
PhD student (BUL)
Mingqing, a third year PhD student at CEE, is on nano-engineered lime calcined clay cement for resilient infrastructure.
Denmark University of Technology (DUT)
Tim Pat McGinley
Head of studies Architectural Engineering, Associate Professor in Digital Civil Engineering (EngD).
Originally trained as an architect, Tim has worked on projects at a variety of high profile architecture practices including Foster + Partners in London, ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] in Rotterdam. He has also worked as a researcher and educator at the Hyperbody Research Group at TU Delft, UniSA in Australia where he co-founded the Morphogenetic Prototyping Lab and Agile X Research Group. He is currently Head of Studies for architectural Engineering at DTU in Denmark. Tim’s research applies the evolutionary and developmental perspective of biology to model our built environment.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Joaquim ORDIERES
Full Professor (UPM)
Joaquín is an industrial Engineer, PQ coordinator, Full professor, with expertise in assets and energy management, digital transformation, services to the industry to be competitive in the European market.
Mercedes GRIJALVO
Associate Professor (UPM)
Researcher with a doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Organization from Charles III University. Her recent research focuses on innovation in business models, and Lean and Industry 4.0.
Justo GARCIA
Full Professor (UPM)
Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Circular Economy of Minerals and Construction Products and UPM Coordinator of the AMIR (Advanced Materials: Innovative Recycling) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree. His lines of work and research are Sustainability and Circular Economy in the Construction Sector, and he also coordinates the CIRCULAR EELISA Community at the EELISA Alliance of Universities.
José Ygnacio PASTOR
Full Professor (UPM)
PhD in Physics since 1993, UCM (Spain). His expertise focuses on advanced characterization of materials in extreme on-service conditions. He has over 120 scientific articles and he has collaborated with over 20 well-known international research centers.
Elena TEJADO
Associate Professor (UPM)
Her current research areas of interest include the microstructural and mechanical characterization of materials at different scales, with a special focus on their performance at very high temperatures. The materials studied are mainly devised for energy applications, especially refractory alloys for fusion devices, composites, and coatings.
Anabel CASTILLO
PhD student (UPM)
Anabel is an architect and is part of the Sustainability in Construction and Industry group, giSCI-UPM. His fields of interest include innovation and circular economy to achieve sustainable communities and cities.
Diego FOGACA
PhD Student (UPM)
Diego is an industrial engineer with expertise in organizational theory and quality management. He is an assistant professor at UFMS in Brazil and a PhD student at UPM. His recent research focuses on institutional aspects of emerging technologies, particularly Industry
Ángel PARÍS
Associate Professor (UPM)
Angel is an Aeronautical Engineer, expert in airports. Within this field, its research activity focuses on process optimization, especially those related to improving the level of service and the sustainability of infrastructure.
Victor REY
Doctor Assistant Professor (UPM)
Victor is a civil engineer and materials engineer both from UPM. His doctoral thesis focused on the design and development of experimental tools for the dynamic characterization of concrete and subsequently he has dedicated his research to the mechanical characterization of materials subjected to high strain and impact velocities. Recently he has been involved in the design and characterization of mortars for 3D printing.
Jaime ORELLANA BARRASA
Doctor Assistant Professor (UPM)
Jaime is a materials engineer by the UPM with expertise in the influence of time (ageing in different environments) in the mechanical, thermal and microstructural properties of polymeric materials (like PLA, PMMA or wax). He is currently working on the effect of additive manufacturing technologies on the extruded materials.
University of Lleida
Gabriel ZSEMBINSZKI
Postdoctoral researcher (UDL)
Gabriel Zsembinszki holds a PhD degree in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Since 2010 he has been part-time lecturer at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Buildings at the University of Lleida and involved in research activities within GREiA research group related to thermal energy storage and heat transfer.
Emiliano BORRI
Postdoctoral researcher (UDL)
Emiliano Borri is a postdoctoral researcher with a PhD in Industrial Engineering. He works with the GREiA research group and contributes to the management of several EU-funded projects. His research focuses on thermal energy accumulators for use in buildings and includes technical and economic evaluations.
Carbon8 Systems
Colin HILLS
Full Professor
Colin is a Professor at the University of Greenwich and a founding director of C8S, a company specializing in Accelerated Carbonation Technology (ACT). With over 20 years of experience in ACT, Colin has contributed to the design, construction, and operation of three of the four operational plants and continues to manage research and development at C8S.
CBPBI Association
Ofélia ANJOS
Professor (CBP)
Ofélia is someone always looking for new challenges and available for teamwork. Her expertise in materials analysis could be an asset to this project
Carmo HORTA
Professor (CBP)
Carmo has extensive experience in waste reuse processes and, consequently, in the development of circular economy systems.
Luisa NUNES
Professor (CBP)
Luísa is a nature lover, working in environmental indicator species and in systemic biomimcry processes for a more sustainable world.
Polytechnic Slaska
Grzergorz WANDZIK
Associate Professor (SUT)
Grzegorz scientific interests are focused on the nonlinear analysis of structures and structural members. In his work, he uses his own software to analyse various problems solved with the use of the numerical methods. He has many years of experience in creating software (Delphi, C#, Python languages) for the analysis of structures and their cooperation with subsoil as well as theoretical analysis of the results of laboratory tests of structural elements.
Malgorzata SAFUTA
Assistant Professor (SUT)
Malgorzata research interests involve the application of nanotechnology in concrete structures, in particular the 2D materials-based high-performance, self-sensing, and piezoresistive cementitious composites
Malgorzata PAJAK
Assistant Professor (SUT)
Malgorzata is involved in laboratory investigation of concrete and FRC under quasi-static and high strain rates. The behaviour of the materials is analysed under high strain rates using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar technique. In her research the fibres recycled from the end-of-life tires are applied
Phyona
Lorna ANGUILANO
Senior Research Fellow (BUL)
Lorna is Senior Researcher and Quality Manager of ETC, 75% involvement in research, has main expertise in Phytomining, characterisation of materials, mineralogy as well as ISO accredited analyses.
Uchechukwu ONWUKWE
Researcher
Uche is a Researcher at the ETC, 75% involvement in research, main expertise in nanotechnology, synthesis and material characterisation
Henan Polytechnic University
Lei YANG
Professor
Wenyan ZHANG
Professor
Songhui LIU
Professor
Jianping ZHU
Professor