PINZ CDT at ChemSpec 2026

The PINZ CDT was represented at this week’s ChemSpec Europe Conference in Cologne by CDT Co-Director, Prof Adam Harvey, Academic Supervisor, Dr Jonathan McDonough, Innovation and Partnerships Manager, Dr Ryan Siddall of Newcastle University and University of York PhD researcher Hannah Chapman.

In addition to hosting a stand at the event, the team delivered a talk and chaired a panel session on the event’s Strategy Stage.

Adam and Ryan delivered a talk entitled “PINZ: Accelerating net zero through real-world collaborative research”, sharing how our CDT projects are having real-world impacts in the chemical sector.

They then joined a panel session with project industry supervisor, Jack Vincent of Croda. The discussion highlighted the value of collaborative doctoral research, featuring the PINZ CDT project “Decarbonisation of thermal separation processes for removing water and organic solvents from high-performance ingredients”, as a case study.

This PhD project is being undertaken by Mohammad Hosseinpour, with academic supervision by Dr Greg Mutch and Professor Jonathan Lee, in partnership with Croda.

Find out more about PINZ CDT Current projects.