Industrial Secondment in Granutec, Germany, 10.2010 & 3.2011 Industrial Secondment in Procter & Gamble, 7.2007-11.2007 Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 10.2004- Visiting Professor, Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux, Albi, France, 5.2003-9.2003 Reader in Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 10.2001-9.2004 Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering 10.1999-9.2001 Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 8.1995 -9.1999 Research Fellow (RF2), School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 10.1994 - 7.1995 Research Fellow (RA1A), School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 10.1990 - 9.1994 Honorary Research Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 9.1989 - 9.1990 Lecturer, UNILAB Research Centre for Chemical Reaction Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China, 4.1988 - 9.1989 Researcher Fellow, UNILAB Research Centre for Chemical Reaction Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China, 2.1988 - 4.1988

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