James graduated with a MEng in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford in 2007. He then continued his studies, obtaining a PhD entitled "Biosurfactant production by fermentation with integrated foam fractionation" from The University of Manchester in 2011. Following this James was awarded a six month EPSRC Doctoral Prize to further investigate biosurfactant production and subsequently continued this work as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Multiphase Processing Group in the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science. James started as a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in 2013. His current research interests are focused around industrial biotechnology and the efficient production and separation of bio-based products, such as biosurfactants and biopolymers.

Production and characterization of rhamnolipid using palm oil agricultural refinery wasteRadzuan, M. N., Banat, I. & Winterburn, J. 2 Jan 2017 In : Bioresource Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal ? ArticleDOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.052 Date seed characterisation, substrate extraction and process modelling for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate by Cupriavidus necatorYousuf , R. G. & Winterburn, J. 1 Dec 2016 In : Bioresource Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal ? ArticleDOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.09.107 Effect of limonene on the heterotrophic growth and polyhydroxybutyrate production by Cupriavidus necator H16Guzman Lagunes, F. & Winterburn, J. 1 Dec 2016 In : Bioresource Technology. 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? ArticleDOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.09.045 Antioxidant activity and ACE-inhibitory of Class II hydrophobin from wild strain Trichoderma reeseiKhalesi, M., Jahanbani, R., Riveros-Galan, D., Sheikh-Hassani, V., Sheikh-Zeinoddin, M., Sahihi, M., Winterburn, J., Derdelinckx, G. & Moosavi-Movahedi, A. A. Oct 2016 In : International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.Research output: Contribution to journal ? ArticleDOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.05.068 Integrated sophorolipid production and gravity separationDolman, B., Kaisermann, C., Martin, P. & Winterburn, J. 2016 In : Process Biochemistry.Research output: Contribution to journal ? ArticleDOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2016.12.021