Sennai Asmelash Mesfun

I work mainly with technologies for converting biomass into energy, fuels and chemicals. My research assignments focus on scaling up, conceptual process development and techno-economic evaluation of biorefinery concepts under different configurations, integrated with existing industries or stand-alone.

I collaborate with partners and colleagues who conduct experimental research, and develop conceptual processes that assess the concepts at a commercial level using modelling and simulation platforms such as Aspen Plus, UniSim Design, Python, etc. The focus is on systems analysis, process integration, carbon efficiency and economic as well as GHG performance.