Gul Ozcan-Taskin

Dr Gul Ozcan-Taskin serves as a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University, leveraging over 20 years of industrial R&D leadership from her tenure as Senior Consultant at BHR Group (1995-2015), where she managed multi-million-euro consortia including the Fluid Mixing Processes Consortium (40+ companies, £600K+/year) and DOMINO project.

Her academic foundation comprises:

• PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Birmingham (1988-1993) researching viscoelasticity in stirred tanks
• DEA (Master's) in Bioconversions/Biotechnology from Université de Technologie de Compiègne (1985-1987) on viscosity effects in aerated vessels
• Diplome d’Ingenieure in Food Process Engineering (Biotechnology specialization) from ENSIA, France (1984-1986)
• MEng (Honours) in Food Engineering from University of Hacettepe (1979-1983)

Her research integrates fluid dynamics and particle science to advance sustainable engineering solutions, with current focus spanning Net Zero technologies, biotechnology applications in healthcare, and circular economy frameworks for sustainable manufacturing. This builds on her industrial expertise in micro/nanoparticle dispersion and consumer product formulation.

Professional distinctions include:

• Chartered Engineer status
• Fellowship of the Institution of Chemical Engineers

Dr Ozcan-Taskin has co-supervised numerous PhD/MSc students during her industrial and academic career, including projects at BHR Group, University of Birmingham (SERC/DTI-funded impeller design research), and Cambridge (oscillatory flow reactors). She directed major grants such as EC-funded PROFORM (€3.5M) for nano-particle consumer products and AddNano (€12M) for advanced lubricant formulation.

At Loughborough, she actively contributes to three research groups—Net Zero, Biotechnology and Healthcare, and Sustainable Manufacturing and Circular Economy—driving innovation in sustainable chemical engineering through industry-academic collaboration.