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Professor Harris Makatsoris is a Professor of Sustainable Manufacturing Systems at King's College London, based in the Department of Engineering within the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences. His research focuses on integrating mechanical engineering, process systems engineering, and intelligent automation to advance sustainable manufacturing, particularly in high-value chemical production and vaccine manufacturing. He holds a graduate degree from Imperial College London and is a Chartered Engineer.
Research Interests: Process intensification, flow technologies, AI-driven materials discovery, circular manufacturing, and bioprocessing for vaccines. His work emphasizes sustainable solutions through robotics, algorithmic optimization, and industrial automation.
Awards: Recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering's President's Special Award for Pandemic Service (2020) for contributions to vaccine production. Active in technology transfer, leading university spin-outs and collaborations with industry.
Grants/Projects: Principal Investigator for initiatives like the £10M Future Manufacturing Vaccine Hub (EPSRC-funded), BiaB Biofoundry projects (Wellcome Leap), and AmorFlow (EPSRC). These projects address rapid vaccine manufacture, modular RNA production networks, and continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the London Centre for Nanotechnology and collaborates globally on RNA biology, climate sustainability, and biomedical engineering. Engages in interdisciplinary research across engineering, medicine, and environmental science.
