SINFERT Project Lead 

School of Chemistry UCD

Inventor of DOC - core phosphorus extaction and processing technology

Project co-lead 

School of Agriculture UCD

SINFERT Agronomy Expert

SINFERT Societal Impact Leader (Ireland) 

SINFERT Societal Impact Leader (Europe) 

School of Chemistry UCD 

Co-inventor of  DOC technology

School of chemical and bioprocessing Engineering UCD  

Process scale-up and technology commercialisation

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Deoxychlorination chemistry development

Research Associate (chemistry)

Focussing on the complex chemistry of phosphorus and exploring new efficient pathways and synthetic routes. 

Research Assistant & Project Developer

Plant growth trials, life-cycle assessment, project development

Stage 4 Research Project Student 

Emily joins the SINFERT lab as a Stage 4 Research Project student, taking an entirely new angle on olefination. She will be developing a solid-supported, zero-waste synthetic route to highlight our process chemistry. 

Research Assistant

Experiments focused on high-value outputs

Research intern

Emma led critical mass-balance studies, tracking how calcium,   fluorine, solvents  and heavy metals partition throughout our extraction route. Mapping these elemental streams ensures our phosphorus recovery process is fully circular, environmentally compliant, and commercially viable. 

Research Scientist

Maham heads our techno-economic assessments (TEA) and process flow modelling. By mapping system mass/energy balances and modeling industrial integration pathways, her work ensures our phosphorus recovery tech is both environmentally circular and commercially competitive for market scaling. 

Research Assistant

Ema focused her research on developing high-value, sustainable phosphorus outputs, helping us bridge the gap between waste stream recovery and market-ready chemical specifications. Her technical contributions played a key role in advancing our product validation. 

Research Intern

Cillian's Special focus was on evaluating the energy balance of the DOC process. Their rigorous modeling provided crucial baseline data on process efficiency, helping shape our scale-up strategy for high-purity phosphate recovery.