Biography

Dr Whiting has more than 33 years of experience in the field of thermal engineering and waste management and is recognised worldwide as an expert in the gasification, pyrolysis and combustion of various waste streams with detailed knowledge of the technologies offered by the leading suppliers of such processes. Dr Whiting has operated as a technical and engineering consultant for more than 30 years including 9 years at WSP and 7 years at Juniper Consultancy Services. He acted as a technical expert to the UK government as a member of an OSTEMS mission to Japan and South Korea in 1995 to assess novel energy generation technologies and as the lead speaker at an environmental presentation to 80 Korean businessmen on the Royal Yacht Britannia at Inchon harbour, South Korea in 1997.

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Research Interest

Waste to biofuels, plastics recycling, plastics to biofuels