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Newcastle University

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5.05/4/2026

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About Kamelia

Professor Kamelia Boodhoo holds the position of Professor of Intensified Chemical Processing and serves as Director of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. She earned her MEng degree with 1st Class Honours and her PhD from the University of Newcastle. Her research focuses on the development of spinning disc reactor (SDR) technology and its applications to various polymerization reactions, including free-radical styrene polymerisation, photopolymerisation of styrene and n-butyl acrylate, co-monomers, cationic polymerisation of styrene using immobilised Lewis acid catalysts, and surfactant-free emulsion polymerisation. Professor Boodhoo investigates fundamental aspects such as residence time distribution, micromixing, and hydrodynamics of thin film flow within the SDR. Her work extends to intensified reactor technologies for bioprocesses, exemplified by the intensification of fermentation reactions of P. Putida using rotating mesh agitators to increase cell growth rate and PHA yield. She also explores green chemistry and engineering principles, including ionic liquid processing and the utilisation of renewable resources like biomass for biofuels and biopolymers.