Professor Daniel Parsons D.Parsons@hull.ac.uk
Professor in Sedimentology/ Director, Energy and Environment Institute
THYME: CCF BIO ECONOMY
People Involved
Dr Vicky Skoulou V.Skoulou@hull.ac.uk
Graduate Research Director (GRD) of School of Engineering ; Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof.) in Chemical Engineering-Bioenergy ; PI of the B3: Biomass Waste- BioenergH2- Biochars Challenge Group of PGRs and PDRAs
Dr Sharif Zein S.H.Zein@hull.ac.uk
Senior Fellow HEA| Reader in Biorefinery Processes and Reaction Engineering| PI of Bioref Group
Professor Pauline Deutz P.Deutz@hull.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Graham Ferrier G.Ferrier@hull.ac.uk
Head of Department of Geography, Geology and Environment
Mrs Elizabeth Wilson E.Wilson@hull.ac.uk
Dr Maggie McGowan M.McGowan@hull.ac.uk
Dr Jenny Spear J.Spear@hull.ac.uk
THYME Programme Manager
Project Description
The THYME Project is a new collaboration between the Universities of York, Hull and Teesside to build the bioeconomy sector across Yorkshire, Humberside and the Tees Valley. In collaboration with regional industry, LEPs and the wider community, the universities will deliver projects focused upon 3 areas (1) Transforming bio-based waste into new products; (2) Converting industrial sites by re-purposing them for bio-based manufacturing; (3) Growing the productivity of the region’s bioeconomy as a whole by bringing together research and commercialisation capabilities within the three universities. The THYME Project will grow the region’s economy, create jobs and have major environmental benefits.
The overarching aim of the THYME Project is to build on our region’s world leading innovation assets to drive increased productivity of SMEs and large companies operating in the circular bioeconomy across Yorkshire, Humberside and the Tees Valley. The project is based upon data and recommendations from the 2017 BEIS-sponsored Science and Innovation Audit of the Bioeconomy in the North of England and supports the key ambition of the five Bioeconomy Sector Leadership Councils to double the size of the UK’s bioeconomy in the next ten years.
The THYME Project will establish a new and highly innovative collaboration between the universities of York (UoY), Hull (UoH) and Teesside (TU) that will become an exemplar for good practice in Knowledge Exchange (KE) between HEIs and industry, attracting trade and inward investment into sustainable bio-based industries and our HEIs. The project has been developed in consultation with Steve Bagshaw, CEO of Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), based at Teesside, and chair of the UK’s Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum (IBLF) who has agreed to chair the External Advisory Group for the THYME Project.
| Project Acronym | THYME |
|---|---|
| Status | Project Complete |
| Funder(s) | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| Value | £1,021,924.00 |
| Project Dates | Apr 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2021 |
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