Dr Rob Sommerville MEng, MRes, AMIChemE, MIMMM

Dr Rob Sommerville

School of Metallurgy and Materials
Faraday Institution Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
r.sommerville@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@RSommerville
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Address
School of Metallurgy and Materials
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a focus on reutilisation of waste, especially wastes containing strategic elements and critical materials.

I am currently working on the ReLiB project funded by the Faraday institution, looking at physical separation techniques in the recycling of lithium-ion batteries.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 2017
  • MRes in Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 2012
  • MEng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 2011

Research

Research interests

  • Recycling and reuse
  • Mineral Processing
  • Strategic Elements and Critical Materials

Current projects