The 31st Annual Roger Sargent Lecture 5 December 2024 by Professor Nilay Shah
Vaccine manufacturing: a surprisingly fruitful research field for PSE
Vaccine manufacturing and supply have become important topics following the global pandemic. This has coincided with some interesting new process platforms for vaccine manufacturing which enable more intensified production and faster supply. In this talk we will look at opportunities for modelling and optimisation at the product level, unit operation level, process/plant level and supply chain level using examples from e.g. influenza and Covid-19. The aim is to demonstrate that that this field is an exciting and fast-changing one with many opportunities for the PSE community.
About Professor Nilay Shah:
Nilay Shah is a chemical engineer by training and undertakes research on systems modelling and engineering, design and optimisation of low carbon industrial systems, sustainable energy systems, hydrogen economy, e-fuels and chemicals, biotechnology, supply chain modelling, process scheduling and optimisation and plant safety and risk assessment. Nilay Shah has received many awards and he is particularly interested in the transfer of technology from academia to industry and its rapid scaling. He is currently a member of the UK Government’s Hydrogen Delivery Council, DESNZ Science Expert Group and Vaccine Development Working Group.