Adisa Azapagic

Early life and education

Azapagic was born in 1961 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] She attended the University of Tuzla, and graduated in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.[5] She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Surrey, and earned her PhD on Environmental System Analysis using Life-cycle assessmentin 1996. [6]

Research and career

Azapagic remained at the University of Surrey for thirteen years before moving to the University of Manchester.[7] She leads the Sustainable Industrial Systems research group at the University of Manchester.[8] She runs several industry collaborations, including projects with Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, Whirlpool Corporation.[5] In 2015 she won the University of Manchester award for Outstanding Benefit to Society.[9] Azapagic developed software to calculate carbon footprint at the University of Manchester (CCaLC).[10]

Her research interests lie in engineering for sustainable development, which includes sustainable technology, life cycle assessment and carbon footprinting.[4][11] In 2018 she demonstrated that the UK's chocolate industry generates the same amount of greenhouse gases as Malta.[12]

Azapagic is the founding editor-in-chief of Elsevier's Sustainable Production and Consumption.[13] She has written three books,[3] looking at sustainable development and polymers.[14]

Awards and honours

Azapagic was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2013.[15] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to sustainability and carbon footprinting.[16][17] She was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași.[5] She is part of the all-party manufacturing group.[18] She is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.[19] In 2010 she was awarded the Institution of Chemical Engineers prize for Outstanding Achievements in Chemical and Process Engineering. She won the GlaxoSmithKline Innovation prize in 2011.[20]

References
  1. Anon (2019). "Azapagic, Prof. Adisa". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U279288. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. Adisa Azapagic publications indexed by Google Scholar
  3. Adisa Azapagic publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. Azapagic, Adisa (2004). "Developing a framework for sustainable development indicators for the mining and minerals industry". Journal of Cleaner Production. 12 (6): 639–662. doi:10.1016/S0959-6526(03)00075-1. ISSN 0959-6526.
  5. "Professor Adisa Azapagic from the Manchester University, Doctor Honoris Causa of TUIASI". tuiasi.ro. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. Azapagic, Adisa (1996). Environmental system analysis : the application of linear programming to life cycle assessment. surrey.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Surrey. OCLC 833814080. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.242956.
  7. "Adisa Azapagic - Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering". qeprize.org. Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. Jones, Martyn. "Sustainable Industrial Systems · Home". sustainable-systems.org.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. Social Responsibility at The University of Manchester (11 May 2015), Outstanding Benefit to Society through Research - Prof. Adisa Azapagic, retrieved 12 April 2018
  10. "CCaLC • Carbon Calculations over the Life Cycle of Industrial Activities". ccalc.org.uk.
  11. "Adisa Azapagic | University Living Lab". universitylivinglab.org. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  12. Mark Howarth, Shingi Mararike and (18 March 2018). "Chocolate's not so yummy eco‑secret". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  13. Sustainable Production and Consumption.
  14. "Adisa Azapagic books and biography | Waterstones". waterstones.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  15. "Diversity in our Fellowship". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  16. "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N15.
  17. "New Year Honours 2020" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.
  18. "Prof Adisa Azapagic FREng FIChemE FRSC | All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group". policyconnect.org.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  19. "Adisa Azapagic". aiche.org. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  20. "GSK Innovation Award | Research Explorer | The University of Manchester". research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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