Dr. Charitopoulos is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL. Prior to joining UCL he was a Research Associate at the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge where he worked as part of the Energy Policy Research Group on the optimisation of national energy infrastructure projects. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious UCL Newton Award for his outstanding work in the field of sustainability. His research interests include: decision-making under uncertainty in energy and process systems, data-driven optimisation of process systems and smart-manufacturing frameworks for process industries.