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Lecturer (Teaching) (part-time)
Biography
Before joining UCL as a lecturer, I held an independent research fellowship, Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Programme at University of Cambridge. The focus of my research is on sustainability assessment of new chemical technolgies and finding optimal pathways for sustainable transformations in chemical industry. I obtained MSc degree in Catalysis from Novosibirsk State University followed by PhD in Chemistry at Cardiff University. During my post-doctoral positions at Universities of Warwick and Cambridge I was involved in multiple European projects as an expert on sustainability assessment and metrics for evaluation of new chemical technologies.
Teaching Summary
I am a Fellow of Higher Education Academy and I teach two sustainability related postgraduate modules at UCL East: Sustainability and decision-making (CENG0062) and Sustainability Analysis of Engineering Systems (CENG0064).
Research Summary
My research expertise lies in the field of sustainable chemicals and materials manufacturing. My main research interest is in predicting sustainability performance of industrial processes at an early design stage and during scaling technologies to production. I have developed first detailed process and environmental impact models for pilot manufactures of nanomaterials (in EU project with Veolia as the end-user) and pharmaceuticals (in another EU project, with AstraZeneca as the end-user).
The focus of my current work is on development of sustainability assessment methods for complex problems of integration of bio-feedstocks into the emerging circular chemical supply chains. This is seen as a major path towards addressing industrial sustainability challenges such as decarbonization and reducing impacts on biodiversity. To address strategic and operational needs of transition to sustainable manufacturing I am looking at the issues of data gaps and data exchange between stakeholders. Within my research programme I actively collaborate with industrial and academic partners and I am a part of EPSRC Programme Grant on “Bio-derived and bio-inspired advanced materials for sustainable industries”.
Awards
2022-2027
EPSRC Program Grant “Bio-derived and bio-inspired advanced materials for sustainable industries”
2022
University of Cambridge School of Technology Seed Fund award
2019 - 2022
Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship award at CISL, University of Cambridge
Education
2012
PhD in Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK
2006
MChem, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Professional Affiliations
- FHEA – member of HEA
Publications
P. Yaseneva, P. Hodgson, J. Zakrzewski, S. Falß, R. E. Meadows, A. A. Lapkin, Continuous Flow Buchwald-Hartwig Amination of a Pharmaceutical Intermediate, React. Chem. Eng., 1 (2016) 229-238.
D. Helmdach, P. Yaseneva, P. Heer, A. Schweidtmann, A. Lapkin, A multi-objective optimisation including results of life cycle assessment in developing bio-renewables-based products, ChemSusChem, 10 (2017) 3632-3643.
N. Ryan, P. Yaseneva, A critical review of life cycle assessment studies of woody biomass conversion to sugars, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 379 (2021) 20200335.
P. Fantke, C. Cinquemani, P. Yaseneva, J. De Mello, H. Schwabe, B. Ebeling, A. Lapkin, “Transition to sustainable chemistry through digitalization”, Chem, Cell Press 7 (2021) 2866-2882.