Dr Muhammad Imran (PhD, SFHEA, FIMechE, CEng) is serving as Reader in Energy Systems at Aston University. He has over 15 years of Industry and Academic experience in Asia, Europe and the UK. Dr Imran has led several externally funded research projects on advance energy conversion systems, waste to energy technologies, and sustainable technologies for net-zero at Aston’s Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI). He has directed multi-million-pound projects with industry and international partners, advancing clean energy transitions worldwide.