Department staff
Professor Richard Holdich BSc PhD CEng FIChemE MIMM
Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Tel
- +44 (0)1509 222519
- r.g.holdich@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Educated at Birmingham University, graduating in Minerals Engineering in 1979. Worked for British Aluminium Company from 1979 to 1981 and then joined Exeter University as a Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Obtained PhD from Exeter University in 1984 and joined The Department of Chemical Engineering at Birmingham University as a Research Fellow. Became a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University in 1986, Senior Lecturer in 1996 and Professor in 2007.
Professional affiliations
- Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
- Member of the Institution of Materials, Mining and Metallurgy
- Member of The International Water Association
- Chartered Engineer, The Engineering Council
External appointments
- Chair of the Particle Characterisation Subject Group, RSC
- Committee Member, Particle Technology Subject Group, IChemE
- Technical Director, Micropore Technologies Ltd (a Loughborough University spin-out company)
Research interests and activities
- Liquid Ion Exchange Membranes
- Membrane Filtration
- Sedimentation, Filtration and Centrifugation of Compressible Materials
- Enhanced Oil / Water Separation by Membranes
- Concentration of a Dispersion from Conductivity Measurements
- Novel Microfiltration membranes
Links
- Spin-out companies:
- Solid-liquid separation website (including expert system):
- Particle Technology (including expert system):