Meet the scientists!

My CV

School:

De La Salle Grammar Class of ’80

University:

The University of Sheffield, BSc and PhD in Chemistry, 1982-88

Work History:

University of Zaragoza (Spain), State University of New York (USA), University of Hull, University of Sheffield

Employer:

The University of Sheffield

Current Job:

Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry

Photo:

Peter Styring

is writing a research paper on skiing

Favourite Thing: Make things that are useful. In sport to make people faster and improve performance. In energy, to capture carbon dioxide and convert it into something useful.

Me and my work

Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry, including Snowsports Engineering

I started out as a chemist but moved to chemical engineering to work on more applied subjects. I used to be a slalom ski racer but also got in to Moguls Freestyle Skiing. I combined the two and now work in Snowsports Engineering as well as carbon dioxide reduction technologies. Some of the test labs I use are in the Austrian Alps! In my spare time I also Coach the England Moguls Ski Team with some other coaches. Last year we did some work with some local schools to develop a virtual reality (VR) 3-D Snowboard Simulator. I’ll try to get some videos of that uploaded.

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