Nikil Kapur
Nikil is Professor of Applied Fluid Mechanics based at the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds. He has a degree in Chemical Engineering and has research interests span the fundamentals of fluid flow through to application within industry, with whom he has partnered with extensively. He works closely with John in developing flow reactors for a range of chemical processes as well as in developing understanding of many fluid mechanic processes within industry in general.
John Blacker
John is Professor of Process Chemistry and Director of the Institute of Process Research and Development at the University of Leeds. John's expertise is in route design and chemical process research and development within the Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical, Fine and Speciality Chemical Industries. He has had a 20 year industry career where he scaled batch and flow processes.
The fReactors were developed and tested through the Institute of Process Research and Development - a cross-disciplinary institute drawing on skills from Chemistry and Engineering.
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