Staff Profile

My research focuses on developing a methodological framework to account the carbon emissions of the direct and indirect energy use of UK Ministry of Defence. I am also involved in establishing living lab procedures. 

I am a passionate researcher who believes in continuous learning. I fuel my passion for understanding the global environmental issues, especially carbon emissions associated with the energy use and waste management.

Prior joining Newcastle University, I was working on a project to minimize the energy consumption of the flow check in the residential building by thermal flow mechanism at the Ulster University. I also have a hand-on experience of transforming waste to biofuels from my previous employment at a renowned research centre in India (CSIR-IICT).

Educational Qualification

1. PhD in Water-Energy nexus of Wastewater Treatment Plants (2022) from Ulster University

2. MSc Sustainable Energy Technology (2015) from Glasgow Caledonian University

3. MSc Environmental Sciences and Technology (2013) from JNTU Hyderabad, India

4. BSc Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Chemistry (2010) from Osmania University, India

Previous Employment

1. Research Assistant at Ulster University in project "Flow Check – Addressing the market gap for fluid flow monitoring to save water and improve energy efficiency" (2021-2022)

2. Project Assistant at CSIR-IICT on waste to value added products (VFAs, Bioethanol, Biohydrogen production and Biogas production) (2016-2017)

3. Assistant Managing Editor at Avens Publishing Group (2015-2016)

4. Project Assistant at Blueskies Environmental Energy Solutions Ltd. (2015)

Memberships

Graduate Associate Member of Energy Institute 

Graduate member at Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM)

Researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

Networking sites

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T1BJLS0AAAAJ&hl=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalini-nakkasunchi-a04773a8/?originalSubdomain=uk

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shalini-Nakkasunchi

Tyndall: https://tyndall.ac.uk/people/shalini-nakkasunchi/

Research Interests

· Carbon accounting and reduction technologies

· Renewable energies (including biofuels)

· Waste management (including treatment and energy recovery)