Rate My Professor Darren Oatley-Radcliffe

Professor Darren Oatley-Radcliffe is a Professor in Chemical Engineering at Swansea University within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and an Associate Professor at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI). A chartered chemical engineer (FIChemE), he holds an MEng in Chemical and Biological Process Engineering with First Class honours from the University of Wales Swansea, where he was awarded the BOC Shuftan Memorial Prize. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering, specializing in membrane technology and nanofiltration, from the same institution.

His career encompasses significant industrial and academic roles. Following a Research Assistant position at the University of Wales Swansea from 2004 to 2005, Oatley-Radcliffe joined GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as Senior Process Engineer in 2005, advancing to Principal Process Engineer in 2006 and Investigator in 2009 before departing in 2010. During his GSK tenure, he received Vanguard recognition awards including Bronze, four Silvers, and two Golds. He rejoined Swansea University as Lecturer in 2010, progressing to Senior Lecturer in 2012, Associate Professor in 2014, and Professor in 2016. Oatley-Radcliffe's research specializes in chemical and bioprocess engineering, with emphasis on membrane processes, nanofiltration, algal remediation, sustainable water treatment including freeze crystallization, and oil-water separation. He has produced 46 publications, achieving an h-index of 19 and over 2,254 citations. Key publications include co-editing the book Membrane Characterization (2017), the chapter Filtration of drinking water (2017), Investigation of the dielectric properties of nanofiltration membranes (Desalination, 2013), Experimental determination of the hydrodynamic forces within nanofiltration membranes (2015), and Removal of oil from oil-water emulsion by hybrid coagulation (2020). His efforts have secured over £25 million in grant funding.

In teaching, he developed modules such as Strategic Project Management (EGM85), Membrane Technology (EGCM38), Membrane Applications (EGA400), and Fermentation Technology for Food Applications (EGAM00), and contributes to courses on process equipment design, bioreactor design, and reactor design. He supervises numerous tutees and projects annually. Oatley-Radcliffe founded a university spin-out in 2012 leveraging membrane expertise (currently three employees) and a Qatar company in 2019 for oil-water technologies. He serves on the IChemE FSSG Committee and participated in the EU-funded Nemopur consortium.