Digital Twins for Alternative Protein Production

About the Project

BCSP 2026 PhD Studentship · Prof Cleo Kontoravdi & Prof Maria Papathanasiou

PhD Program Overview

The Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at Imperial College London, in collaboration with the Department of Chemical Engineering, is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity focused on developing digital twins for alternative protein production. This project aims to deliver an end-to-end digital solution for an AI-driven CO₂-to-protein biomanufacturing platform pioneered by the industrial collaborator Solmeyea.

Research Focus

• Hybrid modelling of upstream and downstream processes
• Reinforcement learning and AI-driven control
• Environmental intelligence and decision layer
• Experimental demonstration and scale-up

Supervisory Team

Principal Investigator: Cleo Kontoravdi
Co-supervisor: Maria Papathanasiou
Industry supervisor: Diego Grumbach