Professor Martin Atkins
CEO of Green Lizard Technologies (spin out company from Queen¡¯s University Belfast)
Research Centre in Sustainable Energy, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Professor Atkins has a distinguished career as an industrial R&D Manager, Project Manager as well as several Chief Technologist, and Chief Technology Officer roles in addition to his current post as CEO of Green Lizard Technologies (a QUB spin-out company) and his Chair of Chemical Innovation and Sustainability.
An expert in catalysis and process innovation, Professor Atkins has held senior roles in PB¡¯s global university portfolio overseeing aspects of projects in some of the world¡¯s leading universities. He developed many processes and earnt a reputation for troubleshooting ¨C fixing a problem on BP¡¯s commercial gas/methanol complex in Trinidad in 2002.
In 1994, Professor Atkins and his team won the BP Chairman¡¯s award for Environmental process of the year for their pioneering work on plastics recycling.
Professor Atkins' work has also taken him to Asia including spear-heading a joint collaborative venture between BP and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was selected to manage the DICP centre which included a $10m project for BP building new labs and directing research into clean coal technologies and sustainability. In 2006, Martin was awarded the Science and Technology Award by the People¡¯s Republic of China.
Following retirement from BP, Martin moved to PETRONAS in Malaysia as Chief Technologist running a number of projects including several with Queen¡¯s University Belfast. In fact, PETRONAS and Queen¡¯s were so successful with the Hg removal technology, they were awarded a unique triple ICHEME award winner title in 2014 - the only group to have done so.
Professor Atkins joined Queen¡¯s in a joint role of Commercial Mentor for spin-out companies and a Chair of Chemical Innovation and Sustainability in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He is now CEO of Green Lizard Technologies, a spin out company from Queen¡¯s University Belfast focused on offering solutions to the biggest global problems, which has developed a process for converting used, waste cooking oils into low sulfur biodiesel.
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Chemical EngineeringNotable coverage
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- , neconnected, 06/02/2018
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- , Insider Media, 07/02/2018
- , North East England Chamber of Commerce, 06/02/2018
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