Dr Brenda Parker is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Bioprocess Design at the Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London. Her research and teaching are highly interdisciplinary, bringing together the fields of environmental biotechnology, sustainability and design for applications within the built environment. Brenda holds an MEng and PhD in Biochemical Engineering. Her postdoctoral research was conducted as part of the Algal Biotechnology Consortium at the University of Cambridge, and she has worked on biomanufacturing and bioremediation using photosynthetic organisms for over 15 years.