Adrien is a process engineer with experience in minerals processing, metal production and decarbonisation of heavy industries. He specialises in translating research into practical outcomes for industry, by leading networks of multidisciplinary teams from world-class research and technology providers to deliver process optimisation and innovative technology development projects, with a focus on safety, productivity improvement, energy savings and reducing industrial wastes and emissions across the value chain. Adrien's expertise covers a broad range of projects across multiple commodities, including: dry granulation and heat recovery from metallurgical slags, production and use of metallurgical-grade biochar in ironmaking, mass and energy balance modelling of green steel processing routes, microwave processing of copper ores (including ore sorting and pre-comminution), and novel energy efficiency aluminium reduction cell technologies (including sidewall heat recovery and high amperage/low energy designs).