Jack has 7 years of experience in high-temperature and pressure reactors, pilot-scale rig design, and execution. As a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), his main research activity was Improving understanding and the design of heterogeneous catalytic and electrocatalytic reactors for synthetic fuel production and CO2 capture and utilization, primarily using magnetic resonance methods.

Jack designed and produced the world’s first industrially-relevant MRI-compatible electrolysis cell. He invented new magnetic resonance methodology that enabled the first ever real-time spatial imaging of the product composition inside catalyst pores in an operating heterogeneous catalytic reactor with results published in the prestigious journal Nature Catalysis. Jack designed, commissioned and performed successful experiments on the world’s first MRI-compatible Fischer-Tropsch reactor that obtained real-time measurements at industrial temperatures and pressures, providing insight for design optimisation, in collaboration with Shell. Research contributed towards Shell collaborators achieving production of 500 litres of synthetic kerosene used in the first successful passenger flight powered by sustainable fuel with KLM airlines.