Joseph gained his PhD from the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York focussed on extraction, characterisation and utilisation of chemicals from biomass. He is a level 6 accredited project manager with eight years of post-doctoral R&D experience specialising in interdisciplinary collaboration and sustainable chemical engineering. He has a wealth of experience in extraction and purification technologies, analysis of chemicals from biomass and the scale up of processes from lab to pilot scale. He has been recognised for his efforts in the area of sustainability and green chemistry through an Environmental Chartership awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.