Dr. Rofice Dickson received his B.Sc. Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Punjab. He worked as a Trainee Engineer and then as an Assistant Manager in the production department at the DG Khan Cement Company Limited for three and half years. During this period, he continued his studies and obtained M.Sc. Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Punjab, Lahore. After this, he went to South Korea and completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Pukyong National University. During his Ph.D., he also worked as a Guest Ph.D. Student for eight months in the PROSYS research center at the Technical University of Denmark. He then joined PROSYS research center, DTU as a postdoc researcher where he studied large-scale exploitation of sequential enzymatic reactions using multi-environment reactors.

Dr. Dickson specializes in chemical process modelling and optimization. He is fluent in both mathematical and computational skills. His primary research interests are in design, optimization, and analysis for problems in the general area of process systems engineering, with special emphasis on biomass-to-fuels/chemicals and power technologies. He has joined the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, LUMS as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in January 2021.

Title Publication Author Year
A strategy for commercialization of macroalga biorefineries Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2023
Production of fuels and chemicals from macroalgal biomass: Current status, potentials, challenges, and prospects Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2022
Global transportation of green hydrogen via liquid carriers: economic and environmental sustainability analysis, policy implications, and future directions Green Chemistry 2022
Demonstration of feasible waste plastic pyrolysis through decentralized biomass heating business model Journal of Cleaner Production 2022
Corrigendum to ???Economic and environmental analysis of bio-succinic acid production: From established processes to a new continuous fermentation approach with in-situ electrolytic extraction??? [Chemical Engineering Research and Design Volume 179, March 2022, Pages 401???414] (Chemical Engineering Research and Design (2022) 179 (401???414), (S026387622200048X), (10.1016/j.cherd.2022.01.040)) Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2022
Seaweeds as a sustainable source of bioenergy: Techno-economic and life cycle analyses of its biochemical conversion pathways Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2022
Economic and environmental analysis of bio-succinic acid production: From established processes to a new continuous fermentation approach with in-situ electrolytic extraction Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2022
An integrated sustainable biorefinery concept towards achieving zero-waste production Journal of Cleaner Production 2022
Process development and policy implications for large scale deployment of solar-driven electrolysis-based renewable methanol production Green Chemistry 2022
Life Cycle Assessment of Inland Green Hydrogen Supply Chain Networks with Current Challenges and Future Prospects ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2021
Comparative sustainability assessment of a hydrogen supply network for hydrogen refueling stations in Korea-a techno-economic and lifecycle assessment perspective Green Chemistry 2021
Optimal Design of the Biofuel Supply Chain Utilizing Multiple Feedstocks: A Korean Case Study ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2021
Availability, versatility, and viability of feedstocks for hydrogen production: Product space perspective Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021
Sustainable bio-succinic acid production: superstructure optimization, techno-economic, and lifecycle assessment Energy and Environmental Science 2021
A strategy for advanced biofuel production and emission utilization from macroalgal biorefinery using superstructure optimization Energy 2021
Towards a Rational, Quantum-Chemistry-Based Selection and Screening of Green Solvents for Liquid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2021
Maximizing the sustainability of a macroalgae biorefinery: A superstructure optimization of a volatile fatty acid platform Green Chemistry 2020
Concept for Temperature-Cascade Hydrogen Release from Organic Liquid Carriers Coupled with SOFC Power Generation Cell Reports Physical Science 2020
Optimal Design of Macroalgae-based Integrated Biorefinery: Economic and Environmental Perspective Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2020
Sustainable Process Synthesis, Design and Innovation of Bio-succinic Acid Production Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2020
Optimal design for integrated macroalgae-based biorefinery via mixed alcohol synthesis Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2019
Optimization of seaweed-based biorefinery with zero carbon emissions potential Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2019
Optimal plant design for integrated biorefinery producing bioethanol and protein from Saccharina japonica: A superstructure-based approach Energy 2018