He has won prizes and awards from many organisations including the 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry Green Chemistry Prize and the 2021 European Sustainable Chemistry award. His research involves the application of green chemical technologies to waste or low value feedstocks notably biomass so as to create new green and sustainable supply chains for chemical and material products. Some of his discoveries in research include a new bio-based solvent Cyrene® to replace toxic amides (produced by Circa Group Ltd including in a new €50M manufacturing plant in France), unique bio-based carbonaceous materials (commercialised through his award-winning spin-out company Starbons® Ltd with applications in areas including medical devices) and new routes to waste plastics recycling (through his new spin-out company Addible.Ltd).