Jonathan Cullen is the Professor of Sustainable Engineering at the University of Cambridge and the President of Fitzwilliam College.
He leads the Resource Efficiency Collective (www.refficiency.org) and has a reputation for top-down studies of resource systems, bringing skills in developing new metrics to reflect both energy and emissions consequences of materials production. Jonathan currently leads C-THRU: carbon clarity in the global petrochemical supply chain, and is a co-investigator on: S2uPPlant: Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging from Plants, TransFIRe: Foundation Industries Research and Innovation Hub, UK FIRES: Locating Resource Efficiency at the heart of Future Industrial Strategy, CCG: Climate Compatible Growth.
He is a Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 Industry Chapter, an Expert Adviser to the IEA Technology Roadmaps, and co-authored the book Sustainable Materials: with both eyes open, which pioneered the concept of material efficiency for energy-intensive industries.