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Chris Greig is a Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland, and Senior Research Scientist at the Andlinger Centre for Energy & the Environment at Princeton University.He has a degree and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.
Prior to becoming an academic in 2011, Chris spent more than 25 years in industry, initially as Founder and CEO of a successful process technology company and later, in senior executive roles in resources and energy, including as CEO of ZeroGen a proposed, large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. He has also held a number of non-executive roles including Deputy Chairman of Gladstone Ports Corporation (one of Australia’s largest energy export hubs), Chairman of the Energy Policy Institute of Australia, and director of three mid-tier engineering & mining firms. Chris won various awards during his industry career including the Fluor Award for Outstanding Engineering Management, Queensland Premier’s Exporter of the Year Award and the Institution of Engineers Australia Project Management Award.
Chris’s research interests cover energy transitions, CCS, industry decarbonization and megaproject investment. His undergraduate and graduate teaching activities include Energy Transitions, Engineering Management, and Energy Finance and Investment.