We are delighted to announce that Dr. Spyros Foteinis has joined the Ensign team as a Research Associate (WP5) based at Heriot Watt University, bringing a wealth of expertise in environmental sustainability and climate change. Spyros is a Chartered Environmental Engineer (Technical Chamber of Greece) with nearly two decades of progressive experience spanning academia and industry.
His background includes significant contributions to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), circular economy, and renewable energy systems. In industry, Spyros worked as a senior engineer in the water and renewable energy sector, where he played a key role in projects valued at over €100 million. In academia, he has collaborated on large consortium-based research projects and served as principal investigator and co-investigator on several initiatives. His research journey has taken him to leading institutions such as The University of Cyprus, The University of Edinburgh, The University of Southern California, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa).
Since 2020, Spyros has been based at Heriot-Watt University, focusing on teaching and research into the environmental sustainability of engineering systems. His work includes exploring innovative CDR approaches such as ocean liming, coastal enhanced weathering, and electrochemical splitting of waste desalination brines for alkalinity generation.
At Ensign, Spyros will concentrate on examining the engineering and environmental aspects of thermal energy storage and identifying pathways to improve the sustainability of future electricity networks. This research underpins our mission to support decarbonisation and accelerate the transition to net-zero energy systems.
We are thrilled to have Spyros on board and look forward to the impact his expertise will bring to our project.
