Dr Oliver Inderwildi
oliver.inderwildi [at] smithschool.ox.ac.uk
Oliver Inderwildi is an expert in emission control. He works on the reaction mechanism of pollutant abatement from automotive exhausts and improving fuel combustion and synthesis to reduce pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. Oliver regularly publishes his research in peer-reviewed scientific journals and his letters have appeared in newspapers including The Times, The Guardian and The Independent. A complete list of his publications is here.
At the Smith School, Dr Inderwildi heads a team of researchers investigating ways in which transport emissions could be cut without reducing human mobility. The study includes technological advances in aviation and road transport, infrastructure systems, logistics as well as transport economics and policy.
Before joining the Smith School, Dr Inderwildi worked as a research fellow under the supervision of Sir David King at the University of Cambridge and was a research associate at Trinity Hall.
He completed his PhD on automotive emission control under the supervision of Professor Juergen Warnatz at the Centre for Scientific Computing at the University of Heidelberg. He was awarded prestigious postdoctoral research fellowship from the German Research Foundation for his work.
25 August 2009
One of the most effective ways of cutting emissions from aircraft is to improve the efficiency of their means of propulsion – their turbines.
19 June 2009
Not enough biofuel to go round
The potential for filling the world's cars with biofuel may never meet demand, Dr Oliver Inderwildi warns international vehicle makers
17 March, 2009
Biofuels: Buy one get two free
Biofuels can be made without environmental harm while producing food and electricity at the same time, scientists have shown.
Recent publications
Shirvani, T., Inderwildi, O.R., King, D.A. (under review) Biofuels: A small step for the environment, a big step back for the world's poorest. SSEE Review 0002.
Yan, X., Inderwildi, O.R., King, D.A. (under review) Biofuels and synthetic fuels in the US and China: a review of well-to-wheel energy use and greenhouse gas emissions with the impact of land-use change. Energy & Environmental Science.
Yan, X., Inderwildi, O.R., King, D.A. (under review) Biofuels and synthetic fuels in the US and China: a review of well-to-wheel energy use and greenhouse gas emissions with the impact of land-use change. SSEE Review 0004.
Inderwildi, O.R., King, D.A., Jenkins, S.J. (in press) Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of liquid fuels: learning lessons from homogeneous catalysis. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Shirvani, T., Inderwildi, O.R., King, D.A. (under review) Rare metals getting rarer. SSEE Review.
Carey, C., Inderwildi, O.R. & King, D.A (2009) Advanced aerospace materials: past, present and future. Aviation and the Environment 2009, 3, 22-27.
Carey, C. & Inderwildi, O.R. (2009) Aviation materials. SSEE Review 0003.
Inderwildi, O.R. (2009) A chance to get over the biofuels controversy. ENDS Europe Report 36, 8.
Inderwildi, O.R. & King, D.A. (2009) The challenges and opportunities of synthetic liquid biofuels. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE) Policy Brief 0001.
Holdway, A. & Inderwildi, O.R. (2009) Fuel cells: a concise overview. SSEE Review 0001.
Inderwildi, O.R., Lebiedz, D., Warnatz, J. (2009) Quantum chemical simulations in emission control catalysis. In: Basiuk, V.A. & Ugliengo, P. (eds.) Quantum Chemical Simulations of Surfaces and Interfaces of Materials. American Scientific Publishers.
Inderwildi, O.R. & King, D.A. (2009) Quo vadis biofuels? Energy & Environmental Science 2, 343-346.
Carey, C., Inderwildi, O.R. & King, D.A (2009) Sealing technologies – signed, sealed and delivering emissions savings. Aviation and the Environment 2009, 4, 44-48.
Inderwildi, O.R., Jenkins, S.J., King, D.A. (2008) Biofuels: mechanistic studies of hydrocarbon combustion and synthesis on noble metals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47, 5253-5255.