Research Team

The SoCo team is an international team of leading academics and practitioners in the field of informal recycling and resource recovery from waste.

Dr Costas Velis Principal Investigator Lecturer in Resource Efficiency Systems School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds
DSc. Eng. Jacqueline Rutkowski Co-Investigator Director of Instituto Sustentar
Dr Emília Rutkowski Co-Investigator Director of Fluxus Laboratory, Unicamp
Heather Purshouse Researcher University of Leeds School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds
David Lerpiniere Researcher PhD candidate, University of Leeds School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds
America Soares Researcher INSEA
Jefferson Dionisio Researcher Unicamp
Innes Deans Researcher University of Leeds School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds