Khaled Osman (1989) is currently a PhD candidate at Utrecht university and a researcher at Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development being their representative at CBE4I EU project which aims at the development of a novel, fuel-flexible combined  biomass updraft gasification and combustion based technology for a highly energy efficient, almost zero emission and zero waste process heat and product gas supply for flexible implementation at industrial application. His rule in this project is to perform a a market study to investigate the framework conditions and application potentials of the CBE4I technology in different industrial sectors within EU member states, in addition, assessing the potential environmental benefits and circularity performance of the CBE4I technology by a detailed, attributional, process-based life cycle assessment (LCA) modelling that will include diverse biomass mixes, industrial applications, ash utilisation for fertiliser production potentials and comparison with SOA alternatives to provide insights into hotspots in the supply chain, trade-offs between different environmental impact categories and uncertainties arising from input data and modelling approaches to ensure that the new energy technology reduce GHG emissions, resource use and environmental impacts throughout the life cycle and define its role towards carbon-neutral industry in the EU by 2050.

Holder of MSc degree in Environmental and land planning engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) with specialization in environmental engineering for sustainability. Before obtaining his tenured position as a PhD candidate, he worked as a researcher in PHOSTER-EU project with the aim at delivering a sustainable and circular solution for the recovery of secondary minerals and metals from wastewater sludge and by-products in mining industry in the view of substituting primary critical raw materials (phosphate rock, phosphorus, magnesium) in the supply chain of fertilizer manufacturing. He has a profound knowledge in the fields of solid waste management and treatment, power generation systems including renewable enrgy resources, climate and global changes in the age of sustainable development, life cycle thinking including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, social-LCA and LCC. Well informed about ISO 14040/44 and 14047, in addition to ISO 14067 (carbon footprint), ISO 14020/25 (environmental certifications) and Product Environmental Footprint (PEF).

He firmly believes that one of the most important change agents our society needs to achieve sustainable development is education. This conviction serves as his primary driving force for teaching, along with his innate desire to exchange knowledge and skills with others.