Brant is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of Sheffield, UK, where he leads the Sustainable Materials at Sheffield (SMASH) research team. His research focuses on development of sustainable materials and processes for infrastructure, environmental remediation and clean energy, with a core focus on cement, concrete, and related materials. 

He has been awarded externally funded grants worth ~£18M from EPSRC, DESNZ, BEIS, Innovate UK, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield Ltd., National Nuclear Laboratory, and UK and international industry. He is Co-Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training SATURN (Skills and Training Underpinning Renaissance in Nuclear), UK academic lead for Innovandi (the Global Cement and Concrete Industry Research Network), and leads a £1M partnership with Sellafield Ltd. focused on development of novel cement encapsulants. He is Director of PGR Recruitment in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. 

He was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in Sept 2019. Prior to this he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield (Oct 2016 – Aug 2019), after completing his PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Australia (awarded Dec 2016). He also holds Bachelor degrees from The University of Melbourne in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Honours) and Science (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology).

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