Ana is a third year PhD student in the Resource Efficiency Collective supervised by Prof. Jonathan Cullen. Her PhD is sponsored by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero to study the material impacts of delivering net zero buildings in the UK. Ana is exploring how circular economy strategies and low embodied carbon materials can be integrated into retrofit supply chains. Ana completed her master’s degree in 2022 in Environmental Technology: Business and the Environment at Imperial College London and has a background in green chemistry, having graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BSc Chemistry degree in 2021.