1. Dr GERALD BUSCA
367 Foxhill Road, Carlton, Nottingham NG4 1PZ
Tel: 0115 987 8793 (Home) / 07487 669078(Mobile)
e-mail: gerald_busca@yahoo.fr / LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/geraldbusca
PERSONAL PROFIL
Business Development • Project Management • Technology Transfer • Innovation
Business Development Professional with 15 years of Experience in: Engaging with SME, Developing
Collaborative R&D Projects, Marketing Strategy, Leading and Presenting at Event, Writing Reports,
Lobbying Stakeholders, Gathering Intelligence,
with a Scientific and Engineering Academic Experience Grounded in Industrial Projects
Fostering Innovation and Collaborative R&D through: Building Key Relationships, Trust Building,
Long Term Vision Engagement, Technical & Scientific Insight, Market and Business Minded
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 Propose and Developed a successful bid to develop a pilot bio refinery in conjunction with 5 European
partners: Project Value £4.9m
 Co-Funded the Centre for Urban Agriculture at the University of Nottingham. The Centre has a
portfolio of £1.4m worth of collaborative research.
 Lead an International Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture that attracted over 200
attendees from around the world and generated £18,000 of sponsorship. VFUA2014
 Staged 5 European Sustainable Energy Week; in 2014 an estimated 400 guests visited our campus
 Prospected 100s of Small to Medium Size Enterprises through effective networking online and in
person results: 100 of SME assisted on their environmental issues and R&D requirements.
 Brokered Industrial support for Academics with SMEs or larger corporation. Assisted academic when
engaging businesses to focus their approach on innovation development, system integration and
helped them accelerate their technology readiness for the market.
CAREER HISTORY
Project & Academic Liaison officer Oct 2013-Sept 2015-
The University of Nottingham
Business Development Role: Responsible for developing collaborative R&D projects with local SMEs, with
specific academics and other business units and delivering events.
 Developed £9.6m worth of collaborative projects, the largest project is a £4.9m ERANET project
involving 5 European partners aiming at developing a bio refinery demonstration plant.
 Delivered a number of events presenting the ETC and the University engagement programme to
clients. EU Sustainable Energy Week that attracted 400 attendees over 3 days. My role was to drive
the initiative, ensure all involved were coordinated and that the message was consistent
 Supported Asian Business Centre ‘s executive team preparing the University capacity statement for
a Work Bank Project on Municipal Solid Waste; Impact was to widen ABC executives’ approach and
to look at the issue outside of engineering & looking at all aspect of the MSW issue.
Co-founder Centre for Urban Agriculture Jun 2010-Sept 2015
The University of Nottingham
Originally an informal group that received £5,000 seed funding aimed at bringing Engineering & Biosciences
together. Lead and Developed workshops, Identify academics to join the group, reported progress to the head
of Global food security, Engage with global players academia & industry, Gain the support of prominent
figures: Prof Dickson Despommier & Philips… Fostered collaborative research
 Lead and organised the group first workshop
 Supported the case for the group to be formalised as the Centre for Urban Agriculture.
 Oversee the CUA web site to be compliant with the University standards and provided the text
 Seek & involved 8 Academics Faculty of Engineering, Bioscience and school of economics
 Received a further £15,000 of funding and secured £1.4M TSB funding.
 Initiated and lead the international conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture VFUA2014:
over 200 attendees from across the world. I attracted £18,000 worth of sponsorship.

2. Project Officer for the Environmental Technology Centre Oct 2004-Oct 2013
The University of Nottingham
Engaging Business and managing multidisciplinary projects offering environmental support to a wide range of
clients and delivering knowledge, skills, and technology transfer, financed by multi-million pound European
funds. To respond to the ETC targets the post covered a wide range of duties including:
 Engaged with local SME, Identifying and scoping project with clients, managing the interaction and
delivering report and practical solutions
 Developed student placement
 Maintained database in line with the ETC’s ISO-9001 quality system
 Delivered numerous Business breakfast events on resource efficiency
 Provided Consultancy to Grundfos on Metal Working Fluid Filtration
PhD candidate School of Environmental & Chemical Engineering Sept 2001–Sept 2004
The University of Nottingham/ CARDEV International
“Waste Metalworking Fluid Treatment: Advanced Technologies Combined with Membrane Filtration”
An EPSRC and industrially funded project to improve the treatment of waste metal working fluids.
 Developed a bio-consortia to treat metal working permeate
 Developed a model explaining the behaviour of oil micro-emulsion ultrafiltration
 Proposed a complete process to the study’s sponsor (CARDEV based in Harrogate).
 Authored 7 publications & 2 international conferences papers
Environmental Consultant: (ETC) Feb 2001 - Aug 2001
The University of Nottingham
Brought my expertise in chemistry and waste technology to the team.
Visited clients and delivered solutions that responded to the programme objectives.
Assistant Manager Sep 2000 – Jan 2001
COVED Sud-Est Lyon France Groupe SAUR
Managed a team of 9 persons and 4 vehicles collecting municipal waste in Pont de Cheruy (France).
Postgraduate Researcher Jan1999 - Jun1999
Institue National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA)
6 months study: Soil pollution and simulation of the effect of sun light on pesticides in soils
Paratrooper in the French Air Force Oct 1997 - Jul 1998
National Military Service
Acted as an officer during guards’ at an isolated site, Responsible for 6 to 8 men and for reporting to
headquarter and gendarmerie forces.
Master Researcher April 1997 – Aug 1997
"Reduction of polluting capability of waste by water extraction and control of the chemical context" The project
was commissioned by Solvay to Polden a division of INSAValor
EDUCATION
PhD awarded in Dec 2004 2001 - 2003 The University of Nottingham
DEA:(MRes: Sciences and Techniques of Waste) 1998 -1 999 INSA de Lyon
MSc Degree Physical-Chemistry 1996 - 1997 Université Claude Bernard Lyon I
ICT SKILLS AND LANGUAGES
Proficient in Microsoft Office products: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access.
Good use of social media: LinkedIn that I found invaluable for event promotion and gaining new business
contacts also Eventbrite and Twitter. French: mother tongue & English: 14 years in England
INTERESTS
Global traveller, Trekking, Enjoy Cooking and Family Time

3. PUBLICATIONS
[1] “Thin layer composite molecularly imprinted membranes for selective separation of cAMP”
Nidal Hilal, Victor Kochkodan, Gerald Busca, Olga Kochkodan, Brian P Atkin
Separation and Purification Technology (2003)
[2] “Characterization of molecularly imprinted composite membranes using an atomic force microscope.”
Nidal Hilal, Victor Kochkodan, Laila Al-Khalih and Gerald Busca
Surface and Interface Analysis (2002)
[3] “Treatment of waste coolant’s by coagulation and membrane filtration”
Nidal Hilal, Gerald Busca, Federico Talens-Alesson and Brian P. Atkin
Chemical Engineering and Processing (2004)
[4] “Optimisation of washing cycle on ultrafiltration membranes used in treatment of metalworking fluids”
Gerald Busca, Nidal Hilal
Desalination (2003)
[5] “The use of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes in metalworking fluids treatment”
Nidal Hilal, Gerald Busca , Nick Hankins and Abdul Wahab Mohammed
Desalination (2004)
[6] “Development and test of a bioconsortia for the treatment of metalworking fluids” Journal of
Chemical Technology & Biotechnology Mar 2005
[7] “Use of activated carbon to polish effluent from metalworking treatment plant: comparison of
different streams” Desalination Nov 2005
None peer reviewed Industrial publications
[8] Assessment of best option for renewable fuel production from recycled organic streams from MSW.
10th
World Renewable Energy Congress and Exhibition Glasgow July 21, 2008
[9] Energy usage in by aeration in waste water (Link) Water & Sewage journal November 2010