▁largest ▁producer ▁of ▁u ran ium . ▁Sim ons ' ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁journ als , ▁books ▁and ▁conference ▁proceed ings . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁Sim ons ▁has ▁a ▁Science ▁degree ▁with ▁hon ours ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sur rey ▁( 1 9 8 6 ) ▁and ▁a ▁Ph D ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Manchester ▁Institute ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Technology . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Sim ons ' ▁chemical ▁engineering ▁career ▁has ▁foc uss ed ▁on ▁particle ▁technology ▁applications ▁for ▁the ▁min eral ▁resources ▁and ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁se ctors . ▁Sim ons ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁Royal ▁Academy ▁of ▁Engineering ▁Global ▁Research ▁Fellow ship ▁to ▁further ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁low - car bon ▁techn ologies ▁and ▁processes ▁for ▁energy ▁and ▁chemical ▁indust ries . ▁His ▁fellow ship ▁was ▁undert aken ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley ▁( 2 0 0 9 ) ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Melbourne ▁( 2 0 1 0 ). ▁ ▁Sim ons ▁has ▁worked ▁with ▁univers ities ▁in ▁Kaz akh stan ▁and ▁Russia ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁developing ▁chemical ▁engineering ▁degree ▁curr ic ula ▁there . ▁He ▁spent ▁three ▁years ▁establish ing ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Engineering ▁at ▁Naz ar bay ev ▁University ▁in ▁Nur - S ultan , ▁Kaz akh stan ’ s ▁capital ▁city . ▁The ▁university ▁is ▁a ▁strateg ic ▁partner ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁College ▁London . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Sim ons ▁moved ▁from ▁Nur - S ultan ▁to