Teresa is a Assoc. Professor in Industrial Ecology and the Circular Economy at University College London, Institute for Sustainable Resources (UCL ISR) and founder director of the UCL Circular Economy Lab and the UCL Plastic Innovation Hub. She has contributed to leading international research in the areas of sustainable industrial development, decarbonisation pathways and the circular economy. Her expertise covers resource and energy implications of industrial sectors including construction (metals and cement), plastics, textiles and the bioeconomy. She has also explored the resource implications (e.g. critical materials reliance) of green mobility (e.g. EV batteries) and renewable technologies. Her work explores the transition towards net zero though CE interventions in industrial areas and at the urban scale.

Her work has been published in leading academic journals, including Nature Sustainability and Journal of Cleaner Production. She has contributed to influential reports for the European Commission and UN in the Circular Economy. She delivers talks and lectures internationally in the areas of the circular economy and industrial decarbonisation. She regularly engages with the media (BBC, Channel4, TVR, NTVS, Times and Metro).

She currently is part of the ISO Editorial Teams drafting the new family of standards in the Circular Economy.