Paulo Debiagi received his PhD in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnical University of Milan). He went through a post-doctoral training at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He joined excellence research projects including the EU Horizon 2020 COST Action “SmartCATS” (smart energy carriers), and cluster projects “Oxyflame” (Oxy-fuel combustion) and "Clean Circles" (Recyclable metal fuels). He established a strong network of international collaborations in more than 10 countries.  He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, China Beacons Institute. He is an active reviewer for Elsevier, a member of the Combustion Institute, and the World Green Design Organization.

His major research interest is in thermochemical conversion processes, investigating new concepts and resources, and optimizing existing processes. Focusing on sustainability, the research topics are in the intersection between renewable energy, green chemistry, and waste management.

He is actively involved in the developments of the CRECK modeling group at Politecnico di Milano for kinetic mechanisms and OpenSMOKE++ platform, which provides a core set of open-source models, methods and tools for the simulation of reactive systems, particularly useful for pyrolysis, gasification, reforming and combustion.