Gus Nathan is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide, a Fellow of both the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and of the Combustion Institute, a recipient of a Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council and an ATSE KH Sutherland medallist. He was the bid leader for, and is now the Research Director of, the national Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre, the HILT CRC. He has led the development of six technology platforms, three of which are in ongoing commercial use within high temperature processes such as iron pellets, cement and lime kilns and alumina calciners, while three are currently being upscaled to decarbonise heavy industry. He has worked closely with industry throughout his career and is the founding chair of the international High Temperature Minerals Processing (HiTeMP) Forum. He has published some 350 papers in international journals, 250 in peer reviewed conferences, 50 commissioned reports and 13 patents.