He focuses on resource consumption and efficiency analysis, relying mainly on thermodynamic principles and life cycle thinking. Prof. Dr. ir. Jo Dewulf makes thorough analyses at the process, plant and overall industrial system level, based on life cycle thinking and thermodynamic principles in order to find out opportunities for improvement (techniques: Exergy Analysis; (Exergetic) Life Cycle Analysis: (E)LCA). Apart from methodological improvements, implementations and collaborations with industrial partners have been put in practice in three areas: fine chemicals and pharma, agro/bio/food, and secondary and primary raw materials.