The University of Sheffield
Kroto Research Institute

Research Theme Leaders

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Director of the

Kroto Research Institute

Professor Steve Banwart

also joint theme leader Environmental Engineering Science

Department of Civil & Structural Engineering

Professor Banwart

Associate Director of the

Kroto Research Institute

Professor John Haycock

Professor of Bioengineering and  Director of the Centre for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr John Haycock

Environmental Engineering Science

Professor David Lerner

Department of Civil & Structural Engineering

Professor David Lerner

Tissue Engineering

Professor Sheila MacNeil

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Professor Sheil MacNeil

Nanocharacterisation and Nanomanipulation

Professor Mark Rainforth

Department of Engineering Materials

Professor Mark Rainforth

Lenslesss Imaging

Professor John Rodenburg

Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Professor John Rodenburg

Surface Analysis Laboratory

Professor Graham Leggett

Department of Chemistry

Dr Graham Leggett

Virtual Reality

Dr Daniela Romano

Department of Computer Science

Dr Daniela Romano

High Resolution and Analysis

Dr Thomas Walther

Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Dr Thomas Walther

Computational Systems Biology

Professor Rod Smallwood

Department of Computer Science

Professor Rod Smallwood

Microfluids

Professor Will Zimmerman

Dept of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor Will Zimmerman

Inkjet Printing & Printed Electronics

Dr Patrick Smith

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr Patrick Smith

Behavioural and Evolutionary Theory

Dr James Marshall

Department of Computer Science

Dr James Marshall