Academic staff

Study of natural materials’ properties to better understand the relationship between their structure with their main function.

Low temperature synthesis and sintering of functional oxide materials.

Alloy design, physical metallurgy and manufacturing of high temperature structural alloys.

Assuring accurate estimation of mechanical properties for safety assessments, especially fracture, and optimising manufacturing routes to improve safety margins and life of high integrity components.

Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of electrode and solid electrolyte materials for Li-, Na and all-solid-state batteries; nanocomposites for artefact treatment.

Thermosetting polymers and polymer composites

Research on novel alloys, especially in less well-explored systems

Soft tissue engineering for both clinical use and as novel 3D in vitro models for improved laboratory studies. Also the use and development of non-invasive imaging techniques within tissue engineering

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Director of the Centre for Experimental Thermodynamics UK. Expertise in thermochemistry with a focus on developing green, circular, and smart materials and processes.

Expertise in primary cell biology and three-dimension cell biology.

Using tools developed for the physical sciences to better understand nature’s materials, from latex to collagen but with a focus on silk.

Development and application of industrial by-products and natural minerals for waste management, from nuclear industry to exhaust flue gas for CO2 capture

Research into functional magnetic materials and devices.

Research focuses on metallurgy characterisation; X-ray and Neutron scattering, local atomic structure, technique development, structure-property relationships, and novel materials.

Increasing our understanding of biomolecular interactions through high resolution atomic force microscopy.

Research in the study of structure/microstructure property relations in electroceramics.

Characterisation and modification of nanostructured materials including the development and application of novel characterisation techniques manufacturing method for advanced energy and biomaterials.

Expert in microbial biotechnology, natural biomaterials and their biomedical applications.

Specialist in the interactions between living systems and materials.

Research covering polymer physics, in particular the polymer crystallisation process, and self-assembly.

Leading expert in the geological disposal of radioactive wastes.

Emeritus Professor of Tissue Engineering with expertise in tissue engineering of soft tissues (skin, oral mucosa, urethra and cornea) with a focus on translating research to the clinic.

Magnetic materials, especially at the nanoscale, with interest heightened by any use of lasers.

Research covering the corrosion of radioactive waste materials in storage and geological disposal conditions. Member, HM Government Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)