Our People

For general enquiries contact:

royce@sheffield.ac.uk

Partner Lead

Professor Iain Todd

Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Processing
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Additive manufacture |Metallurgy | Aerospace engineering | Advanced materials and manufacturing

Email: iain.todd@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6011

Research Area Leads

Professor Kathy Christofidou

Chair in Digital and Sustainable Metallurgy
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Alloy development |Physical metallurgy (non-ferrous systems) |Machine learning and high throughput experimentation towards materials discovery | Advanced metals manufacture

Email address: k.christofidou@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Alice Pyne

Professor of Biophysics
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Atomic Force Microscopy | Image analysis | Open research | DNA

Email address: a.l.pyne@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5969

Professor Chris Race

UKAEA Chair in Fusion Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Atomistic simulation of materials | Materials for fusion energy | Materials for nuclear fission | Extended defects in metals

Email address: Christopher.Race@sheffield.ac.uk

Technology Platform Leads

Dr Yunus Azakli

Henry Royce Institute Engineering Lead (Materials Discovery & Prototyping)
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Advanced metal processing via melting, casting and thermomechanical treatments.

Email address: y.azakli@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Robert Deffley

Henry Royce Institute Technology Platform Lead (Near Net Shape)
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: robert.deffley@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Lewis Blackburn

Lecturer in Nuclear Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Nuclear wasteforms | Actinide ceramics | Thermal treatment | Radioactive waste management

Email address: Lewis.Blackburn@sheffield.ac.uk

Technical

Nigel Adams

Senior Engineering Technician
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: nigel.adams@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Xinyue Chen

Henry Royce Institute Experimental Officer (Nanocharacterisation)
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: xinyue.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5476

Stuart Creasey-Gray

Electron Microscopy Experimental Officer
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Specialist in electron microprobe analysis (EPMA) and metallurgy

Email address: S.Creasey-Gray@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5926

Specialist in electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) and tribology

Email address: l.ma@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5519

Dr George Maddison

Henry Royce Institute Engineering Lead (Additive Manufacturing)
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: G.Maddison@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Robert Moorehead

Henry Royce Institute Experimental Officer (Advanced Characterisation)
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) - particularly for battery materials - and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) - particularly for DNA minicircles.

Email address: r.moorehead@sheffield.ac.uk

Maciej Myszczynski

Technical Engineering Team Leader
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: m.myszczynski@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Pepper

Experimental Officer in Aqueous Geochemistry
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Trace element analysis using ICP-MS and ICP-OES in a range of samples with a particular emphasis on those related to the fate, transport and disposal of nuclear waste.

Email address: Sarah.Pepper@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Will Pulfrey

Henry Royce Institute Engineering Lead (Thermomechanical Processing)
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: will.pulfrey@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Jiahui Qi

Experimental Officer, Electron Microscopy
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Specialist in advanced electron microscopy and tribology

Email address: Jiahui.qi@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5980

Dr Ian Ross

Electron Microscopy Facility Manager
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Electron microscopy and analysis specialist

Email address: i.ross@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5811

Dr Martin Stennett

University Teaching Associate in Nuclear Materials Chemistry
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: m.c.stennett@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5924

Dr Nick Weston

Application Scientist (Advanced Metals Processing) | Henry Royce Institute
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Developing capabilities and understanding limitations of Field Assisted Sintering Technology in order to apply its unique processing capabilities to solve real-world industrial manufacturing problems.