Bragg management and governance
Find out more about our external advisory board who give us strategic direction and our management committee who carefully steward our activities.
External advisory board
Our external advisory board members shape the strategic direction of the Bragg Centre. Drawn from academia and industry, they help the University grow its international reputation for materials research.
Chair: Dr Rob Hardeman MBE, Independent Technology Consultant
Members:
- Professor Peter Dowding, Infineum UK
- Dr Mark Hampden-Smith, Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials
- Dr Sheetal Handa, BP International Centre for Advanced Materials
- Professor Mary Ryan FREng, Imperial College London
- Professor Jim De Yoreo, Pacific North West National Laboratory
- Dr Charles Footer, Head of Business, Advanced Services & Products, QinetiQ
- Dr Charles Bragg, Non-Exec Director and Deputy Chairman at Centre for Process Innovation
- Professor Melanie Bailey, Theme Leader for Health & Food Technologies, Reader in Analytical Sciences, University of Surrey
- Dr Sophie Dale-Black, Founder and Managing Director, SDB Innovation
Management Committee
Our internal management committee manages and operates the Centre.
Chair and Director: Professor Edmund Linfield
Representatives from the Centre's research themes:
- Professor Rik Drummond-Brydson, Analytical Science Theme Lead
- Professor Christopher Marrows, Electronic & Photonic Materials Theme Lead
- Professor Fiona Meldrum, Multiscale Materials Theme Lead
- Professor Ardian Morina, Functional Surfaces Theme Lead
- Professor Christoph Wälti, Bionanotechnology Theme Lead
- Professor Daniel Read, Joint Soft Matter Theme Lead
- Dr Arwen Tyler, Joint Soft Matter Theme Lead
Members though application:
- Dr Wing-Fu Lai
- Dr Richard Walshaw
- Dr Joshua Owen
- Dr Flavia Pires Rodrigues
- Dr Thomas Raistrick
- Mr Rob Simpson
- Dr Adriana Matamoros Veloza, EDI Lead
- Dr Timothy Moorsom, Communications Lead
- Mr Finlay Spence, Student Representative
- Ms Mae Jankowski, Student Representative
Key stakeholders:
- Professor Cath Noakes (Pro Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences)
- Professor Giles Davies (Deputy Execuitive Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences)
- Dr Rachel Curwen, Director of Research & Innovation Development
Bragg Centre team:
- Dr Stephanie Foster, Innovation & Business Development Officer
- Ms Lucy Leonard, Research & Innovation Development Officer
- Mrs Helen Walters, Research & Events Administrator