Our team

We have brought together a Core Team of transdisciplinary experts from the 10 founding UK universities. We apply a systems approach to accelerate, scale up and deploy world-leading laboratory research by linking with Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Economics, and Policy.

Leadership Team

Peter Styring

University of Sheffield Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry

Elizabeth Gibson

Newcastle University Professor of Energy Materials

Mike George

University of Nottingham Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

Tom Franklin

University of Sheffield Centre Manager

Deblina Majumder

Newcastle University Partnerships Manager

Polina Ganeva

University of Sheffield Administrative Assistant

Core Team

Alberto Roldan-Martinez

Cardiff University Reader in Computational Chemistry and Catalysis

Alex Cowan

University of Liverpool Professor, Department of Chemistry

Arze Karam

Durham University Associate Professor in Finance

Chris Hardacre

University of Manchester Head of the School of Natural Sciences

Colin Hills

University of Greenwich Professor in Environment and Materials Engineering

David Lewis

University of Manchester Research Explorer

Fanran Meng

University of Sheffield Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Chemical Engineering

James McGregor

University of Sheffield Senior Lecturer

James Rae

University of St Andrews Director of Impact

John Irvine CBE

University of St Andrews Professor

Jon Mckechnie

University of Nottingham Economic and Enviromental Impact Assessment Lead, Professor in Sustainable Processing Technologies

Maria Val Martin

University of Sheffield Senior Research Fellow

Matt Rosseinsky FRS

University of Liverpool Professor

Mohammad Zandi

University of Sheffield Professor of Chemical Engineering Education

Nimisha Tripathi

University of Greenwich Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering

Oliver Heidrich

Newcastle University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Paul Webb

University of St Andrews Reader

Peter Licence

University of Nottingham Head of School of Chemistry and Director of The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory, Faculty of Science

Rachel Smith

University of Sheffield Professor of Particulate Manufacturing

Sergio Vernuccio

University of Southampton Associate Professor in Chemical Eng.

Sir Martyn Poliakoff FRS

University of Nottingham Research Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

Sir Richard Catlow FRS

University of Cardiff Professor of Catalytic and Computational Chemistry

Tom Franklin

University of Sheffield Centre Manager

Russell Davenport

Newcastle University Professor in Engineering for the Environment and Human Health

Trevor Farren

University of Nottingham Professor of Practice - Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science

Strategic Advisory Board

Alastair Sanderson

Alastair Sanderson Consulting Ltd

Charlotte Williams

SCHEMA/ Econic

Helen Pain

RSC

Javier Garcia-Martinez

Universidad de Alicante/ ex-IUPAC

Joe Howe

Humber Industrial Cluster

Karen McAvenue

Scottish Enterprise

Leon Barron

Imperial

Lily Tozer

DESNZ

Nick MacInnes

DEFRA

Paul Anastas

Yale

Paul Swift

P&G

Roy Harrison OBE FRS

University of Birmingham

Sarah Davidson

Croda

Steve Elliott

Chemical Industries Association

Stuart Haszeldine

University of Edinburgh

Su Varma

Pilkington

Subhasish Mukerjee

CERES Power

Yvonne Baker

IChemE

Katie Hart

EPSRC

Daniel Knight

NERC

David Bott

SCI

Tom Franklin

University of Sheffield Centre Manager

Steering Group

Peter Styring

University of Sheffield Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry

Elizabeth Gibson

Newcastle University Professor of Energy Materials

Michael George

Kelly Vere

University of Nottingham

Sir Richard Catlow FRS

University of Cardiff Professor of Catalytic and Computational Chemistry

Nimisha Tripathi

University of Greenwich Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering

David Bott

SCI

Daniel Knight

NERC

Ruqaiyah Patel

EPSRC
Great British Chemicals
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