Memberships

Each of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s (EPSRC) themes is allocated a dedicated team and theme leader.

Energy

UKRI Energy Scientific Advisory Committee

Chair

Dr Mike Colechin, independent

Members

Dr Jeanette Whitaker, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Professor Stephen McArthur, University of Strathclyde

Professor Philip Eames, Loughborough University

Professor Peter Robertson, Queen’s University Belfast

Professor Janette Webb, University of Edinburgh

Professor David Manning, Newcastle University

Dr Valeska Ting, University of Bristol

Dr Iliana Portugues, National Grid

Professor John Barrett, University of Leeds

Dr Jonathan Radcliffe, University of Birmingham

Rob Millar, Williams Advanced Engineering

Professor Mike Barnes, University of Manchester

Professor Mike Stephenson, BGS

Dr Rick Short, NDA

Professor Dickon Howell, Howell Marine

Professor Jon Gluyas, University of Durham

Dr Christina Demski, University of Cardiff

Sue Ellis, Johnson Matthey

Engineering

Chair

Professor Barbara Shollock, King’s College London

Members

Professor Milo Shaffer, Imperial College London

Professor Netta Cohen, University of Leeds

Professor Jason Underwood, University of Salford

Dr William Midgley, Loughborough University

Dr Brian Gribben, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd

Professor Geraint Jewell, University of Sheffield

Professor John Bridgeman, University of Bradford

Professor Vanessa Diaz, University College London

Professor Prashant Valluri, University of Edinburgh

Professor Barry Lennox, University of Manchester

Professor Raffaella Ocone, Heriot-Watt University

Eur Ing Dawn Bonfield, Aston University

Elisa Habberley, Wood plc

Professor Stephen Eichhorn, University of Bristol

Stuart Gates, Aerospace Technology Institute

Professor Chris Pearce, University of Glasgow

Healthcare technologies

Chair

Professor John Girkin, Durham University

Members

Dr Ian Hall, University of Manchester

Professor Jens Rittscher, University of Oxford

Dr Marianne Ashford, AstraZeneca

Professor Christina Doyle, University of Exeter

Dr Celia Theodoreli-Riga, Imperial College

Professor Rory O’Connor, University of Leeds

Professor Nicholas Leslie, Heriot-Watt University

Professor Carmel Moran, University of Edinburgh

Professor Christopher James, University of Warwick

Dr Abigail Spear, DSTL

Professor Liam Grover, University of Birmingham

Dr Catherine (Cathy) Holloway, University College London

Ex-officio members

Dr Steve Oakeshott, Medical Research Council

Dr Michael Kipping, Innovate UK

Dr Terry O’Neil, Knowledge Transfer Network

Information and communication technologies

Chair

Professor Christopher Johnson, Queen’s University Belfast

Members

Professor Andrea Zisman, Open University

Professor Douglas Paul, University of Glasgow

Professor Michael Luck, King’s College London

Ben Pritchard, Thales

Dr James Hetherington, University College London

Paul Caseley, DSTL

Dr Andrea Kells, Arm Ltd

Professor Mathini Sellathurai, Heriot-Watt University

Professor Gerard Parr MBE, University of East Anglia

Professor Harald Haas, University of Strathclyde

Professor David Ritchie, University of Cambridge

Professor Prudence Wong, University of Liverpool

Professor Weiru Liu, University of Bristol

Professor Yvonne Rogers, University College London

Professor John Collomosse, University of Surrey

Professor Roger Woods, Queen’s University Belfast

Professor Geoff Merrett, University of Southampton

Manufacturing the future

Chair

Dr Katherine (Katy) Milne, Manufacturing Technology Centre

Members

Dr Tanvir Hussain, University of Nottingham

Professor Dr Ir Frans Muller, University of Leeds

Professor Louise Horsall, University of Edinburgh

Dr Niels Lohse, Loughborough University

Professor Peter Smowton, Cardiff University

Kati Gastrow, Unilever

Professor Fiona Charnley, University of Exeter

Professor Paul Dalby, University College London

Professor Ashutosh Tiwari, University of Sheffield

Professor Charlotte Williams, University of Oxford

Dr Martin Jones, Astra Zeneca

Sophie Walton, UK-CPI

Dr Adam Clare, University of Nottingham

Dr Kate Black, University of Liverpool

Dr Laura Baker, Tata Steel

Susan Reiblein, Independent

Professor Linda Newnes, University of Bath

Mathematical sciences

Chair

Professor Sara Lombardo, Loughborough University

Members

Dr Lisa McFetridge, Queen’s University Belfast

Professor Jason Lotay, University of Oxford

Professor Idris Eckley, Lancaster University

Dr Alexander Kasprzyk, University of Nottingham

Dr Gueorgui Mihaylov, GlaxoSmithKline

Professor Helen Balinsky, HP Inc

Chris Daniels, FlareBright Ltd

Professor Helen Byrne, University of Oxford

Professor James Robinson, University of Warwick

Professor Mark Kambites, University of Manchester

Professor Gregory Sankaran, University of Bath

Professor Arne Strauss, WHU – Otto Beishein School of Management

Professor Peter Challenor, University of Exeter

Professor Gwyneth Stallard, Open University

Robert Shaw, Astra Zeneca

Physical sciences

Chair

Dr Sandrine Heutz, Imperial College

Members

Professor Jason Crain, IBM Corporation

Dr Kelly Morrison, Loughborough University

Dr Alastair Coupe, Pfizer R&D Ltd

Dr Paul Jenkins, Unilever Ltd

Dr Izzy Jayasinghe, University of Sheffield

Professor Anatoly Zayats, King’s College London

Professor Alastair Hibbins, University of Exeter

Dr Victoria Jones, MDLZ

Dr Owen Lozman, M-Ventures

Professor Ji-Seon Kim, Imperial College

Professor Jeremy Frey, University of Southampton

Professor Steven Simon, University of Oxford

Professor Andrew Wilson, University of Leeds

Dr Raechelle D’Sa, University of Liverpool

Professor Robert (Bob) Tooze, rjt connect

Professor Winfried Hensinger, Sussex University

Professor Iain Thayne, 35Consult

Research infrastructure e-infrastructure

Chair

Professor Nigel Clarke, University of Sheffield

Members

Professor Helen Balinsky, HP Inc

Professor Simon Hettrick, University of Southampton

Dr Pooja Goddard, Loughborough University

Professor Nilanjan Chakraborty, Newcastle University

Professor Samuel Kaski, University of Manchester

Professor Noa Zilberman, University of Oxford

Dr Vivienne Kendon, Durham University

Professor Syma Khalid, University of Southampton

Professor Gareth Wells, University of Cambridge

Filippo Spiga, Nvidia

Dr Joanna Leng, University of Leeds

Professor Michele Weiland, University of Edinburgh

Dr Paul Selwood, Met Office

Philippe Garang, Airbus

Professor Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, Virginia Tech

Hannifeh Khayyeri, Swedish Research Council

Research infrastructure capital equipment

Chair

Dr Anneke Lubben, University of Bath

Members

Dr Ian Hancox, University of Warwick

Dr Claire Wilson, University of Glasgow

Professor Steve Rothberg, Loughborough University

Professor Michael Fitzpatrick, Coventry University

Professor Blair Johnston, University of Strathclyde

Dr Mark Matthews, Ipsos MORI Ltd

Professor James Yu, Scottish Power

Professor Stephen Skinner, Imperial College

Professor Philip Davies, University of Cardiff

Tim Venables, Imperial College

Dr Ryan Wang , University College London

Professor Douglas Paul, University of Glasgow

Professor Duncan Hand, Heriot-Watt University

Professor Simon Mark Spearing, University of Southampton

Professor Rachel Thomson, Loughborough University

Professor Paul McKenna, University of Strathclyde

Professor Peter Hatton, University of Durham

Ursula Heng, independent consultant

Programme advisory board (PAB)

Chair

Siân John, Microsoft

Members

Timothy Bauge, Thales Group

John Collomosse, University of Surrey

Peter Cowling, Queen Mary University of London

Michael Evans, BBC

Susan Halford, University of Bristol

Marina Jirotka, University of Oxford

Paul Lewis, Elsevier

Ewa Luger, University of Edinburgh

Mark Lycett, Royal Holloway, University of London

Richard Mortier, University of Cambridge

Jennifer Pearson, Swansea University

Alun Preece, Cardiff University

Awais Rashid,  University of Bristol

Yvonne Rogers, University College London

Nicola Searle, Goldsmiths, University of London

John Stewart, Royal Bank of Scotland

Peter Waggett, IBM

Ruediger Zillmer, Unilever

The terms of reference for the PAB are the same as for EPSRC strategic advisory teams.