Our team and governance
Our work is led, governed and delivered by a series of management groups and stakeholders who provide oversight and advice on our strategic direction and activities.
Meet our team
The Bragg Centre team shapes and delivers our vision and strategy.
- Centre Director: Professor Edmund Linfield
- Centre Manager: Dr Claire Savy
- Innovation and Business Development Officer: Dr Stephanie Foster
- Research and Innovation Development Officer: Lucy Sweeney
- Research and Events Administrator: Helen Walters
- Communications and Engagement Officer: Faye Knowles
Contact the Bragg Centre team at braggcentre@leeds.ac.uk.
Our governance
Management Committee
The Bragg Centre Management Committee is made up of academic experts from the University of Leeds materials research community.
The Committee provides input into our strategy and delivery plans and creates links with the wider materials community at Leeds.
Committee members
- Dr Mingwen Bai, School of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor Thomas Chamberlain, School of Chemistry
- Dr Fanny Costa, Head of X-ray Analytical Facilities
- Professor Giles Davies, Deputy Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
- Dr Francis Dent, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Professor Rik Drummond-Brydson, School of Chemical and Process Engineering
- Dr Julia Gala de Pablo, School of Physics and Astronomy
- Dr Martha Ilett, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr Andrea Laybourn, School of Chemistry
- Dr Lee Mason, Head of Research Development
- Professor Christopher Marrows, School of Physics and Astronomy
- Professor Fiona Meldrum, School of Chemistry
- Professor Ardian Morina, School of Mechanical Engineering
- Dr Aleks Ponjavic, School of Physics and Astronomy
- Dr Arash Rabbani, School of Computer Science
- Professor Daniel Read, School of Mathematics
- Professor Christoph Wälti, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Dr Arwen Tyler, School of Food Science and Nutrition
- Professor Sophie Williams, Pro Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Student representatives
Our Management Committee includes PhD student members, elected by their peers. These members represent the voices and views of other students within the Bragg Centre community.
- Adrian Lam, School of Mechanical Engineering
- Ben Muggleton, School of Chemical and Process Engineering
- Keeley Oglesbee, School of Food Science and Nutrition
- Nirmal Raj, School of Dentistry
External Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board brings an external perspective to our strategy, plans and impact.
Board members
- Dr Sheetal Handa, Materials Science Advisor, BP International Centre for Advanced Materials (retired), Advisory Board Chair
- Dr Rob Hardeman MBE, Independent Technology Consultant
- Professor Melanie Bailey, Professor in Physical Sciences of Life, King’s College London
- Dr Charles Bragg, Non-Exec Director and Deputy Chairman, Centre for Process Innovation
- Professor Peter Dowding, Principal Research Scientist, Infineum UK
- Dr Sophie Dale-Black, Founder and Managing Director, The Portfolio House
- Professor Jim De Yoreo, Chief Scientist for Materials Synthesis and Simulation Across Scales, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Dr Mark Hampden-Smith, Vice President Business and Technology Strategy (Ceramics), Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials
- Dr Charles Footer, Head of Business – Advanced Services and Products, QinetiQ
- Professor Sarah Thompson, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, University of York
- John Tingay, Chief Technology Officer, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology