Callum Grundy

Committee Chair

Callum is a chartered chemical engineer, working as a Principal Innovation Engineer at United Utilities, UK.

Matthew Palmer

Committee Secretary

Matthew is a strategy manager in the asset strategy and planning department of Severn Trent.

Cedric Hanson

Deputy Chair

Cedric has 40 years’ experience in technology management, innovation and commercial development.

Behzad Partoon

Committee member (Industry–academic liaison)

Behzad is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Process and Materials Engineering Section of the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Dionysios Foutrakis

Committee member

Dionysios is a chemical engineer with experience in the food and pharmaceuticals industries.

Lolan Naicker

Committee member

Lolan is Technical Director at NAICKER SCIENTIFIC LTD, a cross-sector technology development company incorporated in England.

Michael Koma

Committee member

Michael is an engineer working at a start-up commercialising next-generation sodium-ion battery technology.

Norfalisa Jusoh

Committee member

Norfalisa Jusoh supports technology development and commercialization, with experience in process design, capital project delivery, and low-carbon initiatives.

Santanu Talukdar

Committee member (Industry–students liaison)

Santanu is a Chartered Chemical Engineer who has worked in the oil refining and pharmaceuticals sectors, and has experience in technology transfer, modelling and control, research and project leadership, and consultancy.

Wen Qian Chen

Committee member

Wen, an Assistant Professor, carries out research on purification and formulation of proteins and peptides at the National University of Singapore.