Callum Grundy

Chair

Callum is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, working as a principal innovation engineer at United Utilities, UK.

Cedric Hanson

Deputy Chair

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

Matthew Palmer

Secretary

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

Selasi Dogbe

Social Media and Comms Lead

Selasi is a Senior Research Engineer at CPI (Centre for Process Innovation), UK

Behzad Partoon

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.

Santanu Talukdar

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.

Dionysios Foutrakis

Committee Member

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

Norfalisa Jusoh

Committee Member

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

Michael Koma

Committee Member

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

Lolan Naicker

Committee Member

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