The Oversight Board
Strategic oversight of all aspects of the CDT is provided by an Oversight Board (OB) which meets twice yearly to offer independent evaluation of our activities and provide advice on appropriate research priorities and strategic directions, as well as on training, employability, knowledge-transfer, exploitation and dissemination opportunities. Our OB comprises a mix of industrial, government and academic researchers.
Oversight Board members
| Name | Organisation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Jonathan Knight (Chair) | University of Bath | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
| Professor Kobus Kuipers | Head of Quantum Nanoscience Department, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience | |
| Professor Ruth Oulton | Professor of Quantum Photonics | |
| Professor Miles Padgett | University of Glasgow | Kelvin Chair Natural Philosophy, School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Professor Markys G Cain | Director | |
| Dr Adrian Janssen | Chief Technologist | |
| Professor Chris Lawrence | Chief Scientist: Advanced Services & Products | |
| Dr Heather Lewtas | Development Engineer | |
| Lolan Naicker | Dyson | Lead Thermodynamics Engineer |
| Dr James Watts | Flann Microwave | Chief Executive Officer |
| Professor Ian J Youngs | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) | Dstl Senior Fellow. Platform Sciences Group: Physical Sciences Department |
It’s been a pleasure to watch the evolution of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Metamaterials (XM2). The experience and innovative energy of the management/admin team, coupled with the outstanding cohort of students who comprised the first intake resulted in the Centre becoming rapidly up to speed, and the atmosphere amongst the team bodes well for the future.
Through their informal and personal interactions with members of the Oversight Board, students on the programme have made it clear how they appreciate the added-value components such as Cognitive Behaviour Coaching and the Creativity events, as well as the atmosphere engendered by the academics and the structures which have been put in place to enable their voices to be heard. The message that researchers should do things which matter, and do them to the highest standards, is very clear to hear.
Professor Jonathan Knight, Chair of the Oversight Board