Professor Ian Kinloch became Professor of Materials Science at the University of Manchester in 2012. He has driven research strategy across a number of departments within the university and collaborated with researchers at other universities and in industry. He is recognised for taking a ‘holistic’ research approach that follows nanomaterials from their production through to their processing and ultimately to applications in the composites and the energy transition. His research bridges the academia-industrial divide with industrial collaborations including the co-development of a nanotube production route which was commercialised during his post-doctoral position at the University of Cambridge through to his current RAEng Research Chair with Morgan Advanced Materials.
Since 2024, Ian has held the role Chief Scientific Officer at the Henry Royce Institute, where he leads Royce’s national science research strategy, working with the Royce Research Area leads and their Steering Groups as they support national programmes and initiatives.
