Dr Stephen Hodge was appointed Versarien CEO in July 2023 having been previously appointed to the board as CTO in January 2021. Stephen joined Versarien as Head of Research in July 2018 following Versarien’s acquisition of Cambridge Graphene Limited where Stephen was a Principal Engineer. He has also held post‐doctoral research associate positions at the Cambridge Graphene Centre, a research centre attached to the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London, where he also completed a PhD in Nanomaterial Chemistry.
In 2022, Stephen was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry “Rising Star in Industry Award” for strategic leadership in developing greener solutions and advocating for global regulations related to the physical and toxicological testing of graphene. Stephen is a member of a number of advisory boards and committes including: Advisory boards/committee memberships: Chairman of the Technical Working Group within the Graphene REACH registration consortium, Member of the Graphene Flagship’s ECHA/REACH committee, Member of University of Manchester’s Graphene NowNanoCDT International advisory board, Alliance Engagement Lead for Versarien in National Highways’ Roads Research Alliance. “
