UKRI infrastructure advisory committee

Members of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) infrastructure advisory committee are drawn from across:

  • higher education
  • innovation and research organisations
  • industry and commerce
  • policymaking and civil society.

It is chaired by the UKRI champion for infrastructure, Mark Thomson.

The full list of infrastructure advisory committee members and observers is:

  • Professor Mark Thomson: Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and UKRI champion for infrastructure
  • Dr Claire Devereux: UKRI Infrastructure Fund Programme Director
  • Professor Ewan Birney: Deputy Director General of EMBL and Director of EMBL-EBI
  • Professor Rory Fitzgerald FAcSS: Professor of Practice in Survey Research at City, University of London and Director, ESS ERIC
  • Professor Andrew Harrison OBE, FRSE, FRS: Director of Science at the Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
  • Professor John Iredale FRSE, FRCP: Professor of Medical Science at Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol
  • Professor Paola Lettieri FREng, FIChemE: Pro-Provost of UCL East, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head Fluidisation and LCA Research Group at University College London
  • Tunde Olanrewaju: Senior Partner at McKinsey and Company, and trustee of Oxfam GB
  • Professor Graeme Reid FRSE: Chair of Science and Research Policy at University College London and Chair of the Board at the National Physical Laboratory
  • Professor John Remedios: Executive Director of the National Centre for Earth Observation and Professor of Earth Observation Science at the University of Leicester
  • Dame Frances Saunders DBE, CB, FREng, FInstP: Chair of the Facilities Strategic Advisory Group and member of STFC
  • Professor Malcolm Skingle CBE, DSc, PhD, HonFBPhS: Director Academic Liaison at GlaxoSmithKline
  • Professor Mark Spearing: Vice-President for Research and Enterprise at the University of Southampton
  • Dr Allan Sudlow: Director of Partnerships and Engagement at the Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • Susheel Varma: Chief Data Officer at Sage Bionetworks
  • Professor Carsten Welsch: Professor of Physics and Head of Accelerator Science at the University of Liverpool and Director of LIV.DAT and LIV.INNO
  • Drs Astrid Wissenburg MPA MSc FRSA: Divisional Director of Research at the University of Exeter
  • Dr Richard Gunn: UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure Programme Director (observer)
  • Dr Shabana Haque OBE: Deputy Director Research Infrastructure at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (observer)
  • Siobhan Peters: UKRI Chief Finance Officer (observer)
  • Dr Adam Staines: UKRI Infrastructure Portfolio Director (observer)

Last updated: 15 November 2024

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