Leadership

ICAM is a partnership between bp and four universities, each with specialisms in complementing areas. Leadership works collaboratively to run ICAM on a day-to-day basis and carry out research activity.

ICAM Leadership

Sarah Haigh

ICAM Director, The University of Manchester

Sarah Haigh is a Professor of Materials Characterisation at The University of Manchester, where she leads a research group that pioneers cutting edge electron microscopy characterisation in the field of 2D material heterostructures and inorganic nanoparticles.

Mandar Thakare

ICAM Associate Director , bp

Mandar Thakare is the Associate Director of ICAM. He joined bp in Sep 2019, as the Materials Science Programme Manager in Group Research, and is responsible for the operational aspects of the ICAM partnership

Governance Board

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Cathy Tway

Senior Director - Chemistry and Catalysis, bp,

Paul Braun

Professor and Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering, Director of Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois

Mary Ryan

Armourers & Brasiers' Chair in Materials Science, Vice Dean (Research) Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London

Jon Salkeld

Senior Manager, Scientific Innovations, Strategic University and External Partnerships Applied Sciences, bp

Kirsty Salmon

Vice President Advanced Bio & Physical Sciences for Low Carbon Energy Applied Sciences, bp

Martin Schröder

Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Professor of Chemistry, The University of Manchester

Richard Pearson

Vice President Advanced Mobility & Industrial Products Applied Sciences, bp

James Elliott

Professor of Macromolecular Materials Science and joint Head of Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge

Timothy Bieri

Vice President for Materials & Corrosion Engineering, bp

Programme Management Board

Adam Hajjar

Intellectual Asset and Commercialisation Specialist, bp

Tincuta Veriotti

Discipline Expert, bp

Lee Smith

Technical Advisor, Materials & Corrosion, bp

David Lewis

Chair of Materials Chemistry and Head of the Department of Materials, The University of Manchester

Jonathan Nitschke

Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Eric Doskocil

Senior Manager for Applied Physical Sciences, bp

Camille Petit

Professor of Materials Engineering, Imperial College London

Nancy Sottos

Maybelle Leland Swanlund Endowed Chair, Head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois

Matthew Turnbull

Senior Advisor Chemical Engineering Applied Sciences, bp

Kevin West

Disruptive Technologies Advisor Advanced Mobility & Industrial Products, Applied Science, bp

Health Safety Security and Environment

Nicolas Armao – Chair

HSSE Manager for Innovation and Engineering and HSSE major delivery lead within bp, bp

Tracy Amass

Operations Manager of bp- ICAM and HSSE delivery lead, The University of Manchester

Sylvester Boon

Safety, Compliance and Risk Manager , The University of Manchester

Edward Chainani

Assistant Director for Safety, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Grainger College of Engineering

Paul Collier

External Programmes Manager, Johnson Matthey

Margaret Glendenning

Head of Safety Assurance and Chemical Safety, The University of Cambridge

Michelle Gray

Laboratory HSSE and Operations manager at the Low Carbon Innovation Centre (LCIC), bp

Surrinder Johal

Director of Safety, Imperial Colledge

Greg Shaw

Experimental Officer at Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University

Sofia Marchesini

Senior Material Chemist, bp

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Neil McGuinness – Chair

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead UK, bp

Ahu Gumrah Parry

Lecturer in Bioinspired Soft Matter, bp-ICAM Kathleen Lonsdale Research Fellow, The University of Manchester

João Quinta da Fonseca

Professor of Mechanical Metallurgy, The University of Manchester

João Cabral

P&G/RAEng Research Chair in Microflow Engineering, Imperial College London

Roddel Remy

Research Scientist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Sofia Marchesini

Senior Materials Chemist, bp

Tracy Amass

Operations Manager of bp- ICAM and HSSE delivery lead, The University of Manchester

Ndunge Kivuitu

Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I), University of Cambridge

Sankar Meenakshisundaram

Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, Cardiff University