Core academic team
The Institute's core academic team comprises a dedicated group of academic staff who are committed to communicating and delivering the Institute's vision.
Bristol Composites Institute Co-directors
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Prof Stephen Hallett
Professor in Composite Structures, Director, Composites University Technology Centre (UTC),
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Prof Ole Thomsen
NCC Professor of Composites Design and Manufacture
Design & manufacturing
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Dr Jonathan Belnoue
Senior Lecturer in Composites Process Simulation
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Dr Ian Farrow
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Structural Design
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Dr Paul Harper
Lecturer
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Dr Dmitry Ivanov
Associate Professor in Composite Manufacturing
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Dr Byung Chul (Eric) Kim
Associate Professor in Composite Design and Manufacture
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Dr James Kratz
Associate Professor in Composites Processing
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Prof Ole Thomsen
NCC Professor of Composites Design and Manufacture
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Dr Iryna Tretiak
Lecturer in Composites Manufacturing
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Dr Bassam Elsaied
Senior Lecturer
Materials
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Dr Anna Baker
Lecturer
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Prof Ian Bond
Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Engineering
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Dr Neha Chandarana
Senior Lecturer in Biobased and Sustainable Composites
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Prof Stephen Eichhorn
Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, and Director, Centre for Doctoral Training in Composites Science, Engineering and Manufacturing (COSEM CDT)
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Prof Ian Hamerton
Professor in Polymers and Composite Materials
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Dr Sanjit Nayak
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Composite Materials Discovery
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Dr Sebastien Rochat
Dean's Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials
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Dr Jemma Rowlandson
Senior Lecturer in Thermodynamics
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Prof Fabrizio Scarpa
Professor of Smart Materials and Structures
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Prof Richard Trask
Professor of Advanced Materials, Academic Director of Impact Translation
Structures
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Prof Giuliano Allegri
Professor of Structural Integrity of Composites
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Prof Janice Barton
Professor of Experimental Mechanics, and Director, CDT in Innovation for Sustainable Composites Engineering
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Dr Rainer Groh
Senior Lecturer in Digital Engineering of Structures
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Prof Stephen Hallett
Professor in Composite Structures, Director, Composites University Technology Centre (UTC),
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Prof Alberto Pirrera
Professor of Non-linear Structural Mechanics, EPSRC Research Fellow
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Dr Karthik Ram Ramakrishnan
Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
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Dr Mark Schenk
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
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Dr Eleni Toumpanaki
Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
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Prof Paul Weaver
Professor in Lightweight Structures
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Dr Luiz Kawashita
Senior Lecturer in Composite Mechanics
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Dr Terence Macquart
Senior Lecturer in Aeroelastics
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Prof Michael Wisnom
Professor of Aerospace Structures
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Dr Ben King Sutton Woods
Associate Professor of Aerospace Structures

Work with specialists
To find our more about collaborating with any of our academic team, please reach out to composites-institute@bristol.ac.uk