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
Design & manufacturing
- Dr Jonathan BelnoueSenior Lecturer in Composites Process Simulation
- Dr Ian FarrowSenior Lecturer in Aerospace Structural Design
- Dr Paul HarperLecturer
- Dr Dmitry IvanovAssociate Professor in Composite Manufacturing
- Dr Byung Chul (Eric) KimAssociate Professor in Composite Design and Manufacture
- Dr James KratzAssociate Professor in Composites Processing
- Prof Ole ThomsenNCC Professor of Composites Design and Manufacture
- Dr Iryna TretiakLecturer in Composites Manufacturing
- Dr Bassam ElsaiedSenior Lecturer
Materials
- Dr Anna BakerLecturer
- Prof Ian BondPro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Science & Engineering
- Dr Neha ChandaranaSenior Lecturer in Biobased and Sustainable Composites
- Prof Stephen EichhornProfessor in Materials Science and Engineering, and Director, Centre for Doctoral Training in Composites Science, Engineering and Manufacturing (COSEM CDT)
- Prof Ian HamertonProfessor in Polymers and Composite Materials
- Dr Karthik Ram RamakrishnanLecturer in Aerospace
- Dr Sebastien RochatDean's Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials
- Dr Jemma RowlandsonSenior Lecturer in Thermodynamics
- Prof Fabrizio ScarpaProfessor of Smart Materials and Structures
- Prof Richard TraskProfessor of Advanced Materials, Academic Director of Impact Translation
Structures
- Prof Giuliano AllegriProfessor of Structural Integrity of Composites
- Prof Janice BartonProfessor of Experimental Mechanics, and Director, CDT in Innovation for Sustainable Composites Engineering
- Dr Rainer GrohSenior Lecturer in Digital Engineering of Structures
- Prof Stephen HallettProfessor in Composite Structures, Director, Composites University Technology Centre (UTC),
- Prof Alberto PirreraProfessor of Non-linear Structural Mechanics, EPSRC Research Fellow
- Dr Mark SchenkAssociate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Eleni ToumpanakiSenior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
- Prof Paul WeaverProfessor in Lightweight Structures
- Prof Michael WisnomProfessor of Aerospace Structures