NAME
Professor Sue Black
JOB TITLE
Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology
ORGANISATION
University of Dundee
CURRENT PROJECTS
Developed techniques to identify human remains, provides identification
training of disaster victim for UK national team. Vein pattern analysis as a
biometric technique for identifying child abuse.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Wide variety of subjects including a variety of analyses of adult and juvenile skeletal
remains to establish all aspects of biological and personal identity including the sex,
age at death, and disease and trauma status
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Lucy Mair medal from the Royal Anthropological Institute
Inspirational award from the Royal Society of Edinburgh
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Bone pathology and ante-mortem trauma in forensic cases.
The Juvenile Skeleton.
QUALIFICATIONS
OBE FRSE FRAI HFRCPSG
Professor Sue Black's Homepage
NAME
Dr Alison Blackwell
JOB TITLE
Founder
ORGANISATION
Advanced Pest Solutions Ltd.
CURRENT PROJECTS
(1) Leading research into the Scottish midge population, which may be linked to the
spread of the bluetongue virus. This will support contingency planning for any
outbreak of bluetongue in Scottish livestock. (2) Produce a daily midge forecast
(www.midgeforecast.co.uk) for visitors and outdoor workers.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Advanced Pest Solutions Ltd. develops and implements high-technology solutions to
pest and disease problems associated with humans, animals and crops.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowship in Biotechnology
(2004).
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“Ticks, your Pets, your Family and You” (Mercat Press, 2006)
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD, University of Bristol
Dr Alison Blackwell's Homepage
NAME
Dr Euan K Brechin
JOB TITLE
Reader in Inorganic Chemistry
ORGANISATION
University of Edinburgh
CURRENT PROJECTS
Development of modern organic magnets e.g. for use in refrigerants.
Successfully developed a range of analytical techniques for the
identification of their structure and properties.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Synthetic coordination chemistry, solvothermal & microwave synthesis,
molecule-based magnetism, single-molecule magnetism.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Lloyd’s of London Tercentenary Fellowship
EPSRC Advanced Fellowship
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Mixed-Valent Mn Supertetrahedra and Planar Discs as Enhanced
Magnetic Coolers. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 11129.
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc; PhD
Dr Euan Brechin's Homepage
NAME
Professor Stephen Brewster
JOB TITLE
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
ORGANISATION
Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow
CURRENT PROJECTS
Human-computer interaction – communication with computers
using the different human senses, in particular hearing and
touch.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Main research interest is Human-Computer Interaction, sound,
touch and gestures.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Best paper prizes at the ACM CHI 2008 and ACM ICMI 2008
conferences
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Investigating the Effectiveness of Tactile Feedback for Mobile
Touchscreens. In Proceedings of ACM CHI2008 (Florence, Italy)
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD Human Computer Interaction
Professor Stephen Brewster's Homepage
NAME
Professor Eleanor E. B. Campbell
JOB TITLE
Professor of Physical Chemistry
ORGANISATION
University of Edinburgh
CURRENT PROJECTS
Investigation of electron dynamics in fullerenes and nanotubes using
ultrashort laser pulses
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Gas phase studies of fullerenes and atomic clusters; growth
mechanisms, properties and applications of carbon nanotubes
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
VR “Excellent Scientist” Award 2002
Goran Gustafsson Prize in Physics, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of
Science 2000
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
"Effect of catalyst pattern geometry on the growth of vertically aligned carbon
nanotube arrays" , G.H. Jeong, N. Olofsson, L.K.L. Falk, Carbon 47 (2009)
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc (1st) Chemical Physics,
PhD Chemistry
Professor Eleanor Campbell's Homepage
NAME
Professor Rebecca Cheung
JOB TITLE
Head of Graduate School
ORGANISATION
School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
CURRENT PROJECTS
Currently funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council and Scottish Enterprise to develop fabrication processes and
technologies for the production of microelectromechanical systems in
silicon carbide.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nanotechnology and MEMS - Silicon Carbide MEMS for Harsh Environments,
Metamaterials and Devices, Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon Carbide Devices
for Power Electronics
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Fellow of the IET, senior member of the IEEE and an Honorary Professor with
the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot Watt University.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“Plastic deformation magnetic assembly of out-of-plane structures using
vapour phase hydrofluoric acid release" (2009)
QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D, Glasgow University
Professor Cheung's Homepage
NAME
Professor Stephen Clark
JOB TITLE
Head of Organic Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry
ORGANISATION
WestCHEM
CURRENT PROJECTS
Synthesis of bioactive natural products and modern catalysts.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
QUALIFICATIONS
Synthetic organic chemistry and development of new synthetic
methodology and total synthesis of natural products Asymmetric
oxidation and amination reactions.
Aug 2009, speaker at the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
conference. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2009. Novartis European
Young Investigator Award in Chemistry 2004, Pfizer Academic Award 2001, Zeneca
Award for Chemistry 1997, Glaxo Wellcome Award for Innovative Organic Chemistry
1996,
Rapid Synthesis of the A–E Fragment of Ciguatoxin CTX3C, 2007
A Concise Total Synthesis of (±)-Vigulariol, 2007
BSc, PhD, CChem
Stephen Clark's Homepage
NAME
Professor David Cole-Hamilton
JOB TITLE
Professor of Chemistry
ORGANISATION
EaStCHEM
CURRENT PROJECTS
We are studying catalysts that will give very high selectivity to desirable
products or will catalyse unknown reactions sometimes by new
mechanistic pathways. In addition, we have a major programme on new
approaches to separating products from the catalyst in homogeneous
reactions.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applications of organometallic compounds in homogeneous
catalysis and materials science.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Halide free ethylation of phenol by multifunctional catalysis using
phosphinite ligands (2006), Continuous Flow Homogeneous Catalysis
using Supercritical Fluids (2004)
Professor Cole-Hamilton's Homepage
NAME
Dr Quintin Cutts
JOB TITLE
Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing Science
ORGANISATION
University of Glasgow
CURRENT PROJECTS
An Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded 3-year project to
increase the visibility of computing science in the current school computing
curriculum, leading to involvement with Curriculum for Excellence. Encouraging
participation in lectures/classes using electronic voting systems (like Ask The
Audience) to improved learning. Peer Assisted Learning and Mastery Learning as
routes to success in university study
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
QUALIFICATIONS
Taking Computing Science out to schools; Use of technology to enhance face-toface teaching and learning; Recognising a learner's attitude to intelligence as a
potential block to learning; Understanding School-University transition.
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Glasgow, 2006
Annual Inspiration Award, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2006
"Enthusing and Inspiring with Reusable Kinaesthetic Activities" (2009)
Phd (1992), BSc (Hons) (1988)
Dr Quintin Cutt's Homepage
NAME
Professor Duncan Graham
JOB TITLE
Head of Research, Pure and Applied Chemistry
ORGANISATION
University of Strathclyde
CURRENT PROJECTS
Moving towards in vivo imaging approaches based on functional
nanoparticles and Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering
(SERRS), analysis using the exisiting research breakthroughs as the
platform.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
DPM analysis, Nanoparticles, Spectroscopy, Aptamers (oligonucleic
acid or peptide molecules that bind to a specific target molecule), Bioconjugations, Bioanalysis, Synthesis, The large-scale study of proteins.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Lucy Mair medal from the Royal Anthropological Institute
Inspirational award from the Royal Society of Edinburgh
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Bone pathology and ante-mortem trauma in forensic cases.
The Juvenile Skeleton.
QUALIFICATIONS
OBE FRSE FRAI HFRCPSG
Professor Duncan Graham's Homepage
NAME
Professor Jane Hillston
JOB TITLE
Professor of Quantitative Modelling
ORGANISATION
University of Edinburgh
CURRENT PROJECTS
Considering new applications for random processes in algebra, particularly those
related to systems biology. Lead to consideration of new analysis techniques,
particularly those based on fluid approximation and to the development of some new
languages in the PEPA (Performance Evaluation Process Algebra family),
particularly Bio-PEPA and HYPE.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My primary research interest is the Markovian process algebra PEPA,and its
use for the performance modelling of computer and communication systems
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
2004: Recipient of the first Roger Needham award.
My thesis won one of the BCS/CPHC Distinguished Dissertation awards for
1995
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
HYPE Applied to the Modelling of Hybrid Biological Systems, in
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD Comp. Science, Uni. of Edinburgh
Professor Jane Hillston's Homepage
NAME
Professor Tessa L Holyoake
JOB TITLE
Professor of Experimental Haematology
ORGANISATION
University of Glasgow
CURRENT PROJECTS
Working on a way to kill hostile stem cells in CML patients. Work now
focused on drug combinations designed to hit pathways that are active
in leukaemia stem cells. Professor Holyoake and her team are currently
taking two novel compounds through clinical trials.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Holyoake has spent the larger part of her career researching
chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) with a focus on how to kill leukaemic
stem cells without harming normal blood cells.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Dasatinib (BMS-354825) targets an earlier progenitor population than
Imatinib in primary CML but does not eliminate the quiescent fraction.
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD
Professor Tessa Holyoake's Homepage
NAME
Professor Richard D Kenway
JOB TITLE
Head of School of Physics and Astronomy
ORGANISATION
University of Edinburgh
CURRENT PROJECTS
Currently, Professor Kenway is a member of the Research
Councils' UK High End Computing Strategy Committee and
chairman of its Technology Watch Panel.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
His research is in elementary particle physics. He led UK participation in
the QCDOC project to build a 10 teraflops computer to simulate the
strong interactions of quarks and gluons, jointly with the USA and
Japan, and three of these machines have been operating successfully
since 2004.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
QCDgrid: A Grid Resource for Quantum Chromodynamics, Journal of
Grid Computing, Volume 3, page 113 ,2005.
QUALIFICATIONS
CPhys, MInstP, OBE, FRSE
Professor Richard Kenway's Homepage
NAME
Ralf Klinnert
JOB TITLE
Managing Director
ORGANISATION
Funky Moves
CURRENT PROJECTS
Funky Moves offers a novel approach to physical activity and sports by
utilising technology in new ways. Funky Moves’ products aim to encourage
people of all ages to participate in enjoyable physical activity by providing new
activity games enhanced by interactive equipment.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Interactive sports equipment with educational functions.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Received government grants in support for developing (SMART:Scotland
award, 2007) and launching (SCIS award, 2008) its first product into the
education market.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Exhibited at Government conference on “Tackling the national obesity epidemic” in
London in October 2008. “Funky Cones – Benefits in Primary and Physical
Education” Pilot Study Findings 2007/08, Richard Huxford, Scottish Institute of Sport
QUALIFICATIONS
BEng(Hons), MPhil in Electronic Engineering,
MSc in New Venture Creation
Ralf Kinnert's Homepage
NAME
Douglas Maxwell
JOB TITLE
Chief Executive Officer
ORGANISATION
PAL Technologies Ltd
CURRENT PROJECTS
PAL Technologies produces devices which monitor people’s lifestyles, providing
valuable data for the healthcare and fitness markets. PAL has particular expertise in
microsensors and miniature digital recording technology, which has led to the
development of a range of products. These unobtrusive devices give a true picture
of patients’ everyday activities, producing meaningful and accurate information for
use in diagnosis, treatment and research.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Developing novel sensor solutions for quantifying symptoms of disease
and patient-centred benefits of treatment.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Awarded Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowship in
Biotechnology
NEXXUS Award for Innovation 200
QUALIFICATIONS
Physiology & Bioengineering
Douglas Maxwell's Homepage
NAME
Professor Colin McInnes
JOB TITLE
Professor Engineering Science
ORGANISATION
University of Strathclyde
CURRENT PROJECTS
Orbital dynamics and space mission applications of solar sail spacecraft.
Autonomous spacecraft control and spacecraft formation-flying
Future large-scale space engineering ventures
RESEARCH INTERESTS
2009-2014
2007-2010
2006-2009
Visionary Space Systems: Orbital Dynamics at Extremes of Spacecraft
Length-Scale (European Research Council)
ASTRONET: The Astrodynamics Network (Framework Programme 6)
Dynamics, Stability and Control of Non-Keplerian Orbits (EPSRC)
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Kelvin Lecture and Medal 2008, Royal Glasgow Philosophical Society
Leonov Medal 2007, Association of Space Explorers
Makdougall Brisbane Prize 2006, Royal Society of Edinburgh
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Solar sail formation flying for deep space remote sensing
Artificial three-body equilibria for hybrid low-thrust propulsion
QUALIFICATIONS
DSc FRAes FInstP FRSE FREng
Professor Colin McInnes' Homepage
NAME
Professor James H Naismith
JOB TITLE
Professor of Chemical Biology
ORGANISATION
Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, St Andrews University
St Andrews
CURRENT PROJECTS
Researching how enzymes carry out reactions. Recently worked on a protein which
takes a large carbohydrate polymer and transports it across the membrane.
Increasingly interested in such membrane proteins. A strong interest in unusual
metabolites.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Protein chemistry, enzyme mechanism, natural product biosynthesis,
drug resistant bacteria, crystallography
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Corday Morgan, Colworth Medal, FRSE
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Wza the translocon for E. coli capsular polysaccharides is a new class of membrane
protein (2006), Inferring the chemical mechanism from structures of enzymes (2006)
QUALIFICATIONS
B.Sc. Ph.D., C. Chem., FRSC
Professor Naismith's Homepage
NAME
Professor Miles Padgett
JOB TITLE
Professor of Physics, Head of the Optics group
ORGANISATION
University of Glasgow
CURRENT PROJECTS
Includes blue-sky research (optical tweezers, fractal light fields), optics for gas
monitoring (laser-based gas sensing, locating oil reserves) and optics for
medical applications (fluorescence imaging for cancer detection, breath
analysis for medical monitoring).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
International reputation for contribution to the fundamental understanding of light's
momentum, including conversion of optical tweezers to optical spanners and the
observation of a rotational form of the Doppler shift.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Awarded the Institute of Physics Optics and Photonics Division
Prize (2008)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“Fractality of Light’s Darkness” (2008), “Free-space information transfer
using light beams carrying orbital angular momentum” (2004)
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor Miles Padgett's Homepage
NAME
Dr Marie-Claire Parker
JOB TITLE
CEO
ORGANISATION
XstalBio
CURRENT PROJECTS
We work with major pharmaceutical companies and
biotechnology companies on a range of opportunities in drug
delivery.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Xstalbio specialises in the formulation and stabilisation of
therapeutic proteins, peptides, DNA and vaccines.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Gannochy Trust Innovation Award 2006, received two prestigious Fellowships from
the BBSRC Research council (UK) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise
Fellowship in Biotechnology.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“Structure and stability of recombinant anthrax vaccine” (2007), “Dry
powder formulations: payloads from 30 to 0.1 % w/w” (2007)
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc Chemistry, PhD (Chemistry)
Marie-Claire Parker's Homepage
NAME
Professor Wilson Sibbett
JOB TITLE
Group Leader, Ultrafast Laser Science Research Group
ORGANISATION
School of Physics & Astronomy, St Andrews University
CURRENT PROJECTS
These include the development of compact, low-threshold and compact
femtosecond lasers, multi-GHz digital optical sources for datacommunications and more versatile lasers for applications in medical
biophotonics (interaction between biological items and photons).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Involved with the generation, characterisation and application of ultrashort
(picosecond and femtosecond) pulses from a wide variety of laser sources
and their applications in biophotonics and photomedicine.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Rank Prize for Optoelectronics (1997), Rumford Medal of The Royal
Society(2000), European Physical Society Quantum Electronics Prize (2002)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
"Continuous-wave and Q-switched operation of a compact, diodepumped Yb3+:KY(WO4)2 planar waveguide laser " (2009)
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, PhD, CBE, FRS, FRSE
Wilson Sibbett's Homepage
NAME
Dr Barbara Spruce
JOB TITLE
Senior Lecturer
ORGANISATION
University of Dundee
CURRENT PROJECTS
Developing new ways of treating cancer and other diseases.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The participation of the sigma receptor in the regulation of programmed cell death
and autocrine survival signalling pathways and its relevance as a target in diseases
caused in whole or in part by cellular self-reliance.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
2001 Scottish Enterprise Proof of Concept Award (inaugural round); 2003 Inaugural
Gannochy Trust Innovation Award of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for discovery of
a novel therapy for cancer.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Within the scientific press and patent literature on mechanisms underlying antitumour and anti-angiogenic activity of sigma receptor antagonists.
QUALIFICATIONS
MB.BS, MRCP, PhD
Dr Barbara Spruce's Homepage
NAME
Professor Ian Underwood
JOB TITLE
Chief Scientific Adviser & Co-Founder
ORGANISATION
MicroEmissive Displays Ltd
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Recognised worldwide as an authority on microdisplay technology,
systems and applications.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Responsible for putting in place projects and programs to ensure that MicroEmissive
Displays Ltd future products will continue to meet the challenge of fast moving
markets and innovative customers. In 2005, named Professor of Electronic Displays
at The University of Edinburgh.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Gannochy Medal Winner (2004), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
(2004), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2003), Ben Sturgeon Award
Winner (1999), Fulbright Fellow (1991)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Co-author of recently released book Introduction to Microdisplays.
QUALIFICATIONS
FRSE
Professor Underwood's Homepage
NAME
Colin Urquhart
JOB TITLE
Chief Executive Officer
ORGANISATION
Dimensional Imaging Ltd
CURRENT PROJECTS
Recently launched ground-breaking 4D surface image capture system.
This can capture a time sequence of high resolution 3D models at up to
500 frames a second.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dimensional Imaging Ltd is a world-leading supplier of human body 3D
& 4D surface image capture and analysis solutions. Dimensional
Imaging supplied systems are already in use in 13 countries over four
continents worldwide for a range of applications such as oral and
maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, burns treatment, facial recognition
and entertainment.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Winner of The Gannochy Trust Innovation Award of The Royal
Society of Edinburgh (RSE) 2008
Colin Urquhart's Homepage
NAME
Chris van der Kuyl
JOB TITLE
Chairman
ORGANISATION
4J Studios
CURRENT PROJECTS
As a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, he sits as a member of the Scottish
Scientific Advisory committee and advises the Scottish government on all areas of
science and technology. Chairs the Creative board of Education Wing at Kelvingrove
Art Gallery and is Director of Dundee Science Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Expertise in the start-up, development and market listed business arena in the
technology, media and entertainment sectors. First business was called VIS
entertainment plc which merged with Bam Entertainment in 2004.
RECENT PRIZES &
AWARDS
Chairman of Young Enterprise Scotland for 7 years, member of Global Leaders of
Tomorrow Programme at the World Economic Forum. Member of Smith Group
advising Scottish Executive on educational matters.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Regular contributor to 21st Century business and enterprise agenda through
conference keynote speeches and the media.
QUALIFICATIONS
FRSE
Chris Van der Kuyl's Homepage
NAME
Professor Chick Wilson
JOB TITLE
Regious Professor of Chemistry
ORGANISATION
WestCHEM, University of Glasgow
CURRENT PROJECTS
Principal interest has been for many years the study of hydrogen bonding, which is
examined over a very diverse set of material types. Interests include determining
hydrogen bond architectures and using these to help design hydrogen-bonded
complexes using many of the techniques of Crystal Engineering.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Interested in the fundamental aspects of hydrogen bonding and striving to gain a
deeper understanding of the forces holding our molecules and complexes together.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Chem. Commun., DOI: 10.1039/b821336d.
Crystallography of hydrogencontaining compounds: realising the potential of neutron powder diffraction
(2009)
J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 131, 3884-3893. Temperature-induced Proton
Transfer in the 1:1 Adduct formed between Squaric Acid and 4,4’-Bipyridine
(2009)
QUALIFICATIONS
D.Sc Chemistry, PhD Physics
Professor Chick Wilson's Homepage