Expertise focuses on the design of novel carbon and non-carbon based nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanorods, graphene and other 2D nanomaterials. 2008-12, Vice-Chairman, British Carbon Group; Conference Chair, NanoteC10; 2012, PE Chair, Young Academy of Europe. Recipient of awards: Pergamon Prize (2001); Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (2002) and University Research Fellowship (2006), Royal Society; Future Leader, STS Forum Kyoto (2008); Starting Grant Awardee (2009) and Proof of Concept Awardee (2011), European Research Council.