Course Tutors

Speakers    

Andy Cooper
Professor Andy Cooper is the Head of the Chemistry Department at the University of Liverpool and the Director for the Centre for Materials Discovery. His main interests include polymers, porous materials, nanomaterials, hydrogen storage, nanoparticles, and high-throughput methods.

Simon Gibbon is a senior scientist with ICI, responsible for implementing high throughput technology solutions within the businesses.  During his career he has provided support to the business in several areas of science and technology such as colloid science, physical chemistry, materials science and computational chemistry

Paul Greenwood is currently area manager for CEM Ltd. CEM is the world's leading provider in innovative microwave systems and solutions for critical laboratory applications.

Neil Jones is the Laboratory Operations Manager at CMD, and is responsible for the running of the Centre's facilities and the delivery of projects by the scientific team. His background is in instrumental analysis and separation methods.

Simon Longden is the Business Development Manager at the Centre for Materials Discovery. His main responsibilities are identifying commercially interesting technology and leading the commercial activities of the Centre.  

Andy Mitchell is a scientist at Unilever R&D Port Sunlight.  He has over ten years experience developing high throughput assays for home and personal care products.  For the last four years he has led the development of data management and analysis systems for high throughput experimentation.

Sue Rogers is a Scientist at Unilever R&D Port Sunlight. She is a synthetic polymer chemist with experiences in the design, synthesis and evaluations of water soluble polymers for applications in Home and Personal Care products.

Jon Weaver is a synthetic polymer and colloid chemist. His current research investigates rapid approaches to controlling the properties of polymeric materials in the sub-micron size range

Jianliang Xiao is Professor of Catalysis at the University of Liverpool. His main interest is in the design and discovery of molecular catalysts aiming for more efficient and greener chemical synthesis. High throughput screening facilitates catalyst discovery, providing a tool for their endeavour.

Practical Providers    

Neil Campbell has a broad industrial and academic background and as a Senior Experimental Officer at the CMD and specialises in process development. His current interests are the application of high throughput experimental design methodologies, synthesis and characterisation techniques to overcome problems found in industrial materials research.

Mark Earll is a Senior Consultant for Umetrics where he is involved with training and consultancy in Multivariate Analysis and Experimental design. He has a background in research analytical chemistry within the Pharmaceutical industry and has experience of high throughput Physical Chemistry.

Sean Higgins is a Senior Experimental Officer at the Centre of Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool.  A physical organic chemist whose research focuses on the application of high throughput methodologies to the synthesis and characterisation of a wide range of materials

Elizabeth Willneff is a Senior Experimental Officer in the Centre for Materials Discovery (CMD). Her research interests include relating molecular structure and dynamics at interfaces in complex systems with their function and performance in products. In the CMD she is primarily responsible for running the high-throughput powder diffractometer.