The current membership of the Joint Executive Board is:

Co-Directors

• Professor Steve Bramwell (Co-Director, UCL)
• Professor Sandrine Heutz (Co-Director, Imperial)
• Professor Anatoly Zayats (Co-Director, King’s)

Scientific staff

• Dr Will Branford (LCN and Department of Physics, Imperial)
• Dr Niladri Banerjee (LCN and Department of Physics, Imperial)
• Professor David Bowler (LCN and Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCL)
• Dr Ciro Chiappini (LCN and Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s)
• Professor Neil Curson (LCN and Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL)
• Professor Guillaume Charras (LCN and Division of Biosciences, UCL)
• Dr Wayne Dickson (LCN and Department of Physics, King’s)
• Professor Ismael Díez-Pérez (LCN and Department of Chemistry, King’s)
• Professor Sergi Garcia-Manyes (LCN and Department of Physics, King’s)
• Professor Andrew Green (LCN and Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCL)
• Dr Andreas Kafizas (LCN and Department of Chemistry, Imperial)
• Professor John Morton (LCN and Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL)
• Professor Maddy Parsons (LCN and Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King’s; also Director of the Nikon Imaging Centre)
• Professor Camile Petit (LCN and Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial)
• Professor Riccardo Sapienza (LCN and Department of Physics, Imperial)
• Professor Milo Shaffer (LCN and Department of Chemistry, Imperial)
• Professor Barbara Shollock (LCN and Head of the Department of Engineering, King’s)
• Professor Maya Thanou (LCN and Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s)
• Dr Jess Wade (LCN and Department of Materials, Imperial)

Professional services staff

• Andrew Gomez  (LCN Centre Manager, Imperial)
• Megan Grace-Hughes (LCN Centre Manager, King’s)

The LCN Advisory Board brings together leading experts from academia, industry, and partner institutions to help shape the future of the London Centre for Nanotechnology. Focused on advancing cutting-edge nanoscience, the Board provides strategic insight on research priorities, innovation opportunities, and emerging challenges. Its guidance supports the Centre’s mission to remain at the forefront of interdisciplinary nanotechnology research across healthcare, ICT, and planetcare.

The main LCN Advisory Board presently consists of representatives of the three colleges and international leaders in the practice and application of nanotechnology.

• Professor Bashir Al-Hashimii (Vice President – Research & Innovation, King’s College London)
• Dr Urs Dürig (formerly IBM and SwissLitho)
• Professor Naomi Halas (Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University)
• Professor Anju Massey-Brooker (Professor in Practice, Durham University)
• Professor Mary Ryan (Vice Provost -Research and Enterprise, Imperial College London)
• Professor Geraint Rees Vice-Provost – Research, Innovation & Global Engagement, UCL)
• Professor Andrew Wee (Professor of Physics, National University of Singapore)

The LCN Industry Advisory Board (IAB) plays a key role in shaping the LCN’s strategic endeavours. Comprised of members from aligned industries, the board ensures the identification of industry trends and initiatives, facilitates technology transfer and fundraising, and provides guidance on essential industry skills within LCN’s framework.

• James Cookson (Johnson Matthey)
• Urs Dürig  (formerly IBM and SwissLitho)
• Gary Nichol  (NSG Pilkington)

Previous members of the LCN Advisory Board:

• Professor Eleanor Campbell (Chair of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh)
• Professor Peter Dobson (Founder of Oxonica, former Director, Begbroke Science Park, University of Oxford and Strategic Advisor on Nanotechnology to the UK Research Councils)
• Professor Peter Littlewood (Professor of Physics, University of Chicago and Executive Chair, The Faraday Institution)
• Professor Stuart Parkin (Director, Max-Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics)