Group members

The Smart and Functional Materials research group, within The Open University, consists of a number of academics across several schools in the STEM faculty. All are based at the Walton Hall site in Milton Keynes.

On this page you can find the links through to their personal pages which hold further information on their research, teaching and publications. To contact any member of the group please use their personal email addresses, or the general group email smart-materials@open.ac.uk.

Academics

• Dr Carl Boardman, Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Science
• Professor Nick Braithwaite, Professor of Plasma Physics
• Dr James Bruce, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
• Dr James Bowen, Lecturer in Materials Engineering
• Dr Nicholas Chatterton, Lecturer in Chemistry
• Dr Simon Collinson, Lecturer in Chemistry
• Dr Eleanor Crabb, Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
• Dr Jon Golding, Senior Lecturer in Health Sciences
• Dr Salih Gungor, Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering
• Dr Ellen Heeley, Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
• Dr Jan Kowal, Senior Lecturer in Nanotechnology
• Dr Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Senior Lecturer in Energy
• Professor David Male, Professor of Biology
• Dr Nicholas Power, Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
• Dr Tony Nixon, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems
• Professor Peter Taylor, Professor of Organic Chemistry
• Dr Nicholas Turner, Lecturer in Analytical Science