SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Chaired by Professor Haroon Ahmed who is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Physics and was until recently Professor of Microelectronics and Head of the Microelectronics Research Centre of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK. His research interests are in electron beam lithography and its application to fabrication of nanostructures. He also has an interest in novel nano-structuring techniques, which are designed to push the frontiers of nanostructure fabrication to the one nanometer level, or below.
Dr David Grainger - Pronostics CSO and British Heart Foundation Senior Research Fellow, has for several years directed an internationally recognized group of researchers in the Department of Medicine at Cambridge University in the field of inflammation, with a particular interest in cardiovascular disease. His research team was responsible for the first demonstration that ‘fingerprint’ technologies which produce a metabolic profile could be used clinically to diagnose the presence of heart disease. His research has been published in a range of leading peer-reviewed journals including Science, Nature and Nature Medicine, and he sits on the editorial board of a number of journals as well as reviewing grant applications for major funding bodies in both Europe and the US. In addition, he has sat on the scientific advisory board of a number of biotechnology companies, as well as run a successful consultancy business.
Dr Thomas Weaver – CEO of Geneservice Limited, and previously CEO of the MRC's Human Genome Mapping Project (HGMP) UK, was formerly Director of Development at Incyte Genomics where he created the European technology group Cambridge, and served as an advisor for corporate business development. Previously. Dr Weaver was also Head of Molecular Biology, at Hexagen where he set up unique SNP discovery operations. His research career includes work in the Department of Anatomy, Cambridge University and in the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
Dr David Hasko – Assistant Director of Research at the Microelectronics Research Centre of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK. He has developed numerous novel device structures and fabrication methods for a wide range of electronic, optical and mechanical devices. David is a former director of Nanofab and has worked with many commercial partners, including BT, GEC, Applied Materials, and Lucent. He is currently directing a DTI sponsored research programme at Cambridge University into Quantum Computation, in collaboration with groups at Oxford University and Hitachi.
