WMG Experts Directory
A number of academic and professional experts from across WMG are available to comment and advise on a range of areas. They are available for interviews, commentary and other speaking opportunities.
If you are a journalist looking for an interviewee, please contact the University's Head of Communications, Peter Dunn (07767 655860). If you are seeking a speaker / commentator for editorial or other opportunities, please contact Lisa Barwick, WMG Head of Communications and Marketing (07824 540845).
| Name | Role | Areas of Expertise | Group |
| Amor-Segan, Mark | Principal Engineer, WMG High Value Manufacturing Catapult |
Energy storage and management, vehicle energy systems, complex electronic and software systems, diagnostics, broad overview of electrification of transport and energy storage |
Energy and Electrical Systems |
| Arvanitis, Theo (Prof) |
Professor, E-Health Innovation, Institute for Digital Healthcare |
Neuroimaging; Neuroscience; health informatics; clinical research informatics; biomedical engineering; systems engineering |
Biomedical Informatics, Imaging and Healthcare Technologies |
| Banerji, Sujit (Prof) |
Executive Director, WMG Education |
Globalisation, outsourcing and offshoring; global supply chains & management, programme & project management, and corporate strategy | Education Programmes |
| Birrell, Stewart | Assistant Professor |
Human interaction and factors |
Intelligent Vehicles |
| Ceglarek, Darek (Prof) |
Professor, Digital Lifecycle Management |
Healthcare systems; root cause analysis; PLM methods; digital manufacturing; Stream-of-Variation (SOVA); Fault Region Localisation; remote diagnostics; data mining & process mapping models |
Digital Lifecycle Management |
| Chalmers, Alan (Prof) |
Professor, Visualisation |
Real virtuality; high dynamic range video; multi-sensory perception; visualisation; high fidelity computer graphics; parallel processing; virtual archeology |
Visualisation |
| Davis, Claire (Prof) | Tata Steel Chair in Thermo-mechanical Processing |
Microstructure and properties in steels - physical and mechanical, non-destructive testing |
Steels Processing |
| Dhadyalla, Gunwant | Principal Engineer |
Industry perspective on connected and autonomous vehicles, testing |
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| Dianati, Mehrdad | Professor, Autonomous Vehicles |
Connectivity and autonomy |
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| Gibbons, Greg (Dr) |
Associate Professor, Additive Layer Manufacturing |
Additive Layer Manufacturing; rapid prototyping; rapid tooling; novel coatings; materials development; advanced ceramics synthesis and processing | Net-Shape Manufacturing |
| Godsell, Jan (Prof) |
Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Strategy |
Global supply chain strategy, globalisation, right-shoring, re-shoring, off-shoring, supply chain risk management, supply chain capabilities, manufacturing strategy, supplier management, collaboration, new product development, circular business models, re-manufacturing, big data in a supply chain context |
Supply Chain |
| Greenwood, David (Prof) | Professor, Advanced Propulsion Systems |
Battery, motors, power electronics, control systems and energy management, as well as a broad overview of automotive sector, energy storage, battery, power electronics, industry strategy automotive | Energy & Electrical Systems |
| Harrison, Robert (Prof) |
Professor, Automation Systems |
Manufacturing automation; virtual engineering tools and services; automotive and aerospace sectors | Automation Systems |
| Higgins, Matthew | Associate Professor | Wireless technology connected car | |
| Jennings, Paul (Prof) |
Professor, Energy & Electrical Systems / Experiential Engineering | Sound of vehicles, and soundscapes; hybrid and electric vehicles; driver behaviour; energy storage; product perception; user experience, connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV), connected mobility | Energy and Electrical Systems Experiential Engineering |
| Kendall, Ken (Prof) |
Professorial Fellow, Structural Composites |
Structural Composites, Engineering Materials & Manufacturing, Lightweight Materials for Automotive | Engineering Materials & Manufacturing |
| Kirwan, Kerry (Prof) |
Professor, Sustainable Materials |
Sustainable materials, biomaterials, polymer glazing, environmentally-friendly motorsport, industrial biotechnology, sustainable manufacturing; industrial symbiosis, battery recycling | Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing |
| Loveridge, Mel | Senior Research Fellow | Electrochemical materials, battery chemistry, cell materials | Electrochemical Engineering |
| MacPherson, Archie | CEO, WMG centre HVM Catapult | Broad overview energy, automotive, requirements and application of motors (shape and policy on manufacturing), capital investment (venture capitalists) | WMG centre HVM Catapult |
| Maple, Carsten (Prof) | Professor, Cyber Systems Engineering | Cyber security, cyber systems engineering, e-crime, online safety and security, business / national security | Cyber Security Centre |
| Marco, James | Reader | Battery recycling, energy management and vehicle control system | Energy & Electrical Systems |
| McMahon, Richard (Prof) | Professor of Power Electronics | Power electronics - charging, invertors, power switching plus broad overview electrical distrribution networks, storage onto grid, energy industry - use and policy (electricity) | Energy & Electrical Systems |
| McNally, Tony (Prof) |
Professor, Nanocomposites |
Polymer science, processing and nanocomposites; materials (macro- to micro- to nano-); nanoparticles | Nanocomposites |
| Meyer, Caroline (Prof) | Professor, Behavioural Psychology in Digital Health | Human behaviour, interactions with health-related technologies, digital interventions for health and behaviour change | Institute of Digital Healthcare |
| Neailey, Kevin (Prof) | Professorial Teaching Fellow, Director of Undergraduate Programmes | Professional / further education and skills - undergraduate including higher apprentices through to postgraduate | Education Programmes |
| Ng, Irene (Prof) |
Professor, Service Systems & Marketing |
Service systems; marketing; disruptive business models; digital economy; economic models | Business Transformation |
| Soulard, Juliette | Associate Professor, Electric Machines | Electric motors technology and how to manufacture | Advanced Propulsion Systems |
| Swift, Mark (Dr) |
Head of SME Programmes, International Institute for Product and Service Innovation |
Small and medium sized enterprises (SME); business innovation; digital business; entrepreneurship; knowledge transfer; open innovation | SME Innovation Programme |
| Watson, Tim (Prof) | Professor, Director of Cyber Security Centre | Cyber security; digital forensics | Cyber Security Centre |
| Williams, Mark (Prof) |
Product Evaluation Technologies Group Leader | Reverse engineering, laser scanning, micro X-ray CT scanning, 3D modelling in forensics and archaeology, medical imaging |
Metrology Visualisation |