Team
Roles that keep the laboratories and projects moving.
The centre's work is organised around laboratory responsibility and project delivery. This page describes the functions represented in the team.
Technical leadership
Each laboratory has a technical lead who is responsible for its scientific direction, equipment and safe operation. Technical leads also act as the main point of contact for projects that use the facility, and they contribute to the design of new research proposals.
Laboratory coordination
Laboratory coordinators manage the practical conditions that make experiments reliable: scheduling, sample preparation, consumables, calibration and safety checks. They work closely with researchers to translate a project plan into a sequence of runs that the facility can support.
Research and project work
Research associates and assistants carry out modelling, synthesis, characterisation and pilot work within funded projects. Many combine this work with doctoral or postdoctoral research. Their projects typically cross more than one laboratory, which is one reason the centre maintains a shared technical vocabulary across its teams.
Information and documentation
Project reporting, publication records and the technical archive are supported by an information and documentation function. This role helps partners and funders find the evidence they need and keeps the centre's output traceable.
Food process engineering
The Agri Food laboratory has dedicated process engineering support for modified atmosphere packaging, shelf life studies and the design of gas mixtures for specific food products.