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EPSRC is pleased to announce the recruitment of twelve members to the Science Engineering and Technology Board SETB. This forms the first full membership of the board which has had an interim membership since its inception in summer 2019. The new members are drawn from across EPSRCs stakeholder groups including both academia and business and represent a diverse range of expertise and experience in research and innovation.The role of the board is to use scientific and technological insight to identify and champion bold new research challenges at the cutting edge of engineering and physical sciences for future investment.Responsibilities of the Board include- providing advice and scientific guidance to the EPSRC Executive regarding critical mass investments such as Centres of Excellence and Institutes- maintaining an overview of and contributing to the pipeline of ideas to identify strategic opportunities for additional funding streams- working with the EPSRC Executive and other EPSRC advisory bodies to make the case for fundamental discovery research helping to identify and publicise scientific breakthroughs in the engineering and physical sciences domainThe new members are joined by EPSRC Deputy Executive Chair Charlotte Deane Chair of the Science Engineering and Technology Board and two Council members on an annual rotation. The names of the members are belowName AffiliationCharlotte Deane EPSRC Deputy Executive Chair Chair of SETBJoe De Sousa EPSRC Council AstraZenecaNick Jennings EPSRC Council Imperial College LondonCameron Alexander University of NottinghamPaul French Imperial College LondonJane Jiang University of HuddersfieldLeigh Lapworth Rolls RoyceJonathan Legh-Smith BTAdrian Mulholland University of BristolGraham Niblo University of SouthamptonSusan Rosser University of Edinburghm.c. schraefel University of SouthamptonMike Sutton LubrizolPhil Taylor Newcastle UniversitySu Taylor Queens University Belfast
