Patrick Grant
Vesuvius Chair of Materials, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Oxford,
Patrick Grant is the Vesuvius Professor of Materials and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Oxford. His research takes place at the interface between advanced materials and manufacturing. Current research themes include smart battery electrodes for energy storage, development of recycling-tolerant aluminium alloys, applications of machine learning to X-ray imaging of high speed phase transformations, and multi-material additive manufacturing for biomedical and other applications. He leads one of the UK Faraday Institution's major national research programmes on smart Li ion battery electrode manufacture. Patrick was head of the Department of Materials (2015-18) at Oxford University, elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010 and is a director of Oxford University Innovation Ltd, Oxford University's technology transfer company.
