Patrick Grant

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. Particular applications include electrodes for energy storage, advanced metallics for sustainable transport and power generation, and multi-material additive manufacturing. The research uses a combination of industrial manufacturing processes, novel processes developed within the group to produce new materials or function, and process simulations to aid design and optimisation. His research involves close collaboration with industry. Work on rapid tooling was patented and exploited with Ford in the US, producing 100,000s of production components.

Patrick was Deputy Head of the Maths, Physical and Life Sciences Division at Oxford University 2012-14, Head of the Department of Materials 2015-18, and was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research in 2018. He was one of the founding academics of the Begbroke Science Park at Oxford University, now a major regional and international hub for innovation and close industrial-university collaboration. He is a non-executive director of Oxford University Innovation Ltd, Oxford University’s technology transfer company. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010.