People

Management Team

Malcolm Chapman
Executive Chairman

Malcolm in an expert in lean manufacturing and is the founder-owner of OEE consulting.

 

Ann Kramer
CEO

Ann joined the Electrospinning Company in November 2011 and has 20 years of experience in commercial and general management in biotechnology SME and blue-chip companies.

 

Research & Development Team

Dr Rob McKean
Head of Research and Development

Rob is an expert in polymer chemistry and electrospinning. Since completing his PhD he has worked in world class electrospinning laboratories at the University of Sheffield and at the Micro and Nanotechnology Centre based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories.

 

Dr Elena Heister
Senior Research Scientist

Elena is a qualified pharmacist with a PhD in bionanotechology from the University of Surrey. Her expertise lies in the functionalisation of nano- and microstructured materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery, and testing their interactions with mammalian cells.

 

Erik Fabre
Research Scientist

Erik works as a Research Scientist in our labs at the Micro and Nanotechnology Centre. He holds a MSc in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London and a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from École Centrale de Lille.

 

Board

Malcolm Chapman

Professor Bob Stevens – Expert in nanotechnology at Nottingham Trent University

Ian Tracey – STFC Innovations

Mark White – Rainbow Seed Fund