I am Professor of Aerospace Structures in the Department of Aeronautics, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

I am also Co-Director of Imperial's School of Convergence Science in the Space, Security and Telecoms theme.

I received my MEng in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. Following this, after a time as an engineer at Astrium (now Airbus) in the telecommunications satellite division, I then returned to academia to complete a PhD in the design of multistable structures at the University of Cambridge. I remained at Cambridge as a Research Associate in the Deployable Structures Laboratory until moving to the Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London in 2008.

I co-lead the Structural Metamaterials research group.

My research interests include:

Adaptive/deployable/morphing aerospace systems
Multidisciplinary optimization of structures
Multistable structures and materials
Compliant structures and materials