Professor Colm Durkan FREng

Head of Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Professor Colm Durkan is Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He has worked at the forefront of nanotechnology, developing surface engineering techniques that he has widely applied in Industry. He led bp’s and the International Central for Advanced Materials’ largest ever programme on mitigation of surface fouling and is now working on hydrogen generation. He has published several books including one on nanotechnology for the layperson. He is a director of CambridgeNano, which manufactures nanotechnology equipment and provides courses. He actively promotes outreach and is leading a reform of the engineering course at Cambridge.