Find an Expert
Are you a journalist looking for an academic to provide expert commentary/analysis for a news story/documentary?
This experts directory is a searchable database of Queen¡¯s academics who are interested in talking to the media about their areas of expertise.
If you cannot find the right expert, please contact Queen¡¯s Communications Office and a member of the team will be able to help you.
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Dr Pal Schmitt is a marine engineer with research interests in the design and development of coastal and marine engineering structures.
Expertise: Blue Economy, Marine Renewable Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal Energy, Marine Engineering, Coastal Engineering
Professor M¨¢ire O¡¯Neill is a leading cybersecurity expert. Maire is a UK Female Inventor of the Year, was the youngest Irish Academy fellow and youngest-ever engineering professor at Queen¡¯s University Belfast.
Expertise: Cyber Security, Cryptography, Hardware Security, Data Security, Internet of Things
Professor Robertson is an Energy and Environmental Engineer with expertise in advanced technologies for water sustainability and solar energy generation/storage.
Expertise: Water sustainability, waste and potable water treatment. Renewable/sustainable energy, including solar energy and solar fuel generation such as renewable hydrogen. Technology for net zero engineering.
Professor Price is a leading academic in engineering with extensive industry experience. He is focused on design and manufacturing and particularly how new approaches to design are needed to take advantage of the brave new world offered by advanced manufacturing technologies.
Expertise: aircraft structures, design automation for airframes, aerospace
Professor De Silva built the fluorescent PET sensor design tool generally useful for molecular scientists, collaborated to construct the market-leading OPTI blood electrolyte/gas analyser and invented the experimental field of molecular logic-based computation.
Expertise: sensor technology, chemistry, photophysics, photochemistry, sensors
Professor Chen, an expert in polymer nanocomposites, takes a holistic approach to research, combining synthesis, functionalisation, processing, characterisation and application of polymers, nanoparticles and polymer nanocomposites.
Expertise: Materials Science and Engineering, Polymers, Nanocomposites, Nanomaterials
Professor Atkins has a distinguished career as an industrial R&D Manager, Project Manager as well as several Chief Technologist, and Chief Technology Officer roles in addition to his current post as CEO of Green Lizard Technologies (a QUB spin-out company) and his Chair of Chemical Innovation and Sustainability.