Prof Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Director, Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein & Microbial Food Hub, Professor of Engineering Biology, Imperial College London
Our Team
Meet the people behind the science
A network of experts transforming decades of scientific knowledge into research, innovation, and real-world translation for the next generation of sustainable food
DIRECTORS
Prof Karen Polizzi
Professor of Biotechnology, Vice-Director of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, the Microbial Food Hub, and Co-Director NAPIC
Prof Paul Freemont
Professor of Structural & Synthetic Biology, Vice-Director of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, Imperial College London
CENTRE TEAM
Dr Simon Partridge
Centre Manager
Yvonne McMeel
Impact, Growth, and Innovation
Julia Espeso Bischofberger
Venture Building and Commercialisation
John-Felipe Murphy
Scale-Up and Regulation
Roelle Ann Santa Maria
Engagement and Brand
Naheed Khan
EA to Professor Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro & Group Operations
Richard De Boyett
Events and Projects
PARTNER RESEARCHERS
Joe Gallagher
IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Jane Parker
University of Reading
Ruth Wonfor
IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Kiran Patil
MRC-MBU University of Cambridge
Stella Lignou
University of Reading
Jessica Adams
IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Leonie Jahn
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet – DTU
Ying Chen
Tufts University
Kimon-Andreas Karatzas
University of Reading
Wen Shan Yew
National University of Singapore
Sameer Ghawi
University of Reading
Dimitris Charalampooulos
University of Reading
David Neil Bryant
IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Phil Howell
NIAB
Peter Eastmond
Rothamsted Research
Gary Lye
UCL
Morten Sommer
DTU Biosustain
Scott Frost
Tufts University
Atefeh Amiri Rigi
University of Reading
Lianghui Ji
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
David Kaplan
Tufts University
Vahid Baeghbali
University of Greenwich
Rob Barker
University of Kent
Ana Winters
IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Afroditi Chatzifragkou
University of Reading
Petra Hanga
UCL
Parag Acharya
University of Greenwich
Tilly Collins
Imperial College London
Maria Papathanasiou
Imperial College London
Sam Au
Imperial College London
Tolga Bozkurt
Imperial College London
Francesca Ceroni
Imperial College London
Eduardo Andrade
Imperial College London
Firat Guder
Imperial College London
Jiorgos Kourelis
Imperial College London
Geoff Baldwin
Imperial College London
Karen Sarkisyan
Imperial College London
Richard (Dick) Kitney
Imperial College London
Mark Isalan
Imperial College London
Jakub Radzikowski
Imperial College London
Alyssa Gilbert
Imperial College London
Nilay Shah
Imperial College London
Franco Sassi
Imperial College London
Guang Yang
Imperial College London
Jem Woods
Imperial College London
Peter Nixon
Imperial College London
Jose Jimenez
Imperial College London
Rupert Myers
Imperial College London
Sonja Billerbeck
Imperial College London
Cleo Kontoravdi
Imperial College London
Richard Carmichael
Imperial College London
Paul Freemont
Imperial College London
Jack Olney
Imperial College London
Marisa Miraldo
Imperial College London
Gary Frost
Imperial College London
Jason Hallett
Imperial College London
Thomas Ouldridge
Imperial College London
Tom Ellis
Imperial College London
Faraz Janan
Imperial College London
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Imperial College London
Mirabelle Muuls
Imperial College London
Karen Polizzi
Imperial College London
Claire Stanley
Imperial College London