International Scientific Advisory Board
NBIC’s International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) brings together scientific leaders from international 
institutions to evaluate and challenge the scientific strategy of NBIC and its delivery and implementation 
in the context of the international development of the field. They advise the Executive Management Team 
(EMT) on the opportunities for exploitation of the scientific profile and advances made by the centre.
Industrial Advisory Board
NBIC’s Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) includes business leaders from multinational companies 
and SMEs, brought to the Board on the basis of their experience and knowledge of the biofilms 
industry across the identified strategic sectors. They advise the Executive Management Team 
(EMT) on the development of NBIC, the industrial engagement strategy, funding calls and the 
commercial exploitation of the results of the research conducted through NBIC.
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KIRSTY SALMON (CHAIR) 
Chief Scientist and VP Bioenergy & Hydrogen, BP Plc 
DAVID BRADSHAW
Innovation Principal Scientist - Oral Healthcare, Haleon
MARY DOHERTY 
Head of Skills, IBioIC
DANIEL FITZGERALD 
Principal Microbiologist, Smith+Nephew
CLAIRE HODGE 
Regional Agriculture Director – Scotland & Northern 
Ireland, HSBC
KEN JOHNSTON
Consultant, Chilled Food Association
AMANDA LAKE 
Head of Carbon and Circular Economy,  
Jacobs Water Europe 
 
JOANNE O’KEEFFE 
Microbiologist, Unilever
PAULA SOMMER 
Head of Research, Cystic Fibrosis Trust
SU VARMA 
Academic Director - R&D, NSG Group
JASON VINCENT 
Chief Development Officer, Folium Science
TOM COENYE (CHAIR)
Professor, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, 
Ghent University, Belgium 
LARS DIETRICH
Professor, Columbia University,  
USA Honorary Distinguished Professor,  
Cardiff University, UK
IAN HEAD
Dean of Research & Innovation at Newcastle University, 
UK
IÑIGO LASA
Professor of Microbiology, Navarrabiomed,  
Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain 
RIKKE LOUISE MEYER
Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience 
Center, Aarhus University, Denmark
AGNETA RICHTER-DAHLFORS
Professor in Cellular Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet. 
Professor in Chemistry and Biotechnology, KTH Royal 
Institute of Technology. Director of AIMES - Center 
for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and 
Engineering Sciences, KI & KTH, Sweden 
MARK VAN LOOSDRECHT
Chair Professor in Environmental Biotechnology,  
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

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