The Academic Advisory Group (AAG)

Strengthening the links between academia and the automotive industry.

The UK is globally recognised for its ability to innovate. Our universities constantly rank in the Global top 10 for their standards of education. The AAG aims to capitalise on this reputation by enabling collaboration between academia, government and industry to help identify key research areas and provide foresight on future disruptive innovative zero-emission technologies.

Creating collaborative opportunities

An impressive 22% of the projects we support have academic partners. Through the AAG we continue to strengthen this relationship and harness the forward-thinking nature of university research.

The activity of the AAG includes:

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The AAG is formed of academics who are leading research in areas of interest to achieve the zero-emission goal of the APC and its partner organisations.

Members of the Academic Advisory Group:

  • Professor Chris Brace, IAAPS, University of Bath
  • Professor Alasdair Cairns, University of Nottingham
  • Martin Dowson, WMG, University of Warwick
  • Professor Juliana Early, Queens University Belfast
  • Professor Zhongyun Fan, Brunel University London
  • Deepak Farmah, Coventry University
  • Paolo Favino, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  • James Gaade, The Faraday Institution
  • Professor Colin Garner, Non-Executive Director, APC
  • Dr Russ Hall, WMG, University of Warwick
  • Professor Derrick Holliday, DER-IC Newcastle University
  • Dr Charlotte Hoskin, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Professor Felix Leach, University of Oxford
  • Professor George Mavros, Loughborough University
  • Professor Phillip Mellor, University of Bristol
  • Professor Greg Offer, Imperial College London
  • Neale Ryan, Innovate UK
  • Professor Rab Scott, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), University of Sheffield
  • Professor Alex Taylor, Imperial College London
  • Professor Patricia Thornley, Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute, Aston University
  • Professor Frances Wall, University of Exeter

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