ABOUT
Professor Tom Scott is a distinguished materials scientist and Director of the Interface Analysis Centre (IAC) at the University of Bristol, a specialist analytical centre for research on materials of all types. He holds a first class MSci honours degree in Geology and a PhD in Nuclear Materials.
He is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Professorial Research Fellow co-funded by the UKAEA, Director of the South West Nuclear Hub and lectures in both the School of Physics and the School of Earth Sciences at Bristol.
His research expertise is around the detection and characterisation of nuclear materials, to aid prediction of their behaviour in engineered and environmental scenarios. This includes a specific strand of activity relating to robotics and radiation detection for both fission and fusion energy applications. He works closely with UK government departments and agencies to ensure that facilities, materials and wastes stay safely managed.