Meet our alumni

Meet some members of our alumni community who graduated in or after 2001.

Dr Dan Plant

Dan Plant recently returned to Imperial to do a PhD as part of an entrepreneurial scheme with the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Dr Huan Lian

Huan Lian is currently a Postdoc Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, having graduated from Imperial with a PhD in 2014.

Dr Jian Ma

Jian Ma has worked in finance since he left Imperial and is currently portfolio manager at Swiss Re, the world’s second largest reinsurance company.

Chris Foster

Chris graduated from Imperial in 2006. He is now an engineering manager at Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle.

Dr Yoko Yamanishi

Dr Yoko Yamanishi completed her PhD in 2003 and is now an Associate Professor in the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo.

Dr Matthew Fleming

Matthew Fleming is senior integrity engineer at Sonomatic Ltd, an international inspection and integrity services company.

Dr Marco Morbidini

Marco Morbidini is a UK and European patent attorney and senior associate at Scott & York Intellectual Property Law.

Nimesh Thakrar

Nimesh Thakrar worked in Formula 1 racing before moving into e-commerce and an award winning start-up venture.

Joachim Horn

Joachim Horn is the CEO and Founder of SAM Labs.

Dr Armel de Montgros

Armel De Montgros is part of the Mercedes team behind Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s amazing performances on Formula 1 tracks.

Daniel Becerra

Daniel Becerra has founded several companies since he graduated.

Bhavin Radia

Bhavin Radia has worked at Rolls Royce for the last eleven years, and is currently resource manager for twelve engineers.

Parth Patel

Parth Patel is a senior mechanical engineer in the oil and gas industry with experience in the aerospace industry.

Samantha Patterson

Samantha Patterson currently project manages as a group leader at Cambridge Consultants.

Garry Chow

Garry Chow went straight to Formula 1 on graduating from Imperial College, working for Mclaren as a design engineer.

Jonathan Page

Jonathan Page followed his passion for motor sports and has won the manufacturers’ championship in the US for four years running.

Hender Blewett

Hender Blewett runs a successful consultancy Future Energy Engineering Ltd after a decade working on offshore and subsea engineering projects.

Mark Cordner

Mark Cordner first worked with electric cars through Imperial’s Racing Green project and built this passion into a career with GKN driveline.

Charles Burr

Charles is co-founder and CEO of Corner Wearables.

Dr Xinyan Huang

Dr Xinyan Huang completed his PhD in the Hazelab research group in 2016.

Gaya Ilangairatnam

Gaya Ilangairatnam is currently Product Rollout Lead at Ocado Engineering. She graduated from Imperial in 2005.

Find out more about some of our alumni who graduated in or before 2000.

Professor Richard Folkson

Professor Richard Folkson is currently President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a passionate educator and an assessor for Innovate UK.

Rachel Sumeray

Rachel Sumeray has worked as a nuclear engineer and a physics teacher and now looks to move into educational policy.

Dr Paul Dewen

Paul Dewen has travelled around the world in numerous posts with Accenture.

Katharine Martin

Katharine Martin combined work with study at Imperial and is now a contracts manager at MJM Marine Ltd.

Ian Joesbury

Ian Joesbury spent twenty years working in the aerospace industry. Until recently, he was president at Meggitt PLC.

Mark Williams

After 33 years working for Formula One Mark Williams is now semi-retired and looks back on his long and fascinating career.

Dr Katerina Sardi

Dr Katerina Sardi spent over ten years working for the Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy as Head of Energy Planning and International Affairs.

John Bigley

Currently John Bigley is managing director of Jamestrong Packaging in Australasia.

Graham White

After a career in engineering and project management award winning Graham White now sets up social enterprises.

Professor Bruce Drinkwater

Professor Bruce Drinkwater has spent twenty years researching and lecturing at the University of Bristol.

Dr Peter Collins

Dr Collins leads Permasense, the world leader in non-intrusive continuous integrity monitoring systems.

Dr Chris Guyott

Chris Guyott is engineering director at Frazer-Nash which has eight UK offices and three in Australia.

Professor Pasa Yayla

Professor Pasa Yayla left Imperial College to work as an academic in universities in Turkey and as an R&D Manager.

Dr David Alleyne

Dr David Alleyne formed a start-up company from Imperial called Guided Ultrasonics Ltd that is now the global leader in its field.

Elias Sakellis

Elias Sakellis has been in finance for the last fifteen years and currently works in a senior management role at Quantum Pacific.

Dr Robert Morgan

Dr Robert Morgan has recently been promoted to the role of reader at Brighton University and is leading a number of research projects.

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist, science communicator and presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night.

Gina Brill

Gina Brill is a Contracts Director for a structural engineering consultancy firm.