Awards
- Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for promotion of scientific and technological cooperation between Japan, Japanese Foreign Ministry, 2019
- Luis Federico Leloir Award for International Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation, Argentinian Ministry of Science, 2018
- Griffith Medal and Prize, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 2010
- Rosenhain Medal, Institute of Materials, 2002
- Bernd T. Matthias Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), 2000
- Excellence in Teaching, Imperial College, 2000
External Positions
- Site visit reviewer, Canadian Research Council at the Royal Military College reactor division
- Member, EPSRC Peer Review College on Functional Materials
- Evaluator, French Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire, site visit to Cadarache 2005
- Member, Health and Safety Commission Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee�s sub-committee on research
- Reviewer, Research Council of Hong Kong
- Reviewer, Research Council of Norway
- Reviewer, US DOE
- Reviewer, US NSF
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Fellow CEng, Institution of Nuclear Engineers, 2008
Industrial Connections
- EdF Energy, Barnwood, Gloucestershire, UK, Sponsorship of Lecturer position and general support of nuclear fuel performance activities.
- Industrial Research Limited, Wellington, New Zealand, Computer simulation
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA, Atomic scale simulation of nuclear waste materials and nuclear fuel fabrication
- Rolls Royce, Director of the University Technology Centre in Nuclear Engineering
- Westinghouse Electric Sweden,Nuclear Fuel Business Unit, Västerås, Sweden, PhD sponsorship and general collaboration on nuclear fuel performance
Fellowships
- FRS, Royal Society, 2018
- ATSE, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2017
- FREng, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2013
Editorial Boards
- Journal of Materials Science, Member of the Editorial Board, 2004