ABOUT
The team
The multi-disciplinary AIA team is not working as a typical academic research project, but instead combines industry, startup and academic strengths to work with not only rigour, but also speed, flexibility and an understanding of day-to-day realities.
Steering group
Prof Robert Miller
Director, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
David Pitchforth
Fellow, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Dame Polly Courtice
DBE, LVO, Emeritus Director and Senior Ambassador, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Eliot Whittington
Policy Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Prof Tony Purnell
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Prof John Dennis
School of Technology, University of Cambridge
Project team
Dr Deepanshu Singh
AIA Project team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Jay Green
Fuel Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Jenifer Elmslie
Policy and Business, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Dr Jessie Smith
Non-CO2 emissions, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Jia Wei Kho
Aircraft Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Jill Ashcroft Campion
Prince of Wales Fellow, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Lorraine Lorimer
Operations Manager, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Maja Glavin
Ann Dowling Fellow
Paul Bond
AIA Project team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Paul Hodgson
Cambridge Impact Accelerator Director, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Sam Brockie
Lead Research Software Engineer, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Sam Gabra
Core Modelling and Fuel Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Shaun Ho
Software Engineer, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Steve Freeman
Head of Digital Solutions, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Vidhi Sharma
Ann Dowling Fellow
Theme leaders
Prof Alex Routh
Fuel Technology Lead, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Prof Andreas Schafer
Network Modelling Lead, UCL Energy Institute
Prof Andy Wheeler
System Modelling Lead, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Anil Padhra
Non-CO2 Emissions and Airport Lead, University of West London
Prof Epaminondas Mastorakos
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Dr Maria Vera-Morales
Aircraft Lead, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Prof Richard Sandberg
System Modelling Co-Leader, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Project contributors
Dr Alejandro Castillo Pardo
Aircraft Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Anna-Marie Greenaway
Policy and Business, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
Dr Bojun Wang
Managed Net-zero Modelling at the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Prof Chez Hall
Aircraft Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr David Reiner
Policy and Business, Judge Business School
Dr Demetrios Lefas
Aircraft Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Ewa Marek
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
Dr Jerome Jarrett
Aircraft Technology, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Jordi Gomez-Alberti
Systems Modelling, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Les Bolton
Fuel Technology
Dr Lynnette Dray
Network Modelling, UCL Energy Institute
Dr Massimiliano Nardini
Systems Modelling, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Prof Michael Brear
Systems Modelling, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Prof Michelle Baddeley
Policy and Business, University of Technology Sydney
Miruna Rapeanu
Core Modelling and Aircraft Technology, Whittle Lab
Nathan Clark
Aircraft Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Nick Atkins
Core Modelling, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Prof Rod Jones
Non-CO2 emissions, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Dr Sam Grimshaw
Aircraft Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Previous project contributors
Abdul Rehman Shaikh
Airport Team, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Ben Petty
Aircraft Technology, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Beth Barker
AIA Manager, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Caleb Akhtar Martinez
Aircraft Team, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Elena von Mueller
Systems Modelling Team, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Felix Prutton
Systems Modelling Team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Fergus Flanagan
Aircraft Team, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
George Fulham
Core Modelling and Fuels Team, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
George Hawkswell
Aircraft Team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Harry O'Loughlin
Airport Team, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
James de Salis Young
Non-CO2 emissions Team, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Joshua Maynard
Airport Team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Kilian Bartsch
Aircraft Team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Mark Turner
Fuels Team, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
Slava Sedunin
Policy and Business Team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dr Teng Cao
Airport Team, Imperial College London
Thomas Coxon
Systems Modelling Team, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge