This episode features Charlotte Deane, who is executive chair of the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council – or EPSRC.
In conversation with Physics World’s Matin Durrani, Deane talks about her career in both academia and industry – and her leadership of the University of Oxford’s Protein Informatics Group.
Deane explains EPSRC’s role in funding research in physics and other sciences in the UK. She talks about the long-term strategy behind changes in funding priorities that were announced earlier this year. She also explains how EPSRC is supporting students and highlights the importance of quantum technologies and artificial intelligence to the future of the UK.