Dr Christiane Norenberg (Course Director)
Dr Norenberg s the Nanotechnology HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Fund) Manager at the University of Oxford Begbroke Science Park.
She received her DPhil in Materials Science from the University of Oxford in 1998 and continued with postdoctoral research. In 2001, Christiane was awarded the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship for her work on the growth and characterisation of nanostructures on semiconductor surfaces. After a period as a lecturer at the Multidisciplinary Nano-technology Centre at Swansea University, Christiane returned to Oxford in 2007 to take up her present post.
Her interests and expertise are in the areas of surface science, growth and characterisation of nanostructures on surfaces, and nanotechnology in general. Christiane also teaches nanoscience and materials science at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Professor Peter J Dobson
Professor Dobson is currently the Academic Director at the Begbroke Science Park. He consults widely and advises several corporate and national organisations on nanotechnology. His research interests are very broad, covering most aspects of nanotechnology and embracing biotechnology, environmental technology, energy and materials science, especially in applications to the field of medicine.
Professor Dobson is also currently the Strategic Advisor on Nanotechnology to the UK Research Councils.