ImperiaGlobal USA is comprised of the ImperiaAdvisory Council, Academic Theme Leads and Operations. The Advisory Council comprises influential leaders and partners who support º£½ÇÉçÇø’s growth and engagement in the Bay Area and beyond. Through their expertise and networks, they help foster meaningful collaboration and opportunity. To get in touch, please contact imperialglobalusa@imperial.ac.uk in the first instance.

Academic Co-Directors

  • Professor Karen Polizzi

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    Theme Lead, Engineering Biology for Health and Environment and Co-Director of the ImperiaCollege Centre for Synthetic Biology

  • Mr James Kinross

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    Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer

Advisory Council (external members)

  • Wendy Tan-White (Chair)

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    Wendy Tan-White (Chair) CEO | Intrinsic (an Alphabet company)

  • Kimberly Budil

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    Kimberly Budil Laboratory Director | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Rui Costa

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    Rui Costa President & CEO | Allen Institute

  • Daniel Doulton

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    Daniel Doulton CEO, President & Co-founder | Solaris Suborbital 

  • Ilan Gur

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    Ilan Gur Advisor | ARIA (Advanced Research and Invention Agency)

  • Michael Jewett

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    Michael Jewett Professor of Bioengineering | Stanford University

  • Oliver Keown

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    Oliver Keown Founder & CEO | Oath Surgical

  • David Livingston

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    David Livingston Chief Strategy Officer | Galvanize Climate

  • Ray Rothrock

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    Ray Rothrock Founder, FiftySix Investments; Partner Emeritus, Venrock

  • Lynn Rothschild

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    Lynn Rothschild Senior Scientist | NASA Ames Research Center

  • Terry Rudolph

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    Terry Rudolph Professor of Quantum Physics | Imperia/ PsiQuantum

  • Dipender Saluja

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    Dipender Saluja Partner, Capricorn Investment Group

Advisory Council (Imperiamembers)

  • Professor Hugh Brady

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    Professor Hugh Brady President of º£½ÇÉçÇø

  • Amanda Wolthuizen

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    Amanda Wolthuizen Vice-President (Strategic Engagement and Communications) and Chief of Staff to the President

  • Professor Mary Ryan

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    Professor Mary Ryan Vice Provost for Research & Enterprise and the Armourers and Brasiers’ Chair for Materials Science

Academic Theme Leads

  • Professor Aldo Faisal

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    Co-Director of the School of Convergence Science in Human and Artificial Intelligence

  • Professor Mary Ryan

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    Vice Provost for Research & Enterprise and the Armourers and Brasiers’ Chair for Materials Science

  • Professor Anthony Bull

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    Co-Director of the School of Convergence Science in Health and Technology

  • Professor Jonathan Eastwood

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    Co-Director of the School of Convergence Science in Space, Security and Telecoms

  • Professor Ramana Nanda

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    Associate Dean of Enterprise, Director of the Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship

  • Professor Paul Kellam

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    Professor of Virus Genomics in the Department of Infectious Diseases

  • Professor Tamir Rashid

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    Clinical Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Hepatology in the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Operations

  • Matthew Caron

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    Matthew Caron Associate Director

  • Emily Pacheco

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    Emily Pacheco Program Officer