The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan, has appointed Professor Charlotte Deane as the new Executive Chair of EPSRC.
Professor Deane MBE is currently Professor of Structural Bioinformatics at the University of Oxford and Chief AI Officer at Exscientia plc. She is also a co-director of the Systems Approaches to Biomedical Research Centre for Doctoral Training, which she founded in 2009.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Deane served on SAGE, the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.
Her appointment to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) marks her return to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). When Deputy Executive Chair of EPSRC she acted as UKRI’s COVID-19 Response Director.
