Ian Scowen is Emeritus Professor at the University of Lincoln with over 35 years’ experience in materials R&D and Higher Education. His expertise in multi-component phases results from a lifelong fascination with the fundamental forces at the heart of assembling structural hierarchies and exploring chemistry ‘beyond the molecule’. He founded the highly successful School of Chemistry at Lincoln (now the School of Natural Sciences) – the first new School of Chemistry in the UK since the late 1960’s. He has extensive experience working with the commercial sector in innovation projects and training programmes across all scales and founded the Bridge – Advanced Engineering R&D Centre at Lincoln and, prior to that, the University Analytical Centre at University of Bradford. A passionate educator, Prof Scowen is greatly experienced in creating innovative short-course training and interdisciplinary professional practice in the physical sciences. Based in the West Country, he is enjoying a new career phase in creative consultancy with industry and trans-national education.
He is a long-standing collaborator with iFormulate and has shared the platform in Suspensionology with David Calvert on many occasions. Prof Scowen says, “It will be a pleasure to deliver a stimulating and thought-provoking programme with David again and provide some practical trans-disciplinary insight for teams developing suspension and emulsion-based products.”