Dr. Mark Wenman

Biography

Mark Wenman joined Imperial College London as an EDF Energy Research Fellow in Nuclear Fuels in November 2008. He became a Lecturer in 2011, a Senior Lecturer in 2017, and a Reader in Nuclear Materials in 2021. He is the Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Energy Futures and Co-Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial. He has led the 'Neu Irr Steels' research programme focused on neutron irradiations of reactor pressure vessel steels as part of the MIDAS programme grant. His current work involves the UKAEA NEURONE consortium, which is developing radiation creep resistant steels for nuclear fusion from 2023 to 2028. Additionally, Mark previously served as a Lecturer in the MoD Reactor Engineering Group at HMS Sultan in Gosport from 2003 to 2008. His teaching experience includes general nuclear engineering, Reactor Dynamics, and Materials Science at the MSc level, where he set up the MSc in Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College in 2010, serving as course director for three years. Mark has also been involved in various external committees as an independent expert, including the Technical Advisory Group on Structural Integrity (TAGSI) and the Core Materials Working Group for Rolls-Royce/MoD. He represents academics in the Fuels Working Group for the European Jules Horowitz reactor project. His key research interests lie in nuclear engineering materials, specializing in metallurgy, including micromechanisms of fracture, hydrogen embrittlement, corrosion, and irradiation damage modeling.

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