Brett Suddell

Currently working as a Senior Materials Scientist within the crop utilisation sector of ADAS responsible for the industrial application of natural materials. Prior to joining ADAS Brett was Head of Materials at the BioComposites Centre at Bangor University.

Brett interacts with the Institute on a number of different levels:

Locally

• Immediate Past President of the South Wales Materials Association
• Member of the Local Affairs Board
• Steering group member of the Materials Network Wales
• Steering group member of the WCC (Welsh Composites Consortium)

Nationally

• Member of Managing Board, Council,
• Trustee of IOM3 and the Institute of Packaging
• Previous chair of the Younger Members committee
• Chair of the Congress 2010 organising committee

Internationally

• Current Honorary Overseas Secretary of IoM3
• IOM3 representative on the FEMS (Federation of European Materials Societies) executive board

Brett is involved in a number of reviewing activities that include:

• Current reviewer for European Science Foundation applications including COST Actions
• Steering group member for European Project WoW – Wealth out of Waste
• Invited reviewer for the Journal of Materials Science
• Invited reviewer for Michigan State University with the book entitled: “Natural fibres, biopolymers and their biocomposites”
• Invited reviewer for journal of Biobased Materials and BioEnergy
• External PhD examiner for the University of New South Wales