Gavin joined MAPP in April 2021.  He supports the development of large strategic research bids and research partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders including industry and sponsors.  He has over 24 years of industrial experience in advanced materials joining and powder-based processing research at Rolls-Royce plc with wide involvement and collaboration across both academic and industrial research teams, manufacturing processes and test facilities. 

Through pioneering research in a series of major industry-led collaborative partnerships, he has supervised more than 60 PhD students, five PDRAs and co-authored more than 50 academic papers on Advanced Materials Processes.  Gavin has a degree in the Science and Engineering of Metals and a PhD from the University of Sheffield.