Malcolm Joyce is Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Lancaster University and interim Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise.
He was previously Cross-faculty Associated Dean for Research (ADR) and ADR for the Faculty of Science and Technology and, as Head of Engineering (2008-2015) he led a significant expansion of the department at Lancaster including the introduction of Chemical Engineering. Prior to Lancaster he spent 4 years in industry most recently as Technical Director of his spin-out business, Hybrid Instruments Ltd.
Malcolm pioneered nuclear engineering at Lancaster, establishing programmes covering nuclear research, teaching and engagement. He has a track record of over £25M in competitively sought research grants from UKRI, industry and government agencies.
Malcolm is Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science and the European Journal of Physics N (EPJ-N). He serves on the UK Government’s Nuclear Industry Research Advisory Board (NIRAB), the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM), the UKAEA Programme Advisory Committee and is co-chair of the National Nuclear User Facility (NNUF).
He was awarded the James Watt medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in 2014 and a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2016. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Nuclear Institute and author of: ‘Nuclear Engineering: A Conceptual Guide to Nuclear Power’, published by Butterworth-Heinemann in 2017.