David Grant

David Grant studied Physics at the University of York, then three years later obtained a PhD for his research on permeation studies of hydrogen in steels and the effect of surface oxides while at the Oxford Research Unit of the Open University. He then spent three years at the National Research Council of Canada in the Division of Chemistry working on metal hydride systems. He returned to the UK for a research position at the Oxford Research Unit and then joined Nottingham University as a Lecturer in Materials and started the Biomaterials group while expanding his portfolio into coatings and shape memory materials. He was then promoted to Senior lecturer, then Reader in Materials Science and then Prof of Materials Science.

David Grant is Director of the University of Nottingham Energy Institute and a member Advanced Materials Research Group and has wide ranging research interests in (1) Energy storage systems from alloy and intermetallic hydrides to complex light metal hydrides and multi-component systems for storing hydrogen and also using these materials as thermal stores; and in (2) Biomaterials such as surface modification, coatings, nano-composite structures, degradable materials, cell surface interactions. He has worked on over 100 projects both fundamental and applied with industry translating IP through patents and collaborative projects and has spent a secondment with industry for two years. From 2017 to 2023 he was the Director of the University of Nottingham's Beacon in Propulsion Futures. From 2012 to 2024 he was also Head of the Advanced Materials research group with 24 academics and 100 researchers. He is currently the director of the University of Nottingham Energy Institute.