Dr Izabela Jurewicz

University of Surrey

Dr Izabela Jurewicz is Chief Scientific Officer at Advanced Material Development Ltd., a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, and a Senior Lecturer in Soft Matter Physics at the University of Surrey. She specialises in advanced functional materials, leading the Interdisciplinary Research on Interface Structures (IRIS) Group, with work spanning nanomaterial self‑assembly to polymeric photonic crystal-based colorimetric sensing technologies. She has published over 40 peer‑reviewed papers with multiple patents. Her research has received extensive international recognition and drives high‑impact innovation across academia and industry.

Prof Rachel Evans

University of Cambridge

Rachel C. Evans is Professor of Materials Chemistry at the Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, where she leads the Photoactive Materials Research Group. Her research focusses on materials design and structure-function interplay in photoactive materials for energy, sensing, and delivery technologies. A recipient of the RSC/SCI McBain Medal (2022), the MacroGroup UK Young Researcher’s Medal (2017), and the Dillwyn Medal for STEMM from the Learned Society of Wales (2017), Rachel is passionate about sustainable laboratory research practices, improving research culture and early career mentoring.