Professor Richard Templer
Director of Innovation, Grantham Institute; August von Hofmann Professor of Chemistry
Professor Richard Templer is the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute and is the August von Hofmann Professor of Chemistry. Professor Templer is an expert in the phase behaviour of lyotropic liquid crystals. However, over the past 14 years, his focus has been on support for climate innovators. He was a co-founder of the Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private seeking to address the causes and effects of climate change through innovation. During his time in the Climate-KIC he oversaw the foundation of the accelerator programme at Imperial in late 2011. This has operated continuously since that time (although now supported by other donors), helping early-stage start-ups raise well over $1/2bn. In late 2015 he returned to Imperial College London to advise the Mayor of London on the creation of a climate innovation cluster, work that continues to this day.
Alyssa Gilbert
Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
Alyssa is the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London where she secures real-world impact with evidence by connecting relevant research across the university with policy-makers and businesses.
Alyssa is the interim Director of a centre for Climate Change Innovation, an initiative of the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London and the Royal Institution to catalyse innovation of all forms that address the causes and effects of climate change. She is also a member of NERC’s Advisory network and on the advisory board of the all party parliamentary group on climate change (APPCCG). Prior to joining the university, she worked as a specialist energy and climate consultant across a range of topics and countries. Alyssa has also worked at the Greater London Authority (GLA) and as a journalist on environmental policy in Brussels.
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