1. Ben Britton graduated with a Master of Engineering in materials science from the Department of Materials, University of Oxford in 2007 where he was a student of St Catherine's College, Oxford.
14 Facts About Ben Britton
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Ben Britton received a fellowship in nuclear research in the faculty of engineering at Imperial College London in 2012.
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From 2017, Ben Britton was a senior lecturer in materials science at the Centre for Nuclear Engineering.
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Ben Britton was the course director of Imperial's Master of Science program in advanced nuclear engineering and deputy director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering.
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In 2021, Ben Britton was appointed as an associate professor in the department of Materials Engineering at The University of British Columbia.
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Ben Britton holds a visiting readership at Imperial College London, as well as an academic visiting scholar at the University of Oxford.
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Ben Britton develops high resolution microscopy techniques, including forescatter electron imaging for topographic and phase contrast.
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Ben Britton has led outreach and engagement activity aimed at changing public perception about nuclear energy, and regularly blogs about early career academic life.
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Ben Britton has appeared on the podcast Scientists Not the Science.
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Ben Britton is a trustee of the charity Pride in STEM, through which he was nominated for the Gay Times honours in 2017.
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Ben Britton spoke at the Institute of Physics pride of physics celebration in August 2018.
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Ben Britton has contributed written evidence to the House of Lords about nuclear technology.
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Ben Britton has campaigned for the removal of Imperial College's newly-imposed application fee for its postgraduate programmes, citing the policy's detriments against underprivileged applicants.
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In 2014 Ben Britton was awarded the IOM3 Silver Medal.