OUR TEAM
At Omnifactory, our strength lies in our people. We bring together diverse, multi-disciplinary expertise, from mechanical and manufacturing engineers to data scientists and digital innovators, united by a shared purpose: to drive progress, resilience and sustainable growth in UK manufacturing.
With broad engineering backgrounds and deep sector knowledge spanning both industry and academia, we carry centuries of combined experience. Together, past and present members have built a legacy of innovation and impact that continues to shape the future of manufacturing.
LEADERSHIP

SVETAN RATCHEV
Director of Omnifactory

ALISON TURNER
Chief Technical Officer

DANIEL SYMES
Head of Business & Knowledge Exchange
ACADEMICS

SVETAN RATCHEV
Professor

JACK CHAPLIN
Assistant Professor

GIOVANNA MARTINEZ ARELLANO
Assistant Professor

SARA WANG
Assistant Professor

SAMANTA PIANO
Professor
RESEARCH

JOSEPH GRIFFIN
Senior Project Engineer

BASEM ELSHAFEI
Research Fellow

DAVID SANDERSON
Senior Research Fellow

JOSEPH HELLEWELL
Research Fellow

PETER KENDALL
Senior Manufacturing Research Engineer

VISHNU RAJENDRAN SUGATHAKUMARY
Research Engineer
TECHNICAL support
MARK STRICKLAND
Labs Manager
PAUL WENTWORTH
Technician


HELENA ARRAND
Research Development & Operations Manager
NANCY MARTIN
Research Administrator
KRYSSA ROYCROFT
Administrator

support


PHD STUDENTS

BEN PAMPLIN
PhD Student

KARINA HERNANDEZ OLIVER
PhD Student

MOHAMMED AHMED
PhD Student

REY NARVATO
PhD Student
OMNIFACTORY ALUMNI





AGAJAN TORAYEV
CARLOS GOMEZ MORENO
DAVID BAINBRIDGE
EMIL TOCHEV
FAN MO
.png)




KEVIN GUMMA
LIKUN WANG
KOSTAS BACHAROUDIS
EMMA SHIRES
LEXI QUAYLE





RICHARD CROSSLEY
MINGDA YANG
KAROL NIEWIADOMSKI
JAMES TUDOR
CHENGYUAN LIU


MINGDONG SHANG
HEATHER WILSON

