Professor Paul Matthews named as next Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute

Professor Paul Matthews, Fellow by Special Election of St Edmund Hall and Head of the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London, has been named as the next Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI) on the Rutherford Laboratory Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Oxford.  The RFI is a national research institute dedicated to developing new technologies to tackle important health challenges.  Although still only a few years old, the RFI already is a national leader in next generation chemistries and innovative, multi-scale imaging for the life sciences.

Asked about the appointment, Paul explained, “I am excited to be able to lead the RFI in its next stage of development and look forward to strengthening its relationship and value to the University of Oxford and other partner universities.”

Paul will assume his new role in April 2024.  At that time, he will step down from his current positions as a Head of Department at Imperial College and Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute Centre at Imperial College but remain as a Professor and Group Leader in the UK DRI, continuing to maintain his laboratory at Imperial College.