Robin Taylor is a Senior Fellow at the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory.

He lives in Cockermouth, with his wife Anna and three teenage children.

Robin grew up in Stoke where he enjoyed school and chemistry in particular as his teacher was very engaging and interactive.

Robin went to Manchester University to read Chemistry and continued on to do a PhD in radiochemistry on neutron activation analysis. Robin was successful in getting his research published.

After university, Robin joined BNFL in their Technical Department at Sellafield in the Advanced Reprocessing group. During his time at work, Robin helped set up university research alliances and set up the first one at Manchester in Radiochemistry. He then had an opportunity to manage a 50-strong team, stepping out of his comfort zone. Robin’s successfully worked his way up to be a senior fellow, working collaboratively on European programmes.

For more information please visit: www.nnl.co.uk