PEOPLE
CENTRE LEADERSHIP
Principal Investigator (PI)
Prof Jeff Kettle
Prof Kettle joined the University of Glasgow in 2020. He studied at Cardiff and Swansea universities, where he worked on III-V LEDs, and then in a variety of industrial and academic settings, before becoming a lecturer at Bangor University.
He also has experience undertaking commercial work with a range of semiconductor, electronic and engineering companies, particular in areas related to failure analysis and sustainability and reliability improvement.
Deputy PI and Pillar 1 lead
Dr Mahmoud Wagih
Dr Wagih leads Glasgow's Green RF-Enabled Electronics Lab.
He is an expert on sustainable electronics design, implementation, and materials, with over 120 publications and 3 patents across green wireless hardware.
He leads a cross-disciplinary team of 10+ researchers supporetd by major UKRI and EPSRC investment (>£15M as Co-I/PI), and directs the spin-out RX WaTT Ltd. He is appointed to multiple external roles within the research community with the RAEng, IEEE, and others, and has received 20+ research prizes.
CENTRE MANAGEMENT
Project Manager
Dr Natalia Łukaszewicz
Dr Natalia Lukaszewicz’s expertise is in technology commercialisation and intellectual property strategy.
Natalia holds a PhD (Dr. Jur.) from the Faculty of Law of the LMU Munich. She graduated from the LLM Programme at the LMU Munich and obtained a Master in European Studies (European Law and Economics) at the University of Poznan (Poland).
Before moving to Scotland in 2020, Natalia worked at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Munich, with her final position as a technology commercialisation officer.
Business Manager
Jack Marley McIntyre
Jack Marley McIntyre is a multidisciplinary technologist and project manager with experience across the Public Sector, Private Sector, Academica, and Local Governance.
Jack joined the University of Glasgow in 2026, most recently founding and leading the lauded Highland Employer Charter project for the Highland Council of Scotland. He was previously Head STEM Coordinator and Campus Technologist for UHI Inverness, where he was PI for UHI's school of engineering technology in additive manufacturing, STEM equity, business engagement, and circular economy. Previously achieved a research associate position with UHI, he has also won awards relating to environmental business projects, and judged awards for national circular economy projects.
REACT Technical Pillar Co-Leads
Pillar 1: Low-impact materials, manufacturing and designs
Dr Mahmoud Wagih
Pillar 1 Lead
Prof Pete Skabara
Co-Lead
Prof Jeff Kettle
Co-Lead
Paul Jarvey
Co-Lead
PILLAR 2: Low-power semiconductors and digital design
Prof Hadi Heidari
Pillar 2 Lead
Dr Bo Liu
Co-Lead
Dr Jayakrishnan Chandrappan
Co-Lead
Prof David Flynn
Co-Lead
PILLAR 3: Closing The Loop: Recycling and Recovery
Prof Jason Love
Pillar 3 Lead
Paul Prentice
Co-Lead
Dr Andrew Feeney
Co-Lead
Prof Lei Zhang
Co-Lead
CROSS PILLAR: Circular Economy + Responsible Innovation
Prof Jaime Toney
Co-Lead
Prof Nuran Acur
Co-Lead
Prof Bing Xu
Co-Lead
REACT Researchers
Dr Xiaochuan Fang
Tasneem Khodair
Dr Joseph Cameron
Dr Fatemeh Nikbakhtnasrabadi
Pillar 1
Dr Venkat Reddy Kandregula
Dr Mohammad Amir
Pillar 2
Dr Charlie Simms
Dr Mukesh Singh
Dr Paul Daly
Pillar 3
Dr Ran Liu
Dr Jawad Abbas
Cross Pillar
STEERING BOARD
REACT is governed by an independent steering board cutting across the elec-tech
sector, from industry, research organisations, to academic leaders.
