Judges and Mentors

Since the first year of the competition in 2014, our panel has included the following VIP judges and external mentors

The FoNS-MAD Judging Panel

Ruth Allan

Dr Ruth Allan- Judge

Business Performance Consultant and Certified High Performance Coach™, HT Consultants Ltd
John Pendry

Professor Sir John Pendry- Judge

Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Imperial College London

The Judges for FoNS-MAD

Robert Winston

Professor Lord Robert Winston- Judge

Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies, Imperial College London
Julia Higgins

Professor Dame Julia Higgins- Judge

Professor of Polymer Science and Senior Research Investigator, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

Judges 3

Kerry

Dr Kerry O'Donnelly-Weaver- Judge

Kerry co-founded FungiAlert while studying towards her PhD at Imperial College.  

allan samuel

Dr Allan Samuel- Judge and Mentor

After studying Chemistry at Imperial Allan spent most of his career with Shell in research, consulting and managerial roles in the UK, Netherlands, Malaysia and India.
Allan is a member of the Judging Panel and funder of the FoNS-MAD Accelerator Prize. He also acts as an external mentor to our teams.

Judges 3

Dominique Kleyn

Dominique Kleyn- Judge

Dominique Kleyn holds both a BSc in Life Sciences and an MBA from Imperial College London. In 2015 Dominque co-founded and became COO of Orthonika, a biotech developing orthopaedic implants using novel textile technology.

Denis

Denis Gross- Mentor

Denis acts as an external mentor to our teams. After reading Physics at Imperial College, Denis has enjoyed a varied career. This has included avionics, consultancy and investment banking. More recently, he and a colleague have been developing and financing renewable energy projects.