Our Programme Directors
ARIA’s Programme Directors are tasked with developing a concrete vision for how technology could enable a better future, and directing funding into research that can make it a reality.
Find out more about what they’re working on and how to get involved here.
Angie Burnett
Angie sees plants as a tech platform to provide sustainable resources. She’ll direct funding into exploring programmable plants and their potential to solve some of humanity’s most pressing problems.
David ‘davidad’ Dalrymple
davidad wants to uncover technical solutions that ensure powerful AI systems interact as intended. He’ll be funding research using mathematics and modelling to unlock safe and transformative AI.
Gemma Bale and Sarah Bohndiek
Gemma and Sarah want to improve climate predictions. They will be funding research into how breakthroughs in optics may transform climate monitoring.
Jacques Carolan
Jacques wants to reimagine ways to interface with the human nervous system. He’ll direct funding into uncovering minimally-invasive treatments for brain disorders that can be implemented at scale.
Jenny Read
Jenny will explore advances in robotic hardware to unlock the potential of intelligent machines. She’ll direct funding into areas such as new materials for robot bodies or co-designing hardware and control.
Mark Symes
Mark is focused on mitigating or preventing climate and weather disasters. He’ll fund research aimed at developing a scientific framework for responsible climate and weather intervention technologies.
Suraj Bramhavar
Suraj aims to redefine the way computers process information. He’ll direct funding into how we can build dramatically more efficient computers using principles ubiquitously found in nature.