Dr Steffi Friedrichs is the Director of the UK Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA), an industry-led trade organisation that creates a clear single voice to represent the diverse industries’ views in the multi-stakeholder debate on nanotechnology.

Steffi’s professional background includes Lectureships in Chemistry and Nanotechnology at Oxford and Cambridge University. During a subsequent appointment in industry, she gained substantial expertise in the research, development and commercialisation of emerging technologies, and in the public engagement on nanotechnologies.