Dr. Ambrose Taylor is a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at imperial college London. He is the leader of the ‘Nanomaterials for Engineering Applications’ group, and specialises in the characterisation and modelling of particle-modified thermoset polymers. He has researched the impact and durability performance of rubber-toughened structural epoxy adhesives, and quantitatively predicted the lifetime of adhesive joints in fatigue. He has also investigated the structure/property relationship of thermoset/inorganic hybrids, using epoxy, acrylic and cyanate ester polymers. He has interests in using various nanomodifiers (e.g. layered silicates, carbon nanotubes, core-shell rubber and silica nanoparticles) as tougheners for thermosets. He is also investigating the microstructure and properties of epoxy polymers modified with combinations of micro- and nanoparticles. The applications of these materials include structural adhesives, coatings and as the matrices of fibre-composite materials. He has held a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Post-doctoral Research Fellowship and a Royal Society Mercer Award for Innovation.