BCA Council
President & Representative to Scientific Unions Committee (SUC) of the Royal Society
Professor Richard Cooper (2024)
Chemical Crystallography Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA E-mail
Vice-President
Dr Suzanna Ward (2025)
Head of Data and Community The CCDC 12 Union Road Cambridge CB2 1EZ
Secretary
Dr Lauren Hatcher (2025)
School of Chemistry Cardiff University Main Building Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT Email: [email protected]
Treasurer
Dr Claire Naylor (2023)
Quantifoil Micro Tools GmbH,
Email: [email protected]
Immediate Past President
Professor Simon Phillips (2021)
Department of Biochemistry
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3QU
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Dr Christine Beavers (2024)
Diamond Light Source Ltd
Diamond House, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus
Didcot, Oxfordshire
OX11 0DE
Email: [email protected]
Ordinary Members
Dr Cheryl Doherty (2024)
Bursary Officer (2019-present)
GSK
Stevenage
Herts SG1 2NY
Email: [email protected]
Dr Lucy Saunders (2025)
Diamond Light Source
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE
[email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778 000
Email: [email protected]
Dr Hazel Sparkes (2023)
Department of Chemistry
University of Bristol
Cantock’s Close
Bristol BS8 1TS
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 8298
Email: [email protected]
Group Representatives:
Dr Mark Roe (Biological Structures)
School of Life Sciences
University of Sussex
East Sussex
BN1 9RQ
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 872896
Dr Gary Nichol (Chemical Crystallography)
University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry
Joseph Black Building
David Brewster Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3FJ
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr Helen Blade (Industrial)
AstraZeneca
Charter Way
Macclesfield
SK10 2NA
Email: [email protected]
Dr Helen Playford (Physical Crystallography)
STFC ISIS Facility
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Didcot OX11 0QX
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1235 446890
Dr Blue (Young Crystallographers)
Dr Anthony Blue Carter School of Chemistry, Science Centre South University College Dublin (UCD) Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland Email: [email protected]
Co-opted members
Ex officio
Professor John Finney (Crystallography News Editor)
UCL Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT Email: [email protected]
Nicola Hardaker, HG3 Ltd (BCA Administrative Officer).
Email: [email protected]
Dr Claire Hobday (Webmaster)
University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry
Joseph Black Building
David Brewster Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3FJ
Email: [email protected]
Notes: Dates within ( ) indicate year due for re-election or retirement