Tim is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, Head of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), Head of the IfM’s Centre for Technology Management (CTM), and a Fellow of Churchill College. His research, teaching, and industry and policy engagement activities are focused on the links between manufacturing, innovation, and skills.
Tim is a member of the board of directors of IfM Engage Ltd and the Møller Institute Ltd. He is Chair of Trustees of the Foundation for Young People’s Mental Health (YPMH).
Tim is a recipient of a University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for Teaching Excellence and a Royal Academy of Engineering/ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching Award, and is author of the popular science book “Your Life is Manufactured: How we make things, why it matters, and how we can do it better”.