The leader of a North East research institute has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Chris McDonald, chief executive of the Materials Processing Institute, is named on a list of new fellows of the organisation that also includes Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government’s chief scientific adviser, a prominent public figure during the Covid pandemic.
Mr McDonald has led the Middlesbrough-based Institute, which aims to lead research and innovation for advanced materials and decarbonisation, since 2014. He grew up in Blackhall, County Durham, where both sides of his family had roots in the mining industry.
