Neil Rowson is Professor of Minerals Engineering in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham. His research interests include the recovery of critical and strategic materials from primary and secondary sources including lithium, graphite and rare earth elements. He also works closely with industry providing engineered functional mineral particles for paints, papers and household goods such as toothpastes. He is led academic on the University’s part-time MSc course on Industrial Project Management which is run in conjunction with GSK.