Kamal Hossain
Director, Research & International
Kamal joined NPL after completing his PhD research in Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University. His research expertise is in high-resolution electron microscopy relating microstructures to materials performance and behaviour in aggressive environments. He has written over 30 publications and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Nanotechnology.
His career includes a break from NPL between 1983 and 1988, when he held various policy positions in central government and the post of Head of Research in the Laboratory of the Government Chemist.
He has extensive experience of advisory work for the Government, the EU and UNIDO, and has served on various high level national and international committees. Kamal is a member of the EU's Advisory Committee for the Framework programme and a member of the European Measurement Research Programme Committee. In 2012, Kamal was appointed Chairperson of the European Metrology Research Association (EURAMET). He has a visiting Chair at the University of Surrey in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Since 2000, Kamal has been responsible for the strategic development of the Laboratory's scientific research, focusing on developing partnerships with academia, business and Government. In 2008, he took on the additional role of leading NPL's international work.
Kamal was honoured with an OBE for 'services to industry' by the Queen in June 2009.