Professor Andrew Beale

Andy Beale is currently Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at UCL and Group Leader at the Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Chief Scientific Officer/co-owner of Finden Ltd (incorporated in 2012) and Methanox Ltd (inc. 2025). He is also Deputy Director of the EPSRC sponsored UK Catalysis Hub. Current research interests concern the study of functional materials used as (heterogeneous) catalysts and in energy storage with novel chemical imaging techniques using X-ray scattering and/or spectroscopic methods, often studied under dynamic (or operando) conditions.