Dr Catherine Tonry BSc (Hons), PGCE, MSc, PhD, ARCS, MInstP

Catherine Tonry joined the University of Greenwich as a PhD Student, completing her PhD in 2015. Prior to this she completed an MSc in Applied Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, a PGCE in Secondary Science Education at the Institute of Education and a BSc in Physics at Imperial College. Initially hired as a research fellow she has progressed first to Senior Research Fellow then Senior Lecturer and is currently an Associate Professor.

Her time at Greenwich has been primarily research focused working on a wide range of projects, from the electrohydrodynamics of polymers to using computational engineering in the research of historic naval vessels. She currently applies her extensive numerical modelling skills to the field of metallurgy. Her expertise includes ultrasonic treatment, acoustics, metal matrix composites, additive manufacturing, magnetohydrodynamics and solidification.

She is also the Faculty EDI lead for the Faculty of Engineering and Science, in this role she works to enhance equality, diversity and inclusion both across the faculty and the University.