Prof Milo Shaffer is a Reader in Nanomaterials Chemistry at Imperial College London. He has extensive experience of carbon and inorganic nanotube/nanorod synthesis, modification, characterisation, and application. He has developed and studied a wide variety of nanocomposite systems, including both structural matrices and conducting polymers for electrochemical applications. The current focus is on hierarchical/multifunctional assemblies and composites. He has also spent time working as a materials technology consultant in the areas of new technology development and exploitation, and holds a number of patents, several of which are exploited commercially. He was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola medal in 2005 and a prestigious EPSRC Leadership Fellowship in 2008.