James Marrow

Biography

Early life and education James Marrow was born on 23 November 1966 in Bromborough, Wirral to John Williams Marrow and Mary Elizabeth Marrow. During his PhD, he studied the Fatigue mechanisms in embrittled duplex stainless steel and was supervised by Julia King.

Career From 1992 to 1993, Marrow was appointed as postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Materials, University of Oxford, and a junior research fellow at Linacre College, Oxford, but moved with an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) postdoctoral research fellowship to the School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham. Professor in Energy Materials, Department of Materials, Oxford University, , Marrow is the Associate Head of Department of Materials (Teaching). UK representative for the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme on Nuclear Materials, member (ex-chair) of the OECD-NEA Expert Group on Innovative Structural Materials, independent advisor to the UK Office of Nuclear Regulation on materials/structural integrity, and UK representative on Graphite for BEIS to the Generation IV International Forum. Marrow is the co-director of the Nuclear Research Centre (NRC), which is a joint venture between the University of Bristol and the University of Oxford to train new nuclear scientists and engineers.

Personal life Marrow married Daiva Kojelyte in 1998 and he is a father of a son and a daughter. He applies these techniques to study the degradation of Generation IV nuclear materials such as graphite and silicon carbide composites, as well as new materials for electrical energy storage.

Public engagement Marrow is part of I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here! energy generation zone. He has also been a key developer and academic consultant for the Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS). Global Cycle Network Technology (GCN Tech) interviewed James about carbon fibre fatigue and strain in 2022.