Mark Symes is a Programme Director at the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), leading a programme on responsible climate interventions.

He is also the Professor of Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Technology and a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. At the University, his main research interests are in developing new electrochemical processes and electrochemical technology for the more sustainable production of fuels and key chemical feedstocks. His research group in Glasgow conducts fundamental studies into the processes underlying reactions of interest, and then (tries!) to develop devices to apply the principles from those fundamental studies in a real-world setting (see www.symeslab.com).

In addition, Mark is a founder and currently Chief Scientific Officer at Clyde Hydrogen Systems, a spin-out from his research lab that is developing a new generation of decoupled electrolyzers for converting renewable electricity into green hydrogen.

Mark holds an MSci degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in supramolecular chemistry from the University of Edinburgh.