Dr Freyja Peters
Programme Manager
Member of the Management Group
Member of the ED&I Committee
Freyja Peters has worked with the Zirconium Group at The University of Manchester for a number of years prior to becoming MIDAS Programme Manager. She has been involved in MIDAS since its inception, including key contributions to the development of the project, giving her in-depth familiarity with the programme, its structure, and its project management requirements. Her work experience to-date ensures she undertakes this role with management expertise, area knowledge, and domain-specific insight, as well as numerous existing links to the UK and international Zirconium research and industrial communities.
Freyja’s own PhD is in English and American Literature, the critical thinking and communications skills from which she applies in bringing a non-technical perspective to MIDAS. She was instrumental in the bid to bring the ASTM Symposium in Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry to Manchester in 2019, and was a lead member of the organising committee. She has also co-authored an article for Materials World.