Tony Roulstone received his degree from the University of Cambridge and has spent much of his career in the nuclear and aerospace industries, starting with UKAEA working on fast reactor systems, followed by 20 years at Rolls-Royce becoming Director of Engineering of RR Submarines in 1987 and later Managing Director of the Nuclear Group in 1992. He also led part of Aerospace Engineering in RR and had corporate roles in the RR wider business.

He established and led the Nuclear Energy Masters programme in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are the economics and safety of nuclear power with a focus on Small Modular Reactors. He led several SMR research projects in the UK. Also, he is involved with projects on the design of energy systems for net-zero in 2050 and on the industrialisation and the economics of fusion. He was a key contributor to the Royal Society’s 2023 study of Long Duration Energy Storage.

He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Nuclear Institute.