David Tolfree

David Tolfree is a semi-retired chartered physicist and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Physics. with over 40 years of experience in nuclear research, project management and the marketing of research facilities while employed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (1957-1966) and the UK Research Councils (CLRC) (1966-1998). In 1999, he was the Technical Director of Faraday Foresight Northwest and after the co- founder of a consultancy company Technopreneur Ltd dedicated to the commercial exploitation of new technologies.to industry. Part of that work involved advising government departments on the industrial benefits of micro-nano technologies and the setting up of a UK national programme. During David's career as a government physicist and an industry consultant, he published a total of 186, books, book chapters, newspaper, journal and magazine articles and conference proceedings. He has given invited interviews on television and radio on the commercialisation of micro and nanotechnologies. David was the Executive Vice President of MANCEF (Micro - Nanotechnology, and Emerging Technologies Commercialization Educational Foundation, an international body until it closed down in April 2024. Over the last twenty years, he organised, chaired and been a speaker at over 42 international conferences on  emerging technologies. He on the Editorial Board of Commercial Micro Manufacturing (CMM), an international magazine, now on a website and is a regular contributor. David's interests include writing, photography, space science, gardening, reading and travel. Over the last decade, he has written two technical books and four fictional political thrillers published by Troubador Ltd. Two more are in preparation.

His latest published novel, The Millennium Secret has 5-star reviews on Amazon and Waterstone Books.  It is a thought-provoking story based on recent political and historical events. It has two sequels that cover the terrorist attack, 9/11 in New York in 2001 and the Iraq war in 2003.  Books in preparation include a 30- year history of the Commercial Exploitation of Miniaturisation Technologies and their products, and a fictional novel based on a WW2 event.