Thomas Benjamin Britton CEng FIMMM (born 18 April 1985) is a materials scientist, engineer and Associate Professor at The University of British Columbia.

[2] In 2010, he completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in materials science, for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) research of titanium and its alloys supervised by Angus Wilkinson.

[12] Britton has led outreach and engagement activity aimed at changing public perception about nuclear energy,[13] and regularly blogs about early career academic life.

[14] As of 2017[update] he serves on the executive committee of Science is Vital, a grassroots campaign formed in 2010 to combat threats to the UK's research and development (R&D) budget.

[19] In 2018, he was interviewed for Nature's podcast Working Scientist, where he spoke about the advantages of using online platforms that allowed academics to collaborate and exchange ideas more easily.