Roger Charles Reed FREng FIMMM is a Professor of Engineering Science and Materials at the University of Oxford.

[4][1][5] Reed was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded a PhD in 1990 for research on multipass steel.

[8] During the period 2006 to 2012 he worked in the Dept of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, where he acted as Director of Research.

[2][9] Reed's research is focused on high temperature materials and nickel-based superalloys for use in jet engines and for generating power.

[10] Reed has also researched deformation mechanisms in single crystal superalloys under various mechanical fatigue conditions; phase transitions and oxidation reactions; as well as quantitatively studying process modelling for welding and forging.