Alexandra Brintrup is a prominent academic in the field of digital manufacturing, currently serving as a Professor of Digital Manufacturing at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge since 2015, and also as Digital Manufacturing Lead at The Alan Turing Institute since October 2023. Brintrup leads the Supply Chain AI Lab at the University of Cambridge and has held various positions including university lecturer and research associate with a focus on manufacturing and supply networks. Previous roles include university lecturer and MSc Course Director at Cranfield University, fellow and senior fellow at the University of Oxford, and visiting lecturer at Jacobs University. Research expertise covers supply chain design, network theory, intelligent products, and complex systems, along with teaching contributions in decision engineering and supply chain management. Academic qualifications include a PhD in Engineering and an MSc in Applied Maths and Computing, both from Cranfield University.