Chris Steer

Dr Chris Steer is a physicist, entrepreneur and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Geoptic Infrastructure Investigations Limited, a UK technology company pioneering cosmic-ray muon imaging for infrastructure, geological and nuclear applications. With over 20 years of experience in applied physics and scientific instrumentation, Chris has been instrumental in advancing muon tomography from fundamental research to commercial deployment. His work includes pioneering subsurface imaging techniques, contributing to the world’s first muon imaging of an underground carbon dioxide plume, and developing technologies for investigating critical and inaccessible infrastructure. Formerly a Principal Physicist at AWE and Lecturer at St Mary’s University, Chris was awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowship. Since founding Geoptic in 2020, he has led its international commercial development, established major industrial partnerships and secured recognition through the 2025 King’s Awar