Personal statement

I joined the University of Strathclyde in June 2023 as a Senior Teaching Fellow. 

Prior to joining Strathclyde, I taught at Heriot-Watt University, which I joined in September 2016 as an Assistant Professor in Chemical & Process Engineering. In 2018, I was appointed Senior Programme Director of Studies, serving two terms in that role, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022. I held a range of roles and responsibilities covering academic leadership, professional body engagement, curriculum development and teaching. 

Since 2020 I have been a Visiting Scholar in the School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast. I am currently the External Examiner for undergraduate courses in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Sheffield (from 2023), and the External Examiner for taught courses in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Brunel University London (from 2024). I previously served as External Examiner for taught courses in the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering at the University of Strathclyde from 2021 to 2023.

Before moving to academia, I worked in the upstream oil and gas industry for 15 years – latterly with Chevron in Aberdeen, Houston and Luanda; Oil Search in Sydney; and starting my career with Helix RDS in Aberdeen. My career covered a broad range of petroleum engineering, production technology, asset management, project management and capital stewardship roles.

I graduated with MEng Chemical Engineering with Energy Resource Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in 1999, and MSc Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College in 2000.

I became a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer through the Energy Institute in 2005. I am a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland; a Member of the Institution of Materials, Minerals and Mining; a Senior Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; and an Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.