Peter Gregson

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Professor Peter Gregson, FREng, CEng, (born Dunfirmline, Scotland, 1957) is a British research engineer and the 11th President and Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, taking over from Sir George Bain in August 2004. He is married to Rachael and they have three children.

[edit] Education and Academic Leadership

• Educated at Cranleigh School in Surrey (1973-1979).
• In 1980, Gregson graduated B.Sc. with First Class Honours in Material Sciences from Imperial College London.
• In 1983, he was awarded a Ph.D. from Imperial College London.
• Appointed lecturer in Engineering Materials at Southampton University, 1983,
• Appointed Professor of Aerospace Materials, Southampton University, 1995.
• Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Southampton University, 2000.
• Member, User Panel, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
• Member of governing body, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, 2003.

[edit] Awards and Honours

• Bessemer Medal, Imperial College London, 1980.
• Matthey Prize, Imperial College London, 1983.
• Donald Julius Groen Prize of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1993.
• Rosenhain Medal and Prize of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1996.
• Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1998.
• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, 2001.
• Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland
• Member of the Windsor Leadership Trust, 2002.