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Head of School
Head of School: Prof. Steve McLaughlin - S.McLaughlin@hw.ac.uk
School Directors
Director of Research: Prof. Duncan Hand - D.P.Hand@hw.ac.uk
Director of Learning and Teaching: Dr Kevin McCullough - K.J.McCullough@hw.ac.uk
Director of Admininstration & School Registrar Derek Penman - Derek.Penman@hw.ac.uk
Heads of Research Institutes
Director of Research: Prof. Duncan Hand - D.P.Hand@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Chemical Sciences:
Prof. Stuart Macgregor - S.A.Macgregor@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Bio-Physics, Bio-Chemistry, Bio-Engineering:
Prof. Rory Duncan - R.R.Duncan@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Sensors Signals and Systems:
Prof. Andy Wallace - A.M.Wallace@hw.ac.uk
Energy, Process Engineering, Design and Manufacture:
Prof. James Ritchie - J.M.Ritchie@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences:
Prof. Gerald Buller- G.S.Buller@hw.ac.uk
Heads of Academic Disciplines
Director of Learning and Teaching: Dr Kevin McCullough - K.J.McCullough@hw.ac.uk
Chemistry: Dr Jim Cameron - J.H.Cameron@hw.ac.uk
Chemical Engineering: Dr Gillian Thomson - G.B.Thomson@hw.ac.uk
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering: Dr Keith Brown - K.E.Brown@hw.ac.uk
Mechanical Engineering: Dr Stephen Houston - S.D.Houston@hw.ac.uk
Physics: Dr Graham Crowder - J.G.Crowder@hw.ac.uk
Combined Studies: Dr. Alex Bell - A.Bell@hw.ac.uk
General enquiries
For all general enquiries, please contact the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences.
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 451 3082
Email: enquiries@eps.hw.ac.uk
If you know the name of the person you would like to contact, you can search for their contact details using the Heriot Watt People Finder.
Postgraduate Research Co-ordinators
If you are interested in undertaking a 'PhD Degree by Research' then here are the research coordinators for our various subjects:-
- Chemical Engineering – Dr Julian Goodwin (J.A.S.Goodwin@hw.ac.uk)
- Chemistry – Dr Martin Paterson (M.J.Paterson@hw.ac.uk)
- EECE – Dr Changhai Wang (C.Wang@hw.ac.uk)
- Mechanical Engineering – Prof Andrew Moore (A.Moore@hw.ac.uk)
- Physics – Dr Weiping Lu (W.Lu@hw.ac.uk)
There is more information about how to obtain a PhD by research.



