Human Factors

1999 - BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Southampton

2002 - PhD in Human Factors from Brunel University.

2003 – Human Factors Consultant, Nickleby HFE Ltd.

2005- Research Fellow, Brunel University, London.

2007 – Awarded Ergonomics Society President’s Medal.

2008 - Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton.

2009 - Lecturer, Heriot-Watt University.

2013 - Associate Professor, Heriot-Watt University.

2014 - Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.

2018 - Professor, Heriot-Watt University.

2018 - 2020 - Director of Online Learning.

2019 - 2023 - Leader of Pioneering Education.

2023 - 2024 - Associate Executive Dean: Education and Student Life.

2025 - Current - Work Package Lead (TransiT).

I am a leading academic in the Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems discipline with a comprehensive track record in teaching, research, and consulting. I have worked in nuclear, aviation, rail, road, military, construction, energy and numerous other domains. I am currently a work package lead on the £46m TransiT Hub funded by industry and EPSRC, blending Human Factors with digital twinning to help rapidly decarbonise UK transport. Other recent projects include the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme, where I innovated Sociotechnical Construction, and the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight with the University of Cambridge. I am the author/co-author of over 140 peer-reviewed journal papers and 20 books, including my discipline's leading methods text book. My published work has been cited over 7000 times and my Scopus h-index is 46 (ranked 13th across Heriot-Watt). I am in the 2024 Stanford List of the World's Top 2% of Scientists, and my research has appeared on the Discovery Channel, Channel 4, BBC, and in a wide variety of other national and international media. I have been awarded the Graduates Prize for the student experience, a Teaching Excellence Award for Global Team, the President's Medal from the Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors, and the Principal's Research Impact and Engagement (PRIME) Award twice for knowledge exchange and innovative teaching. I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (FIEHF), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and on the Editorial Board of the international journal Ergonomics. I am also author of a paper that appeared in National Geographic explaining how to blow up the Death Star!

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