Vicki Stone

My current role is Deputy Executive Dean in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University.  My role includes support of staff for probation, promotion, wellbeing and in line with the University values (e.g. respect). I chair the Working Group for People where we have improved induction, enhanced support for technicians, developed a workload allocation model, improved communications and increased the visibility of senior managers. I also contribute to the Schools Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee as well as the Athena Swan Self Assessment Team.

I graduated from the University of Leeds in 1991 with a 1st class honours degree in Physiology. At the University of Leeds I was the recipient the University of Leeds Centenary Medal. My PhD was completed at Birmingham University in Toxicology in 1994 supervised by Prof Roger Coleman and Prof Kevin Chipman. While studying in Birmingham I was awarded the British Toxicology Society Young Investigator Award. I am an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, as well as an Honorary Principal Scientist at the Institute of Occupational Medicine.  I have provided expert advice on particle toxicology to the World Health Organisation, the Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering and to the Royal Commission. I was a member of the Department of Health’s Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP), and in the past have worked as an executive member of the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) and Consultant to the Olympic Medical Association. I have been an invited speaker at conferences in Australia (Perth and Sydney), Asia (China, Taiwan and Japan), USA (San Francisco, North Carolina, Florida, Miami) and Europe (Denmark, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland).Collaborators spread across Europe (more than 40 institutes through EU projects), USA (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, University of Rochester, Duke University, Arizona University) and Japan. I have been an expert advisory panel member for CEINT (Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Duke University, USA) and NANOTEST (EC FP7 funded project). I have published over 180 research papers with high citations as recognised by my Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher award.