Who to contact
General Enquiries
For general enquiries, please contact the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences.
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 451 4100 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.
EPS Student Support Office
For all undergraduate enquiries, please contact the EPS Student Support Office in JN1.07.
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 451 4100 Office: JN1.07, James Naysmith Building
Email: enquiries@eps.hw.ac.uk
Head of School
Head of School (Interim): Prof. Duncan Hand — D.P.Hand@hw.ac.uk
Deputy Head of School (Interim): Dr Gillian Thomson — G.B.Thomson@hw.ac.uk
School Directors
Director of Research: Prof Nicholas Leslie — n.r.leslie@hw.ac.uk
Director of Learning and Teaching: Dr Gillian Thomson — G.B.Thomson@hw.ac.uk
Director of Quality Assurance: Dr Jim Cameron — J.H.Cameron@hw.ac.uk
Director of Administration: Mr Derek Penman — Derek.Penman@hw.ac.uk
Heads of Research Institutes
Institute of Chemical Sciences: Prof. Martin Paterson — m.j.paterson@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering: Prof. Vicky Stone — v.stone@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Sensors Signals and Systems: Prof. George Goussetis — g.goussetis@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering: Prof. Tadhg O'Donovan — T.S.O'Donovan@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences: Prof. Patrik Öhberg — P.Ohberg@hw.ac.uk
Heads of Academic Disciplines
(Senior Programme Directors)
Chemistry: Dr Nicola Howarth — N.M.Howarth@hw.ac.uk
Chemical Engineering: Prof. Graeme White — G.White@hw.ac.uk
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:
Dr Jonathan Swingler — J.Swingler@hw.ac.uk
Mechanical Engineering:
Dr Rehan Ahmed — R.Ahmed@hw.ac.uk and Dr Mik Pozzi M.Pozzi@hw.ac.uk
Physics: Dr Paul Dalgarno — P.A.Dalgarno@hw.ac.uk
Brewing & Distilling: Dr Dawn Maskell — D.L.Maskell@hw.ac.uk
Associate Director of Studies for Combined Studies: Dr. Alex Bell — A.Bell@hw.ac.uk
Postgraduate Research
Director of PGR Graduate School: Dr Scott Dalgarno — S.J.Dalgarno@hw.ac.uk
If you are interested in undertaking a 'PhD Degree by Research' then here are the research coordinators for our various subjects:
Institute of Chemical Sciences:
Dr Filipe Vilela — f.vilela@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering:
Dr Ferry Melchels — F.Melchels@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems:
Dr Souheil Ben Smida — S.Ben_Smida@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering:
Dr Michael Crichton — M.Crichton@hw.ac.uk and Dr Uwe Wolfram — U.Wolfram@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences:
Dr Jonathan Leach — J.Leach@hw.ac.uk
Or contact: pgr@eps.hw.ac.uk
There is more information about how to obtain a PhD by research on EPS Graduate School pages.
Key information
EPS Student Support Office
- +44 131 451 4100
- epssso@hw.ac.uk
Engineering and Physical Sciences
- +44 (0) 131 451 3082
- enquiries@eps.hw.ac.uk
- twitter.com/HWU_EPS