Peter Gregson

Peter Gregson

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

Gregson was educated at Cranleigh School in Surrey, and in 1980 graduated from Imperial College London with a BSc degree with First Class Honours in Material Sciences. He was awarded his PhD degree from Imperial in 1983, and was subsequently appointed lecturer in Engineering Materials at the University of Southampton. He was promoted to Professor of Aerospace Materials 1995, and appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university in 2000. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University in August 2004.

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.


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