Nigel Weatherill

Nigel Weatherill

3rd Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011
Chancellor	Sir Brian Leveson Brian May, CBE
Preceded by	Michael Brown, CBE
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Engineering and Physical Science University of Birmingham
In office 2008–2011
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) University of Swansea
In office 2002–2008
Personal details
Born	Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Barbara Weatherill
Children	1 son, 1 daughter
Alma mater	University of Southampton

Nigel Peter Weatherill FIMA, C.Math, FRAeS, C.Eng, C.Sci, FREng, DL is the 3rd and current Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University as of 2011.^[1] He was also Pro-Vice-Chancellor for research, then later Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Engineering and Physical Science at the University of Birmingham.

Family and education

Nigel Weatherill was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. He is married to his wife Barbara Weatherill. Together they have 2 children, George Weatherill and Laura Weatherill.

He attended Whitcliffe Mount Grammar School. Afterwards he attended the University of Southampton where he obtained an undergraduate and postgraduate in Mathematics and Aeronautics. He later obtained a Ph.D from the universities department of mathematics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics.

Early career

After leaving university, Nigel Weatherill joined a research team part of the Anglian Water Authority developing mathematical models to predict the water quality in rivers and estuaries, then later undertook work into compressible flows in aeronautics at the Aircraft Research Association. In 1986 he was a research fellow at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University in the US. After returning to the UK, Nigel Weatherill was appointed lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Swansea in 1987. In 1995 he was appointed to a personal chair before becoming the head of department in 1996. When Swansea University Department of Engineering was integrated in 2001, Weatherill was made head of the School of Engineering, a position he held until 2007. In 2002 he became pro-vice-chancellor (research). In 2008 he moved to the University of Birmingham where he was pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of Engineering and Physical Science.

Current

On September 2011, Nigel Weatherill was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, replacing the outgoing Michael Brown.

Weatherill is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Institute of Mathematics. He is also a chartered mathematician, engineer and scientist. In 1996 he was awarded a D.Sc from the University of Southampton for his work on compulational fluid dynamics and in 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside.^[2]

References

Academic offices
Preceded by Michael Brown	Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University 2011–present	Incumbent

Vice-Chancellors of Liverpool John Moores University

1st: Prof. Peter Toyne 2nd: Prof. Michael Brown 3rd: Prof. Nigel Weatherill*

* indicates current vice-chancellor

Liverpool John Moores University

Leadership	Chancellor Sir Brian Leveson Pro-Chancellor Sir Malcolm Thornton Vice-Chancellor Nigel P. Weatherill

Campuses	City Campus I M Marsh Campus Mount Pleasent Campus

Schools	Liverpool School of Art and Design School of Natural Sciences and Psychology

Institutes	Astrophysics Research Institute Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute

Buildings	City Campus: Avril Robarts LRC College of Technology and Museum Extension James Parsons Building Tom Reilly Building Mount Pleasant Campus: Aldham Robarts LRC Art and Design Academy Liverpool College of Art Liverpool Students' Union Other: Halls of residence Liverpool Telescope

People	John Moores Henry Cotton Alumni

Other	Academic dress

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