Summary

I am a Professor of Wireless Communication Systems and the Head of the School of Energy and Electronic Engineering.

I graduated with a BSc (Joint Honours) in Electronics and Mathematics from Keele University in 1994, and a PhD in Telecommunications from the University of Portsmouth in 1998.

I worked for one year as a Research Associate and was appointed a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering in 1999. From 2007 to February 2017, I held the posts of International Coordinator of the Faculty of Technology and Principal Lecturer in the School of Engineering at the University of Portsmouth.

I joined the University of the West of Scotland as Assistant Dean (International) of the School of Engineering and Computing in February 2017. In March 2018, I became the Assistant Dean (Global Engagement) and was responsible for the School of Engineering and Computing, School of Science and Sport, and School of Health, Nursing, and Midwifery. I became Interim Dean of the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences in November 2018 and then Head of Computing Division in May 2019. From 2020, I was also the Director of The Scotland Academy - Wuxi, China. This was a joint institute between the University of the West of Scotland and Wuxi Taihu University approved by the China Ministry of Education. I was responsible for developing the curriculum, setting up and managing the Scotland Academy from 2020 to 2023. I have extensive expertise in managing engineering (Mechanical, Electronic and Civil Engineering), computing and physics TNE programmes. I have managed programmes and partnerships in many countries including China, Singapore, India, UAE and Ghana. From 2019 to 2023, I also managed the Scottish Centre for Enabling Technology, a commercial arm of the school. I re-joined the University of Portsmouth as Head of the School of Energy and Electronic Engineering in August 2023.

Area of academic expertise - outline

• Advanced experimental system development for wireless wideband channel studies
• Wireless sensor networks, ad-hoc networks and mesh networks
• Impact of vegetation on radio waves
• Ambient information aggregation and management for resource management and security
• Rain modelling and prediction for application in telecommunications, water resource management and flood prediction
• Precision agriculture
• AI-based environmental monitoring, modelling and prediction