12 Facts About Nigel Weatherill

Previously, Weatherill was Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham, Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Swansea, Adjunct Professor at Mississippi State University, Scientist-in Residence in Singapore Institute for High Performing Computing, and a Research Fellow at Princeton University.

Nigel Weatherill was Executive Director of the National Higher Education STEM Programme for England and Wales, and in 2016 was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside.

Nigel Weatherill is a Chartered Mathematician, a Chartered Engineer, and a Chartered Scientist.

Nigel Weatherill is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Nigel Weatherill is an Honorary Fellow of Swansea University, an Honorary Fellow of the Manufacturing Technology Centre, an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple, and an Honorary Friend of Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

Nigel Weatherill was part of the team that did the aerodynamic analysis for the Thrust SSC supersonic car.

Nigel Weatherill has had more than 300 publications in journals and conference papers.

Nigel Weatherill is currently Vice-Chair of Middle Temple's Education and Training Committee; Lay Trustee of ENT UK and Chair of the Finance Committee.

In 1986, Nigel Weatherill became a Research Fellow at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, spending a year in the US.

In 1987, Nigel Weatherill was appointed lecturer, and in 1996 appointed Head of Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Swansea.

Nigel Weatherill was a member of the founding group of the Manufacturing Technology Centre, now part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, and in 2018 was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Manufacturing Technology Centre.

In September 2011, Nigel Weatherill was appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of Liverpool John Moores University.