Simon Gaskell
| Simon Gaskell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Simon J. Gaskell 2 May 1950 |
| Nationality | British |
| Institutions | Queen Mary University of London |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
Professor Simon J. Gaskell (born 2 May 1950) is the current principal of Queen Mary University of London. He took up his post in October 2009, having previously been the vice-president of research at the University of Manchester.
He was born in 1950 and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and the University of Bristol, where he gained a BSc and PhD in chemistry.
Gaskell’s career has spanned a number of leading academic and management posts in the UK and the United States. Following a bachelor's degree and a PhD at the University of Bristol, he took up his first research post in 1974 at the University of Glasgow. He then became Head of the Mass Spectrometry Unit at the University of Wales College of Medicine, during which period he spent a sabbatical year at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina, USA. He returned to the USA in 1987 to become Professor of Experimental Medicine in the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Chemistry at the University of Houston from 1989.
He joined UMIST as Professor of Mass Spectrometry in 1993, before becoming Head of Chemistry in 1999 and, following the merger of the two institutions (with which he was closely involved), Associate Vice President for Research in the University of Manchester in 2004, and Vice President for Research in 2006. He joined Queen Mary University of London as Principal in October 2009.
Gaskell is also Chair of the Board of the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), and has been elected to serve as Treasurer for Universities UK, the representative organisation for UK universities, from 1 August 2012.
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