Professor of Engineering Systems and Vice-Dean Engineering Sciences at UCL

Associate Fellow of the Centre for Science and Policy

Jeremy Watson is Professor of Engeering Systems at University College London. He was previously Global Research Director at Arup, where he had corporate responsibility for Arup's strategic relationships and programmes leading to collaboration and technology transfer with universities, government departments, research councils and the private sector. Particular focus on emerging technologies and their impact on Arup's businesses.

Until November 2012, Jeremy was Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG), a post he held since November 2009. He is also a former President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Jeremy has held research and technical management roles in industry and academe including service with the DTI, DIUS and EPSRC. His specialties include Strategic Technology Development and Transfer, Innovation Processes and NPD Management. He has technical expertise in Industrial Instrumentation and Control, Power Electronics, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering. Current research interests include Renewable Energy, Control for Energy Efficiency and Ambient Assistive Technologies.

Jeremy is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers, a Fellow and Trustee Board member of the IET (Past Chairman: IET Innovation & Emerging Technologies Panel), a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, a Senior Member of the IEEE and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Southampton and Sussex. He is a former Board member of the UK Government Technology Strategy Board, and was a founding member of the Institute for Sustainability.

Jeremy serves on the Council of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). In the Queen’s 2013 Birthday honours Jeremy was awarded a CBE for services to engineering.