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Iain Gillespie is Principal and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Dundee, appointed in January 2021. Prior to that Iain was Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Enterprise at the University of Leicester. During his time in Leicester, Iain led their £100M Space Park development, the designation of the UK’s first Life Science Opportunity Zone at Charnwood, and the university’s Global Strategy, including Joint Education initiatives with Dalian University of Technology and with Chongqing Medical University as well as the establishment of the sector-leading Nairobi Alliance in partnership with leading African universities.
He was formerly Director of Science and Innovation at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK’s leading funder for environmental science, and was lead director for international research across all seven UK research councils that are now part of UKRI. He is Honorary Visiting Professor at University College London, Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Professor at Jiangsu University, China, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
Prior to NERC, Iain was Visiting Professor in innovation in the life sciences at the University of Edinburgh. He spent 10 years at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development leading work on science, technology and innovation and more than a decade in UK central government, with science-based roles in the Cabinet Office, and the Departments of Environment of Trade and Industry and of Health. He has had considerable engagement at UN and regional international level as well as in UK domestic policy and enterprise relations.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester
Jan 2016 → Jan 2021Director of Science & Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council
Sep 2013 → Dec 2015Head of Science and Technology Policy Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Feb 2009 → Oct 2011Head of Biotechnology Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Jan 2005 → Jan 2009Head of Biotechnology Unit, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
May 2001 → Nov 2004Section Head, Industry & International Branch, United Kingdom Department of Health
Mar 1998 → May 2001Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
Gillespie, Iain (Recipient), Apr 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Sue Dawson (Presenter), Karen Petrie (Presenter), Anthony Head (Presenter), Ian Robson (Presenter), Iris Grunwald (Presenter), Emily Jefferson (Presenter), Fiona Kumari Campbell (Presenter), Jonathan Knappett (Presenter), Maria Fusco (Presenter), Tania Kovats (Presenter), Graham Pullin (Presenter), Sandra Wilson (Presenter), Mohammad Islam (Presenter), Lauren Christie (Presenter), Michael Gratzke (Presenter), Ulrich Zachariae (Presenter), Mark Cutler (Presenter), Leanne Wallace (Organiser), John Rowan (Chair), Blair Grubb (Chair), Wendy Alexander (Chair), Julian Blow (Chair), Iain Gillespie (Chair) & Jonathan Urch (Organiser)
Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
Iain Gillespie (Visitor)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution