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Background in F1, aerospace, maritime, renewable energy and digital twins. Love sport, especially rugby ... views are my own.

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Joined May 2017
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Back in good old #NI for a few days 😊 catching up with family, friends and a little business. As always, flying in and out of my favourite UK airport … #Belfast City.
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Coming as locals, leaving as Dakar drivers for next year! Introducing Dakar Next Gen ✨ #FIA
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تُساهم #كاوست في إلهام جيل الغد لدعم استدامة #البيئة، حيث استقبلت الجامعة طلبة من مدرسة المعرفة العالمية بجدة في إطار مشروعهم المدرسي عن الحياة #البحرية، وأتيحت لهم الفرصة لاستكشاف المرافق البحثية، وخوض نقاشات مثرية حول حماية البيئة البحرية في البحر الأحمر. 🌊🪸
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When even the check-in crew have to circle the fact that you started your journey 2.5 days before you are actually due to arrive. An epic 60hr trip* back from Reef Futures in Mexico, to Jeddah, with Dave our Chief Scientist. * trip still in progress, 1/3 way over the Atlantic 😀
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Introducing KAUST’s new President, Professor Sir Edward Byrne. kaust.news/President #AcceleratingImpact #SaudiVision2030
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#KAUST's @ProfGillan gave his talk at @BelfastChamber titled “A Living Lab for Integrated Multimodal Transportation, powered by an #AI enhanced Predictive Digital Twin,” where he highlighted KAUST’s Technologies and Special Projects operating within a trusted research environment
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Quick pitstop at LHR from KSA before flying onto #Belfast to meet with like minded innovators on a mission from ⁦@RollsRoyce⁩, Spirit, BT, Microsoft, ⁦@ArtemisTechLtd⁩ amongst many more … looking forward to it. Thanks to Clare Guinness of ⁦@BelfastChamber⁩.
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Great scenery en route back from NEOM, via Tabuk, to KAUST
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With my job I miss a lot of my kids events, but was so pleased to make it to my son’s last school music performance … I loved every minute of it and thanks to ⁦the excellent @RGSGuildford⁩ music team for their support over the years.
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On the shores of the Red Sea, KAUST is developing the #KAUST_CRI's Primary Coral Nursery. Using an array of cutting-edge tanks and tech, it's set to be a breakthrough in coral propagation, reinforcing the Red Sea’s ecosystems with 400,000 corals annually. #CoralReefs
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En route to London to present the latest developments regarding our amazing @KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative in collaboration with @NEOM @Innovationzero m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bda72j… – at Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Our Professors participated in an engaging discussion at a thought leadership panel today during @ExtremeELive Desert X-Prix, exploring #SaudiArabia’s ambitious journey to lead in clean hydrogen. Thanks to our partner, @NEOM ENOWA for hosting. Discussion delved into the pivotal role of technology, innovation, and collaboration to accelerate KSA's global leadership in green hydrogen.
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In #Jeddah today for the first #E1Series GP – at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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First ARIA funding call is out aria.org.uk/seeds-nature-com…
🚨ARIA opportunities seeds are now live 🚨We’re looking to back ambitious researchers with consensus-shifting ideas that fall between the cracks of traditional funding mechanisms. More on our first call: Nature Computes Better 👇
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En route to #NorthernIreland to see family and friends for a few days 😁
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📣 Spotlight on our #KAUST Reefscape Restoration Initiative! 📣 Visit our booth in the @_InnovationZone to see how #KAUST_RRI are leading the way on #CoralRestoration. #COP28 #CoralBleaching #SDG14
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Great to join this Universities delegation, @BritishCouncil and @UKSINet to explore 🇬🇧- 🇸🇦 research & innovation collabs with @RDIA @KACST @KAUSTinnovation (Check out @ProfGillan’s reefscape restoration initiative #KAUST_RRI)
Prof Sir Steve Smith, the 🇬🇧 PM’s Special Representative for Education to 🇸🇦 led a visit of 18 🇬🇧 universities & met with @tc_mohe minister, HE Al-Benyan & @MISA Eng. Al Mubarak to discuss the excellent progress of our Strategic Education Partnership & its support to #Vision2030
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Thanks @SusieKitchens, great to catch up yesterday and clearly plenty more to discuss on a diverse range of sector topics and synergies re: #KAUST … I look forward to our follow-up discussions. Thanks also to the great @FCDOGovUK team based in Riyadh.
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#KAUST Reefscape Restoration Initiative is at #COP28! Find us in the @_InnovationZone, where we’re showcasing our latest findings from the world’s largest and most ambitious #CoralRestoration project. @ProfGillan and the #KAUST_RRI team look forward to sharing these insights. #SDG14
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As part of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPD, #KAUST is proud to announce that Prof.@mparsani1 will embark on the first-ever coast-to-coast hand bike journey on December 17, 2023, across #SaudiArabia. Stay tuned for #AtharKAUST #MatteosJourney East to West!
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