DrHenry Burridge
Associate Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Associate Professor in Environmental Fluid MechanicsDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 5201 (Work)
- 328A, Skempton Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Henry is an Associate Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. His research and teaching centres on mathematical modelling of heat and pollutant transport in buildings, often in the context of exposure and human experience. Henry has supervised projects on the fluid dynamics of mixing, building ventilation, atmospheric downdraughts and clouds, building physics, and infection risk. If you are interested in undertaking a PhD under Heny's supervision then please feel free to email him.
HONOURS & AWARDS
- Exhibitor at the UKRI Parliamentary Showcase, 2024: lead for one of the six projects selected to showcase UKRI research to Ministers, MPs, and Lords at the House of Commons.
- Letter of recognition from the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, 2023: for contributions to the National Core Studies as an integral part of the UK’s scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Health and Safety, 2022: for his contribution to the assessment of the College’s building ventilation provision.
- Letter of recognition from the Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department for Education, 2022: for 'extremely important contributions' to the department’s pandemic response.
PANELS, COMMITTEES, and INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS
- Expert witness to the Commons’ Select Committee for Health and Social Care (2023).
- Invited author for the Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2022: air pollution.
- Ventilation lead within the COVID-19 National Core Studies programme PROTECT and within the Royal Society's 'Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic Task 7 (2020-2023).
- Member of the Technical Advisory Panel on Ventilation for HM Government Cabinet Office (2020-2022)
- Invited author for two Cabinet Office commissioned SAGE papers: SAGE-EMG (2020), and SAGE-EMG & SPI-B (2021).
ACADEMIC/INSTITUTIONAL ROLES
- Lead and co-ordinator for a summer school at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences: Fluid Mechanics of Buildings for Energy, Health, and Well-Being (2024).
- MSc programme admissions management co-lead (2024 - Present).
- Member of the Departmental Research Committee (2023 - Present).
- Departmental Laser Safety Officer (2016 - Present).
- Fluids section health and safety representative with the Departmental Health and Safety Representative (2016 - Present).
HONOURS & AWARDS
- Exhibitor at the UKRI Parliamentary Showcase, 2024: lead for one of the six projects selected to showcase UKRI research to Ministers, MPs, and Lords at the House of Commons.
- Letter of recognition from the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, 2023: for contributions to the National Core Studies as an integral part of the UK’s scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Health and Safety, 2022: for his contribution to the assessment of the College’s building ventilation provision.
- Letter of recognition from the Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department for Education, 2022: for 'extremely important contributions' to the department’s pandemic response.
PANELS, COMMITTEES, and INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS
- Expert witness to the Commons’ Select Committee for Health and Social Care (2023).
- Invited author for the Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2022: air pollution.
- Ventilation lead within the COVID-19 National Core Studies programme PROTECT and within the Royal Society's 'Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic Task 7 (2020-2023).
- Member of the Technical Advisory Panel on Ventilation for HM Government Cabinet Office (2020-2022)
- Invited author for two Cabinet Office commissioned SAGE papers: SAGE-EMG (2020), and SAGE-EMG & SPI-B (2021).
ACADEMIC/INSTITUTIONAL ROLES
- Lead and co-ordinator for a summer school at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences: Fluid Mechanics of Buildings for Energy, Health, and Well-Being (2024).
- MSc programme admissions management co-lead (2024 - Present).
- Member of the Departmental Research Committee (2023 - Present).
- Departmental Laser Safety Officer (2016 - Present).
- Fluids section health and safety representative with the Departmental Health and Safety Representative (2016 - Present).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate ProfessorImperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2016 - present
- Post-doctoral research associateUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, United Kingdom3 Nov 2014 - 1 Sep 2016
- Post-doctoral research associateUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Cambridge, United Kingdom2 Jan 2013 - 3 Nov 2014
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Vice PresidentCredit Suisse, Fund Linked Derivative Trading, London, United Kingdom4 Jun 2001 - 31 May 2007
DEGREES
- PhDImperial College London, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2009 - 31 Dec 2012
- MEngUniversity of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom2 Sep 1996 - 31 May 2001
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Associate Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechani