Professor Andy Mount

Andy Mount is Dean of Research & Strategic Partnerships, College of Science & Engineering. As Dean, Professor Mount leads strategic research, impact, and innovation development across the seven Schools and College Centres, including strategic partnerships and signature Institute activities both nationally and globally.

He holds a Personal Chair in Physical Electrochemistry in the School of Chemistry, with personal research interests including electrochemistry, modified electrodes, sensors and biosensors, micro- and nanoelectrode arrays, molten salts, and clean energy.  He is President of the Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Community and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Chair of the Space Scotland Board, and a member of the Rosalind Franklin Institute Board and the Earth Space Sustainability Initiative (ESSI) executive committee.  He was previously a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council, which provides policy advice to the Scottish Government and Chair of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) Deans of Natural Science Policy Group.