Professor Pavlovskaia is currently a Personal Chair in the School of Engineering and became the University’s first female Head of Engineering in 2021. She is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE). Ekaterina graduated with first class degree in Mechanical Engineering from St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University in 1996, obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Physics from the Russian Academy of Science in 1998, and then held an academic position at St Petersburg State University and had a short research spell at Ford Research Laboratory in the US, before joining the University of Aberdeen as a Research Fellow in 2000. Her expertise is in mathematical modelling and the applications she has been working on include novel resonance enhanced drilling technology, rotordynamics, and riser mechanics. Ekaterina is an author of more than 180 scientific publications including 70+ refereed journal papers and currently Subject Editor for Journal of Sound and Vibration.

Dr Kapitaniak was educated in Poland, Denmark and the UK. He has more than 12 years academic research experience in Mechanical Engineering particularly in areas such as Rock Mechanics, Finite Element Modelling, Nonlinear Dynamics, Mechanical Design and Marine Modelling of offshore assets. He has been Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of numerous applied research projects within Offshore Wind and Energy industry in collaboration with companies like Aubin Group, T-Omega Wind, Dublin Offshore, Blackfish Engineering, Welltec, Varel, Rotojar, READ Cased Hole. He is currently a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen working on a combination project linked to nonlinear dynamics and simulation of offshore structures, particularly floating wind turbines. Marcin is an author of more than 30 scientific publications.

Dr Vaziri holds a BEng in Control Engineering, an MSc in Complex Systems, and a PhD in Control and Dynamics of Nonlinear Engineering Systems from prestigious institutions in Iran, France, and the UK. With over 12 years of research experience, he has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers on various topics, such as drill-string vibrations, energy harvesting systems, and rotor dynamics. Dr Vaziri has successfully completed numerous R&D projects and collaborated with renowned companies, including BG, Varel, Welltec, Rotojar, VBPR, Read Cased Hole, and ANSA Analytics. Currently serving as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, he is also a Principal Investigator for several R&D projects in collaboration with industries.