Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Physical Sciences and Engineering
Professor Gavin Shaddick is the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Physical Sciences and Engineering.
Professor Shaddick plays a key role in setting the strategy and direction of the College and in promoting the development of learning and teaching, research excellence and innovation. As Pro Vice-Chancellor, he is also a member of the University Executive Board.
Professor Shaddick’s research lies at the interface of data science, AI and environmental science. He is an internationally recognised expert in Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling, and his methodological work is driven by the need for models and approaches which allow more accurate representation of complex systems in environmental modelling, policy support and health. He received his PhD in statistics and epidemiology from Imperial College and is the author of over 180 publications and co-author of two books: The Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians and Spatio-Temporal Modelling in Environmental Epidemiology using R (2nd edition).
His research has led to major impact across a variety of fields including environmental modelling, epidemiology, global burden of disease and public health.
From 2018-2024, Professor Shaddick was a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute of Data Science and AI where he developed and led the Environment and Sustainability Theme. He is a member of the UK government’s Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) and the sub-group on Quantification of Air Pollution Risk (QUARK). He leads the World Health Organization’s Data Integration Taskforce for Global Air Quality and led the development of the Data Integration Model for Air Quality (DIMAQ) that is used to calculate air pollution-related indicators for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Prior to joining Cardiff University in 2024, Professor Shaddick was Executive Dean of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Partnerships and External Collaboration at Royal Holloway University of London. Before that, he was Chair of Data Science and Statistics and Head of the Mathematics Department at the University of Exeter.