Professor Dorrell graduated from the University of Bristol’s School of Mathematics with an MSc (2006) and a PhD investigating particle transport (2010).

He was seconded to the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, working on airspace disruption caused by the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010. He then joined the University of Southampton as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, studying gravity currents.

In 2013, he moved to the Turbidites Research Group at the University of Leeds, applying his expertise to upstream oil and gas.

When he secured a Vice Chancellor’s Fellowship at the University of Hull, in 2017, his focus changed to marine renewables. He received a National Geographic Explorer Award, a NERC Independent Research Fellowship and NERC capital funding to support his research.

During his time at Hull, he established an interdisciplinary Fluid Dynamics Group, bringing together expertise in Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geography, Mathematics and Physics.

He also developed and directed two EPSRC / NERC Centres for Doctoral Training in offshore wind energy.

He was promoted to Reader in Environmental Fluid Dynamics (2021), then Professor of Fluid Mechanics in 2023.

We were delighted to welcome him, and his Research Group, to the University in December 2024.