Scott J. Macgregor

Scott J. Macgregor (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K., in 1982 and 1986, respectively. He became a Pulsed Power Research Fellow in 1986 and a Lecturer in pulsed-power technology in 1989. In 1994, he became a Senior Lecturer, with a promotion to Reader and Professor of High Voltage Engineering, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. In 2006 and 2010, he became Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and has been the Vice-Principal of the University of Strathclyde since 2014. His research interests include high-voltage pulse generation, high-frequency diagnostics, high-power repetitive switching, high-speed switching, electronic methods for food pasteurization and sterilization, generation of high-power ultrasound (HPU), plasma channel drilling, pulsed-plasma cleaning of pipes, and stimulation of oil wells with HPU. Dr. MacGregor was the recipient of the 2013 IEEE Peter Haas Award, and he was appointed as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation in 2015.