Professor Julianna Early

Professor Juliana Early is the Head of the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queens’ University Belfast and a Chartered Engineer. Her research is focused around the challenges and opportunities for new zero emissions technologies in the public transport sector, working with leading national and international academic partners and businesses. Her work has attracted funding from a wide range of sources including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Innovate-UK, the Advanced Propulsion Centre, EU FP-7 and Horizon 2020. She has a particular passion for understanding how to evolve interdisciplinary solutions to many of the emerging global challenges and the development of skillsets for the next generation of our engineers.