D D Drysdale, BSc, PhD, MRSC, FIFireE, CEng, FSFPE, FRSE

Dougal Drysdale is Emeritus Professor of Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. He has been involved in teaching and research in the general area of fire dynamics and has published over 100 papers. His book "Introduction to Fire Dynamics" (published by John Wiley) is in its Second Edition. Currently, he is Editor of "Fire Safety Journal", published by Elsevier. He was Vice-Chairman of the International Association for Fire Safety Science from 1994 - 2002, and Chairman from 2002 - 2005. He was awarded the Arthur B Guise Medal by the SFPE in 1995, the Kawagoe Medal by the IAFSS in 2002, and the Rasbash Medal by the IFE/ECD in 2005.

He has been involved in a number of Public Inquiries, including the King's Cross Underground Station fire (London 1987), the Piper Alpha explosion and fire (North Sea, July 1988) and the fire in the Garley Building (Hong Kong, 1996). He is a member of the Independent Board of Investigation into the Buncefield Explosion (December 2005).