Paul Chapman

Head of School, School of Simulation and Visualisation

Glasgow School of Art

Professor Paul Chapman is Head of the School of Simulation and Visualisation (SimVis) at GSA where he has worked since 2009. SimVis is a postgraduate research and commercial centre based in the Digital Media Quarter in Glasgow housing state of the art virtual reality, graphics and sound laboratories. Paul leads the virtual reality and immersive aspects of the ARTICULAR project. SimVis’ role within the project is to develop innovative new interfaces for interacting with complex pharmaceutical processes and procedures.

Previously Paul was Director of the Hull Immersive Visualisation Centre and spent several years working as an offshore engineer in the oil, gas and diamond mining industries. Paul holds BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Science, he is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional, Fellow of the British Computer Society and was an inaugural member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy.