Professor Lynne Jack

Professor Lynne Jack PhD CEng FCIBSE FSoPHE FHEA
Lynne Jack is a Professor of Building Services Engineering and Director of the Built Environment Research Institute in the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh campus. She is also Associate Principal for International Research. From 2017-2020, Lynne was on long-term secondment as Director of Research at Heriot Watt’s Malaysia campus.

Lynne’s teaching background is in the field of building services engineering and architectural engineering, and her research focuses on modelling the flow characteristics of water supply and drainage systems for buildings.

She is a Chartered Engineer and is current Chair of the Scientific Committee of the CIB W62 Working Group; an international research organisation addressing Water Supply and Drainage for Buildings. She was also President of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) from 2019 to 2020; the Institution’s first ever female President.