{"id":453,"date":"2025-01-16T13:25:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/?p=453"},"modified":"2025-01-16T13:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:25:51","slug":"vice-dean-research-for-the-faculty-of-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/2025\/01\/16\/vice-dean-research-for-the-faculty-of-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice-Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor Daniele Dini has accepted the appointment of Vice-Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering, with effect from 1 January 2025 for a term of five years.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor Dini joined Imperial in 2006 as a lecturer and was promoted to Professor of Tribology in 2016. 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