Colin McInnes

Colin is James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Glasgow where he holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. His long-term programme of research spans emerging space technologies, spacecraft orbital dynamics and space resources. He aims to devise, develop and demonstrate new ideas and technologies which can underpin the space applications of the future. This work is delivered through his contributions to the Space and Exploration Technology Cluster and the Integrated Space and Exploration Technology Laboratory, part of the Space Glasgow Research Network. His current research activities on Emerging Space Technologies are supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering (2018-2028), the SOLSPACE Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (2020-2027) and the Advanced Research + Inventions Agency (2025-2026).