Since 2015, I held the Sir Richard Olver BAE Systems Chair in Aeronautical Engineering at City St George’s, University of London. I also currently held the Royal Academy of Engineering / BAE Systems Research Chair in Nature-Inspired Sensing and Flow Control for Sustainable Transport. My current research interests are covering a broad range from studying fundamental vortex dynamics to applied fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, always with a touch of interdisciplinary work within the field of biomimetics. Current research is to transfer sensing knowledge from nature to engineering applications, such as the whiskers from the sea lion to autonomous underwater systems, using bio-inspired optical whiskers. One highlight of our interdisciplinary work was the live recording of a falcon dive and its aerodynamics anlaysis in our wind-tunnels, which was broadcast on BBC Two Natural World in 2017-2018, “Super Fast Falcon”.