Biography
Martin Williams was awarded BSc and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering at Bristol University in the 1980s and worked in industry as a structural design engineer before embarking on an academic career. He joined the Oxford Engineering Science Department as a Lecturer in 1989, and was promoted to Reader in 2004 and to Professor in 2008. In this time he led research on the dynamic behaviour of structures, with a focus on improving structural resilience to extreme loading events such as earthquakes.
From 2018 to 2025, Martin served as the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, with overall responsibility for all aspects of education policy and student experience at Oxford. On completion of his term of office, he returned to his position in the Engineering Department in 2026. His interests now focus on higher education policy and practice.
DPhil Opportunities
I am not currently taking on new doctoral students.
