Professor Nick Miles is Provost and Chief Executive Officer of The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He was formerly Dean of Science and Engineering at The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China and Head of the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at The University of Nottingham UK.

Professor Miles is a mineral processing engineer with research experience in fine particle processing, waste minimisation and recycling, bulk material transportation processes and coal preparation. He has an extensive research and technology transfer portfolio (completed 40 PhD supervisions) supported through UK Research Council, European, UK government, Ningbo Municipal Government (China) and industry funding and a strong record of inter-disciplinary research with colleagues in the physical sciences, including Chemistry and Physics.

He also has a broad experience of knowledge transfer and commercialisation of research and was jointly responsible for setting up the Environmental Technology Centre – a resource centre that delivers technology transfer, environmental and business support for SMEs.