Julian is Professor of Electronic Engineering at Warwick University, best known for his contributions to the field of gas and odour sensing (the ‘electronic nose’). With over 500 papers to his name – including 9 books – he is a named inventor on 20 patents. He has led to the establishment of two spin-off companies (Neotronics Scientific Ltd and Alpha MOS SA), and is the recipient of 11 awards, including the IET JJ Thomson Medal, an IEEE Technical Award, and a Royal Society Mullard Innovation Award.