Alice Gast remains Emeritus Professor

Alice Gast has been granted the title of Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London.

Gast’s page on the College website details that “she is now Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Imperial and advises venture capitalists and venture philanthropists.”

Gast came to the end of her eight year tenure as President of Imperial College on July 31st 2022, following the publication of a report, written by a QC judge, on the conduct of senior College sta& members around the beginning of the COVID pandemic. The report found Gast participated in behaviour that was found to be belittling and undermining, and ex-CFO Muir Sanderson guilty of bullying their subordinates.

During her tenure as President of the College, Gast also received criticism for her role on the board of Chevron, an American energy company that has been accused of illegally discharging billions of gallons of contaminated water into the Amazon rainforest, endangering the lives of Ecuadorian residents. Gast, who sits on the ‘Public Policy and Sustainability’ board within Chevron, was appointed to the role in 2012 and remains there today. Thee title of ‘Emeritus Professor’ is given to retired professors, who no longer carry out paid work for the institution in question and carry the title in an honorary capacity.