
Isla McGregor
@SafetyIsla
Isla McGregor earned a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from Edinburgh (2012) and a Ph.D. in Process Safety from Imperial (2018), HAZOP and Six Sigma Green Belt certified; she cut offshore false alarms 40% and swims Loch Ness.
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Credentials & Background: Isla completed her B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh (2012) and holds a Ph.D. in Process Safety from Imperial College London (2018). She is certified in HAZOP Facilitation and Six Sigma Green Belt.
Professional Milestones: As Senior Safety Engineer at NorthSea PetroChem, Isla led hazard analyses for offshore platforms, implementing a novel gas-detection protocol that cut false alarms by 40 percent.
Academic Contributions: She has five peer-reviewed papers on explosion prevention, with her most cited work “Dynamic Risk Modeling in Process Units” reaching 110 000 reads on ResearchGate.
Hobbies & Community: Isla is a marathon swimmer in Loch Ness and volunteers teaching safety workshops to undergraduates at her alma mater.
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