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Professor Nigel Seaton (born 1960) is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland.

Academic career
In 1989 Seaton was appointed lecturer in chemical engineering at Cambridge University, and became a fellow, and director of studies in chemical engineering and natural sciences at Clare College. From 1996 to 1997 he was visiting professor at Cornell University. In1998 he was appointed head of the school of chemical engineering, becoming head of the division of engineering, then the Institute for Materials and Processes. In 2003 he was also appointed dean of undergraduate studies, College of Science and Engineering, a position which he held until 2007. In 2008 He became assistant principal (taught programme development) and later vice-principal (academic), before moving to the University of Surrey, first as deputy vice-chancellor (academic development) and subsequently as senior deputy vice-chancellor. In May 2012 he was appointed Principal and Vice-Chancellor at Abertay University, and took up this post on August 20,