Peter is a Professor in the department of Aeronautics at Imperial College, working at the interface between mathematics, computing, fluid dynamics, and aeronautical engineering. He has a PhD from the department of Aeronautics at Imperial College in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics, and previously served as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He is a 2016 Gordon Bell Prize finalist, and a 2016 Philip Leverhulme Prize winner. He plays an active role in his community, co-leading the PyFR project, and acting as a Principal Editor for Computer Physics Communications. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.