Staff Directory
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Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technology
Professor David Sterling
BSc (Hons), PhD (Cantab), FREng, FIEEE
Dean & Professor of Systems Engineering
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
Research Interests
Professor Alistair Wright
BSc (Hons), PhD (Oxon), SMIEEE, FBCS
Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
Research Interests
Professor Margaret Chen
MEng, PhD (Imperial), FIET, CEng
Professor of Power Electronics
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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Professor James Thornton
BEng, PhD (Bristol), FRAeS, CEng
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Professor Sarah Blackwood
BEng, MSc, PhD (UCL), FICE, CEng
Professor of Structural Engineering
Civil & Structural Engineering
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Professor Michael Okonkwo
BSc, MSc, PhD (Edinburgh), CITP, CISSP
Professor of Cyber Security
Cyber Security & Digital Forensics
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Dr Emma Richardson
BSc, PhD (Manchester), MBCS
Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
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Dr Rajesh Patel
BTech, PhD (IIT Delhi), MIEEE
Senior Lecturer in Robotics
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
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Dr Catherine Hughes
MEng, PhD (Southampton), MIET
Lecturer in Electronic Engineering
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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Dr Thomas Mueller
Dipl-Ing, Dr-Ing (TU Munich), CEng
Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Professor Helen Fraser
BSc, PhD (Cambridge), FRS
Professor of Quantum Computing
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
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Dr Benjamin Clarke
MEng, PhD (Nottingham), MICE
Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
Civil & Structural Engineering
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Dr Fatima Al-Hassan
BSc, MSc, PhD (UCL), CISSP, CISM
Senior Lecturer in Digital Forensics
Cyber Security & Digital Forensics
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Dr William Hastings
BSc, PhD (Sheffield), MIEEE
Lecturer in Communications Engineering
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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Dr Sophia Papadopoulos
Diploma, PhD (ETH Zurich), CEng
Senior Lecturer in Computational Mechanics
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Dr Daniel O'Brien
BEng, PhD (Queen's Belfast), MIEI
Lecturer in Water Engineering
Civil & Structural Engineering
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Dr Liu Wei
BSc, MSc, PhD (Tsinghua), MACM
Senior Lecturer in Distributed Systems
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
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Dr Rachel Montgomery
MEng, PhD (Cambridge), MIET
Lecturer in Control Systems
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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Dr Ahmed Hassan
BSc, MSc, PhD (Imperial), CEng
Senior Lecturer in Thermodynamics
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Dr Jennifer Walsh
BSc, MSc, PhD (Bath), MCIWEM
Lecturer in Environmental Engineering
Civil & Structural Engineering
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Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences
Professor Elizabeth Montgomery
MBChB, MD (Edinburgh), FRCP, FFPH
Dean & Professor of Public Health Medicine
Public Health & Epidemiology
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Professor Caroline Edwards
BSc, PhD (King's), RN, FRCN
Professor of Nursing Science
Nursing & Midwifery
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Professor Helena Vance
MBChB, PhD (Lond), FRSB, FRCPath
Professor of Molecular Pathology
Biomedical Sciences
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Professor Richard Pemberton
BSc, MSc, PhD (LSHTM), FFPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Public Health & Epidemiology
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Professor Patricia Flynn
BPharm, PhD (Nottingham), FRPharmS
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Professor Anthony Marshall
BSc, PhD (Cardiff), FCSP, FHEA
Professor of Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
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Dr Grace Oyelaran
BSc, MSc, PhD (UCL), RN
Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing
Nursing & Midwifery
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Dr Jonathan Mills
BSc, PhD (Imperial), FRSB
Senior Lecturer in Immunology
Biomedical Sciences
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Dr Amelia Foster
MBBS, MPH, PhD (Cambridge), MFPH
Lecturer in Health Economics
Public Health & Epidemiology
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Dr Samuel Okoro
PharmD, PhD (Bath), MRPharmS
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Dr Laura Simpson
BSc, PhD (Strathclyde), MCSP
Lecturer in Neurological Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
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Dr Victoria Price
BSc, PhD (Manchester), RM
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
Nursing & Midwifery
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Professor Christopher Whitmore
BSc, PhD (Glasgow), FRSB
Professor of Cancer Biology
Biomedical Sciences
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Dr Nadia Begum
MBBS, MPH, PhD (Imperial), MFPH
Senior Lecturer in Global Health
Public Health & Epidemiology
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Dr Mark Jennings
BPharm, PhD (Strathclyde), MRPharmS
Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Dr Emily Thornton
BSc, MSc, PhD (Birmingham), MCSP
Lecturer in Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
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Dr Robert Hutchinson
BSc, PhD (Liverpool), FRSB
Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
Biomedical Sciences
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Dr Hannah Cooper
BSc, PhD (Edinburgh), RN
Lecturer in Child Health Nursing
Nursing & Midwifery
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Dr Peter Davidson
BSc, MSc, PhD (LSHTM)
Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics
Public Health & Epidemiology
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Dr Fiona MacLeod
BPharm, PhD (Aberdeen), MRPharmS
Lecturer in Pharmacology
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Professor Dame Victoria Ashworth-Hamilton
DBE, MD (Cantab), FRCP, FMedSci
Distinguished Professor of Translational Medicine
Biomedical Sciences
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Faculty of Global Business & Economics
Professor Marcus Thorne
BSc, MBA (Harvard), PhD (LSE), FCMA
Dean & Professor of Strategic Management
Management & Leadership
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Professor Victoria Ashworth
BA, MBA (INSEAD), PhD (Oxford), FCIPD
Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Management & Leadership
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Professor Charles Westminster
BSc, MSc, PhD (Warwick), FCA, CFA
Professor of Corporate Finance
Finance & Accounting
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Professor Eleanor Fitzgerald
BA, MPhil, PhD (Cambridge)
Professor of International Economics
Economics & Policy
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Professor James Crawford
BSc, MSc, PhD (Imperial), FCIM
Professor of Digital Marketing
Marketing & Digital Strategy
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Professor Sophie Hamilton
BA, MBA (Stanford), PhD (MIT)
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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Dr Oliver Banks
BSc, PhD (LSE), ACA
Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting
Finance & Accounting
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Dr Priya Sharma
BA, MSc, PhD (Warwick)
Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Economics
Economics & Policy
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Dr Andrew Morrison
BSc, PhD (Edinburgh)
Lecturer in Brand Management
Marketing & Digital Strategy
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Dr Natalie Green
BA, MBA (LBS), PhD (Imperial)
Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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Dr Richard Stone
BA, MSc, PhD (Oxford)
Senior Lecturer in Operations Management
Management & Leadership
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Dr Yuki Tanaka
BA, PhD (Tokyo), CFA
Senior Lecturer in Investment Management
Finance & Accounting
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Professor David Atkinson
BA, MPhil, PhD (Cambridge)
Professor of Development Economics
Economics & Policy
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Dr Isabelle Laurent
MSc, PhD (HEC Paris)
Lecturer in Luxury Brand Management
Marketing & Digital Strategy
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Dr Michael Chang
BBA, MBA (Wharton), PhD (Columbia)
Senior Lecturer in FinTech
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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Dr Rebecca Ward
BSc, PhD (Manchester), FCIPD
Lecturer in Human Resource Management
Management & Leadership
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Dr George Papadopoulos
BA, MSc, PhD (LSE), ACCA
Senior Lecturer in Management Accounting
Finance & Accounting
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Dr Alexandra Novak
MA, PhD (Prague), PhD (LSE)
Lecturer in Macroeconomics
Economics & Policy
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Dr Simon Taylor
BSc, MSc, PhD (Cranfield)
Senior Lecturer in Marketing Analytics
Marketing & Digital Strategy
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Dr Maria Santos
BSc, MBA (IE Madrid), PhD (Cambridge)
Lecturer in Family Business
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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Faculty of Social Sciences & Law
The Rt Hon. Sarah Jenkins
QC, LLB, LLM (Oxford), PhD (Cambridge)
Dean & Professor of Constitutional Law
Law
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Professor Alexander Carmichael
LLB, BCL (Oxford), PhD (Cambridge)
Professor of Commercial Law
Law
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Professor Catherine Rothschild
BA, MA, PhD (Cambridge), FRSA
Professor of International Relations
International Relations & Politics
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Professor Martin Fletcher
BA, MSc, PhD (LSE), FAcSS
Professor of Criminology
Sociology & Criminology
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Professor Emma Harrington
BSc, PhD (UCL), CPsychol, FBPsS
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Psychology
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Professor David Brennan
BA, MSc, PhD (Edinburgh), CQSW
Professor of Social Work
Social Work & Social Policy
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Dr Olivia Chambers
LLB, LLM, PhD (Cambridge)
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law
Law
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Dr John MacKenzie
BA, MPhil, PhD (Oxford)
Senior Lecturer in Political Theory
International Relations & Politics
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Dr Angela Roberts
BA, MSc, PhD (Manchester)
Lecturer in Sociology
Sociology & Criminology
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Dr Thomas Gregory
BSc, MSc, PhD (Cambridge), CPsychol
Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Psychology
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Dr Susan Connor
BA, MSc, PhD (LSE)
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
Social Work & Social Policy
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Dr Peter Fitzgerald
LLB, LLM (Harvard), PhD (Oxford)
Senior Lecturer in International Law
Law
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Dr Diana Kowalski
BA, MA, PhD (Warwick)
Lecturer in European Politics
International Relations & Politics
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Dr James Murray
BA, MSc, PhD (Kent)
Lecturer in Penology
Sociology & Criminology
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Dr Lucy Bennett
BSc, MSc, PhD (Oxford), CPsychol
Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology
Psychology
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Dr Aisha Mohammed
BA, MSW, PhD (Birmingham)
Lecturer in Mental Health Social Work
Social Work & Social Policy
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Dr Nicholas Grant
LLB, PhD (Cambridge)
Lecturer in Medical Law
Law
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Dr Rachel Sinclair
BA, MA, PhD (SOAS)
Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics
International Relations & Politics
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Dr Andrew Harper
BSc, PhD (Edinburgh), CPsychol
Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
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Dr Karen O'Neill
BA, MSc, PhD (Dublin)
Senior Lecturer in Urban Sociology
Sociology & Criminology
Research Interests
Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences
Professor Jonathan Finch
BSc, PhD (Cambridge), FRS
Dean & Professor of Theoretical Physics
Physics & Astronomy
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Professor Margaret Blackwell
BSc, PhD (Oxford), FInstP
Professor of Astrophysics
Physics & Astronomy
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Professor Robert Davies
MChem, PhD (Imperial), FRSC
Professor of Organic Chemistry
Chemistry
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Professor Elizabeth Crawford
BSc, PhD (Edinburgh), FRSB
Professor of Molecular Genetics
Biological Sciences
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Professor William Russell
MMath, PhD (Cambridge), FIMA
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Mathematics & Statistics
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Professor Helen Morrison
BSc, PhD (Bristol), FGS
Professor of Climate Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Dr Paul Henderson
MPhys, PhD (Durham)
Senior Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics
Physics & Astronomy
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Dr Claire Thompson
MChem, PhD (Nottingham), MRSC
Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
Chemistry
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Dr Matthew Burke
BSc, PhD (Cambridge), FRSB
Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
Biological Sciences
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Dr Jennifer Adams
BSc, PhD (Warwick), FHEA
Lecturer in Statistics
Mathematics & Statistics
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Dr Richard Lloyd
BSc, PhD (Southampton), FGS
Senior Lecturer in Oceanography
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Dr Anna Kowalczyk
MSc, PhD (Jagiellonian), FInstP
Lecturer in Medical Physics
Physics & Astronomy
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Dr Daniel Wood
MChem, PhD (Oxford), MRSC
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Chemistry
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Dr Sarah Mitchell
BSc, PhD (Imperial), FRSB
Senior Lecturer in Ecology
Biological Sciences
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Professor David Hamilton
BSc, PhD (Cambridge), FRS
Professor of Pure Mathematics
Mathematics & Statistics
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Dr Kevin Walsh
BSc, PhD (Leeds), FGS
Lecturer in Volcanology
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Dr Michelle Taylor
MPhys, PhD (Manchester)
Lecturer in Particle Physics
Physics & Astronomy
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Dr Andrew Chen
BSc, PhD (MIT), MRSC
Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
Chemistry
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Dr Emily Parker
BSc, PhD (Sheffield), FRSB
Lecturer in Microbiology
Biological Sciences
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Dr Christopher Jones
BSc, MSc, PhD (Imperial)
Senior Lecturer in Data Science
Mathematics & Statistics
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Sir Alexander Rothschild-Pemberton
KBE, DPhil (Oxon), FRS, FRAE, FREng
Emeritus Professor of Quantum Engineering
Physics & Astronomy
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