People
Collectively, the School of Biosciences and Medicine is home to around 200 staff, including close to 100 lecturers, senior lectures, readers and professors, along with a number of teaching and senior teaching fellows.
We also have a technical team who underpin the research laboratory environment and teaching activity of the School, and a number of administrative staff.
Meet the team
Head of school
Professor David Blackbourn
Head of the School of Biosciences and Medicine
Academic staff
Dr Kourosh Ahmadi
Reader in Nutritional Sciences
Dr Sarah Allison
Lecturer in Health and Exercise Science
Professor Simon Archer
Professor of Molecular Biology of Sleep
Dr Mohammad Asim
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Cancer Molecular Biology
Giuseppe Atzori
Senior Sleep Technologist
Dr Claudio Avignone Rossa
Professor of Systems Microbiology
Dr Ian Bailey
Senior Teaching Fellow
Dr Sarah Bailey
Teaching Fellow in Physiology
Dr Alice Banks
Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology
Dr Matteo Barberis
Reader in Systems Biology
Dr Sarah Bath
Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition
Dr Dany Beste
Senior Lecturer in Microbial Metabolism
Dr Kikki Bodman-Smith
School Director for Learning and Teaching, Lecturer in Immunology, Director of Biomedical Science Programmes
Dr Jonathan Brown
Senior Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Food Science
Professor Michael Bushell
Emeritus Professor of Microbiology
Dr Patrizia Camelliti
Lecturer in Cardiovascular Biology
Dr Paola Campagnolo
Lecturer in Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences
Dr Adam Collins
Principal Teaching Fellow in Nutrition
Dr Alison Cottell
Tutor in Microbiology
Dr Ben Creagh-Brown
Reader (Clinical)
Dr Alexessander Da Silva Couto Alves
Lecturer in Bioinformatics
Dr Ayse Demirkan
Research Fellow
Dr Tony Dhillon
Senior Lecturer in Oncology, University of Surrey, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Surrey County Hospital
Professor Derk-Jan Dijk
Professor of Sleep and Physiology, Director Surrey Sleep Research Centre
Dr Hermanus Draisma
Research Fellow in Statistical Multi-Omics Modelling and Analysis
Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters
Professor of Immunology, Lead for University Research Theme Lifelong Health
Professor Gill Elliott
Professor of Virology
Dr Ruan Elliott
Associate Dean (Doctoral College); Senior Lecturer in Nutrition
Professor Vincent Emery
Emeritus Professor of Translational Virology
Dr Barbara Engel
Senior Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Dietetics
Dr Giuseppe Facchetti
Lecturer in Systems Biology
Dr Saeed Farjami
Research Fellow in Mathematical Biology of Cell Differentiation
Dr Benjamin Field
Clinical Reader in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Dr Barbara Fielding
Reader in Nutritional Sciences
Lui Forni
Honorary Professor
Professor Heather Gage
Professor of Health Economics
Professor Andre Gerber
Professor of RNA Biology
Dr Veronica Giacintucci
Teaching Fellow in Food Science
Dr Terri Grassby
Lecturer in Food Science
Professor Bruce Griffin
Professor of Nutritional Metabolism
Dr Kiran Kumar Guruswamy Ravindran
Research Fellow in Sleep Physiology and Dementia
Dr Jorge Gutierrez
Lecturer in Food Microbiology
Dr Kath Hart
Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
Dr Hana Hassanin
Medical Director of Surrey Clinical Research Facility
Robert Hatch
Teaching fellow, Biosciences Foundation
Professor Christian Heiss
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr Suzie Hingley-Wilson
Lecturer in Bacteriology
Dr Uy Hoang
Research Fellow
Eleanor Holmes
Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Dietetics
Dr Sam Hopkins
Teaching fellow (learning develoment)
Dr Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh
Research Fellow in Host-Pathogen Interactions
Dr Jim Huggett
Senior Lecturer, Analytical Microbiology
Dr Andrew Hulton
Teaching Fellow in Sport and Exercise Sciences
Dr Julie Hunt
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences
Dr Cheryl Isherwood
Research Fellow
Dr Rita Jabr
Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Dr Jonathan Johnston
Professor of Chronobiology and Integrative Physiology
Cecile Jones
Teaching Fellow in Dietetics
Dr Marika Kaakinen
Lecturer in Statistical Multi-omics
Dr Youngchan Kim
Lecturer in Quantum Biology
Dr Emma Laing
Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Head of Bioinformatics
Dr Helen Lambert
Teaching Fellow in Public Health Nutrition
Professor Susan Lanham-New
Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences
Yingrui Li
Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow
Professor Nicolas Locker
Professor of Virology
Professor Steven Lockley
Professor, Vice-Chancellor Fellow
Dr Elaina Maldonado
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Carlos Maluquer de Motes
Lecturer in Virus/Host Interactions
Dr Ralph Manders
Lecturer in Exercise Physiology
Dr Kevin Maringer
Lecturer in Microbiology
Dr Peter Mayerhofer
Lecturer in Molecular Immunology
Professor Johnjoe McFadden
Professor of Molecular Genetics, Associate Dean (International)
Professor John McVey
Head of Department of Biochemical Sciences, Professor of Cardiovascular Biology
Dr Lisie Meira
Lecturer in DNA Damage and Ageing
Dr Thomas Mendum
CL3 Manager
Dr Agnieszka Michael
Reader in Oncology , Consultant Medical Oncologist
Dr Benita Middleton
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Lisa Mohebati
Research Fellow
Dr Chinyere Okoro
Lecturer in Bacteriology
Professor Hardev Pandha
Professor of Medical Oncology
Professor Inga Prokopenko
Professor e-One Health and Head of Statistical Multi-Omics
Dr Razieh Rafieenia
Postdoctoral research fellow
Professor Margaret Rayman
Professor of Nutritional Medicine
Dr Kate Relph
Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow
Dr Victoria Revell
Lecturer in Translational Sleep and Circadian Physiology
Dr Natalie Riddell
Lecturer in Immunology and Ageing
Dr Jennifer Ritchie
Senior Lecturer in Microbial Pathogenesis
Dr Denise Robertson
Reader in Nutritional Physiology
Dr Tracey Robertson
Research Fellow
Dr Andrea Rocco
Senior Lecturer in Physics and Mathematical Biology
Stefan Roediger
Associate with Department of Microbial Sciences
Konstantin Rudometkin
Computational and Data Storage Facility Manager
Professor David Russell-Jones
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow
Dr Lorenzo Santorelli
Programme Director for Biological Sciences and Teaching fellow in Zoology
Dr Julie Seibt
Lecturer in Sleep and Plasticity
Dr Nick Selemetas
Teaching Fellow
Dr Billy Senington
Teaching Fellow in Sport and Exercise Science
Dr Rachel Simmonds
Senior Lecturer in Immunopathogenesis
Professor Debra Skene
Professor of Neuroendocrinology; Section Lead Chronobiology
Professor Simon Skene
Head of Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Professor of Medical Statistics
Professor Graham Stewart
Head of the Department of Microbial Sciences
Dr Mira Sulonen
Research Fellow
Dr Shelini Surendran
Teaching Fellow, Biosciences Foundation
Professor Simon Taylor
Professor of Ophthalmology
Dr Alfred Thumser
Senior Teaching Fellow in Biochemistry
Dr Sarah Trinder
Senior Teaching Fellow in Pharmacology, Programme Director BSc Biochemistry
Professor Margot Umpleby
Diabetes & Metabolic Medicine Research
Dr Daan Van Der Veen
Senior Lecturer in Sleep and Chronobiology
Louise Walker
Teaching Fellow (Dietetics) & Admissions Tutor (Dietetics)
Dr Martin Whyte
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Metabolic Medicine
James Wild
Teaching Fellow in Sport & Exercise Science
Juliet Wilson
Teaching Fellow in Nutritional Sciences
Saskia Wilson-Barnes
Postgraduate Research Assistant & Research Fellow
Dr Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer
Reader in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Dr Emma Wise
Research Fellow in Virology
Dr Changhao Wu
Reader in Cell Physiology
Professor Simon de Lusignan
Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics, and Vice Chancellor's Fellow
Dr Ciro della Monica
Research Fellow
Dr Johanna von Gerichten
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Visiting staff
| Name | Role |
| Abdelali Agouni | Visiting Lecturer |
| Aftab Ala | Visiting Professor |
| Zahid Asghar | Visiting Researcher |
| Alexis Bailey | Visiting Lecturer |
| Fiona Barker | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Andrew Beale | Visiting Researcher |
| Izhar Bhagwan | Visiting Senior Lecturer |
| Richard Budgett | Visiting Professor |
| Helen Carr | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Spyridon Chalkiadakis | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Priti Chivers | Visiting Professor |
| Nicholas Cole | Visiting Clinical Research Fellow |
| Helen Coley | Visiting Senior Lecturer |
| Martin Cook | Visiting Professor |
| Ben Creagh-Brown | Visiting Fellow |
| Andrew Davies | Visiting Reader |
| Maurice Dixon | Visiting Researcher |
| Christopher Eden | Visiting Professor |
| Joanne Fallowfield | Visiting Senior Fellow |
| Gordon Ferns | Visiting Professor |
| Douglas Fleming | Visiting Professor |
| Chris Fry | Visiting Professor |
| Tim Gant | Visiting Professor |
| Pier Gatenby | Visiting Professor |
| Shelagh Hampton | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Thang Siue Han | Visiting Researcher |
| Chris Harrington | Visiting Senior Fellow |
| Simon Hassan | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Roselle Herring | Visiting Senior Research Fellow |
| Andras Horvath | Visiting Senior Lecturer |
| David Hutchinson | Visiting Professor |
| George Kass | Visiting Professor |
| Sorena Kiani-Ali Khan | Visiting Senior Lecturer |
| Andrzej Kierzek | Visiting Professor |
| Brian Lake | Visiting Professor |
| Anthony Leeds | Visiting Senior Fellow |
| Valerie Livina | Visiting Researcher |
| Victor Alonso Lopez Agudelo | Visiting Researcher |
| Katherine McCullough | Visiting Researcher |
| Bernadette Moore | Visiting Professor |
| Karanjia Nariman | Visiting Professor |
| Marinos Pericleous | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Timothy Wang | Visiting Professor |
| Abdus Samad Ansari | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Jack Salway | Visiting Senior Fellow |
| Shahida Shafi | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Fariba Shojaee-Moradie | Visiting Fellow |
| Nadia Smith | Visiting Researcher |
| Matthew Swindells | Visiting Professor |
| G. Michael Taylor | Visiting Professor |
| John Tesh | Visiting Professor |
| Hilary Thomas | Visiting Professor |
| Susan Tresman | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Barry Walker | Visiting Senior Fellow |
| Timothy Wang | Visiting Senior Fellow |
| Katherine Webber | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Michael Wilson | Visiting Professor |
Postgraduate researchers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Oluwafunmi Akinyemi | Postgraduate research student |
| Osheen Al Assaad | Postgraduate research student |
| Isaac Ampong | Postgraduate research student |
| Mehreen Arif Mehreen Arif | Postgraduate research student |
| Skevoulla Christou | Postgraduate research student |
| Danielle Evans | Postgraduate research student |
| Simon Daniels | Postgraduate research student |
| Edeline D'Souza | Postgraduate research student |
| Marie-Joe Dib | Postgraduate research student |
| Maia Elliott | Postgraduate research student |
| Guilia Falgari | Postgraduate research student |
| Mafalda De Arrábida Farelo | Postgraduate research student |
| Iliana Georgana | Postgraduate research student |
| Philippa Gibson | Postgraduate research student |
| Cheryl Isherwood | Postgraduate research student |
| Eleanor Healing | Postgraduate research student |
| Valeria Mastrullo | Postgraduate research student |
| Rolando Matos | Postgraduate research student |
| Marcela Moraes Mendes | Postgraduate research student |
| Paula Oliviera | Postgraduate research student |
| Iain Phillips | Postgraduate research student |
| Lucy Ridout | Postgraduate research student |
| Christina Sadler | Postgraduate research student |
| Elizabeth Saunders | Postgraduate research student |
| Taryn Smith | Postgraduate research student |
| Anzhalika Talstaya | Postgraduate research student |
| Kamalram Thippu Jayaprakash | Postgraduate research student |
| Isaiah Ting | Postgraduate research student |
| James Wild | Postgraduate research student |
| Saski Wilson-Barnes | Postgraduate research student |
| Louise Wilson | Postgraduate research student |