Academic staff
Find out more about our academic staff.
Head of school
Professor Roberto La Ragione
Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Head of the School of Biosciences
Academic staff
Dr Kourosh Ahmadi
Reader in Precision Nutrition
Dr Sarah Allison
Lecturer in Health and Exercise Science
Dr Nicola Annels
Research Fellow
Dr Rona Antoni
Research Fellow in Nutritional Metabolism
Professor Simon Archer
Professor of Molecular Biology of Sleep
Professor Josephine Arendt
Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology, Director (ex), Centre for Chronobiology
Dr Mohammad Asim
Assistant Professor & Group Leader in Cancer Biology & Therapeutics
Giuseppe Atzori
Senior Sleep Technologist
Professor Claudio Avignone Rossa
Professor of Systems Microbiology
Dr Sarah Bailey
Teaching Fellow in Physiology
Dr Zhanna Balkhiiarova
Research Fellow in Statistical Multi-Omics
Dr Matteo Barberis
Reader in Systems Biology, FHMS Coordinator of Centre for Mathematical and Computational Biology (CMCB), School International Lead
Dr David Bartlett
Lecturer of Exercise Immunology
Dr Ullrich Bartsch
Lecturer in Sleep and Neurodegeneration
Dr Sarah Bath
Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition
Dr Dany Beste
Senior Lecturer in Microbial Metabolism
Emily Betts
Lead Clinical Placement Facilitator for Dietetics
Dr Kikki Bodman-Smith
School Director for Learning and Teaching, Lecturer in Immunology, Director of Biomedical Science Programmes
Dr Khushboo Borah Slater
Research Fellow B
Dr Jonathan Brown
Senior Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Food Science
Dr Hannah Burgess
Lecturer
Professor Michael Bushell
Emeritus Professor of Microbiology
Dr Patrizia Camelliti
Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Molecular Science
Dr Paola Campagnolo
Lecturer in Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences
Dr Catxere Casacio
Research Fellow in Experimental Quantum Biology
Dr Olivier Cexus
Principal Investigator (Res.B) in Immunology & Metabolism
Harri Cizmic
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science
Dr Adam Collins
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Dr Alison Cottell
Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
Dr Alex Couto Alves
Lecturer in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics
Dr Andrea Darling
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Ayse Demirkan
Senior Lecturer in AI Multiomics for Health and Wellbeing
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 Mariana Dineva
Research Fellow
Dr Ellen Donovan
Visiting Professor
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
Dr Bernadette Egan
Senior Research Fellow/Senior Adviser NIHR Research Design Service South-East/Acting Co-Chair University of Surrey Ethics Committee
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 Saeed Farjami
Research Fellow in Mathematical Biology of Cell Differentiation
Dr Ben Field
Associate Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology
Dr Barbara Fielding
Associate Professor in Nutritional Sciences
Professor Heather Gage
Professor of Health Economics
Professor Andre Gerber
Professor of RNA Biology
Dr Veronica Giacintucci
Teaching Fellow in Food Science
Matthew Glover
Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics
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
Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology
Dr Belinda Hall
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Kath Hart
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
Dr Hana Hassanin
Associate Professor in Translational and Experimental Medicine; Director of Surrey Clinical Research Facility; Director of NIHR Royal Surrey Clinical Research Facility
Robert Hatch
Teaching fellow, Biosciences Foundation
Professor Christian Heiss
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Head of Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Dr Suzie Hingley-Wilson
Lecturer in Bacteriology
Dr Uy Hoang
Research Fellow
Eleanor Holmes
Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Dietetics
Dr Sam Hopkins
Lecturer
Dr Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh
Research Fellow in Host-Pathogen Interactions
Dr Andrew Hulton
Senior Lecturer 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 Daniel Jackson
Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics (part time)
Caitlin Jeary
Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
Professor Jonathan Johnston
Professor of Chronobiology and Integrative Physiology
Cecile Jones
Teaching Fellow in Dietetics
Dr Bridget Jones
Research Fellow and Health Psychologist
Dr Marika Kaakinen
Lecturer in Statistical Multi-omics
Dr Silke Kiessling
Lecturer in Chronobiology
Dr Youngchan Kim
Lecturer in Quantum Biology
Dr David King
Teaching Fellow
Dr Ivan Kiskin
Lecturer in AI for Multimodal Health Monitoring
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
Long Li
Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
Professor Nicolas Locker
Professor of Virology
Professor Steven Lockley
Professor, Vice-Chancellor Fellow
Dr Manavi Maharshi
Research Design Service Adviser (Research Fellow)
Dr Sara Mahvash Mohammadi
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Elaina Maldonado
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Carlos Maluquer de Motes
Reader in Molecular Virology
Dr Ralph Manders
Lecturer in Exercise Physiology and Programme Director Sport & Exercise Sciences
Dr Kevin Maringer
Lecturer in Microbiology
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
Associate Professor in Oncology , Consultant Medical Oncologist, Medical Director of Surrey CTU
Dr Benita Middleton
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Lisa Mohebati
Research Fellow
Dr Chinyere Okoro
Lecturer in Bacteriology
Dr Bolanle Oloyede
Lecturer in Food Science
Professor Hardev Pandha
Professor of Medical Oncology
Dr Sneha Pinto
Senior Lecturer in Proteomics
Dr Tara Pirie
Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation
Adam Pledger
Senior Laboratory Technician - Sport & Exercise Science
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
Project manager
Dr Victoria Revell
Senior Lecturer in Translational Sleep and Circadian Physiology
Dr Natalie Riddell
Lecturer in Immunology and Ageing
Dr Jennifer Ritchie
Senior Lecturer in Microbial Pathogenesis
Dr Harry Roberts
Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science
Dr Denise Robertson
Reader in Nutritional Physiology
Dr Tracey Robertson
Research Fellow
Dr Andrea Rocco
Associate Professor (Reader) in Physics and Mathematical Biology
Dr Thalia Rodriguez Garcia
Research Fellow in Mathematical Modelling, Model Data Fusion/Machine Learning
Konstantin Rudometkin
Computational and Data Storage Facility Manager
Professor David Russell-Jones
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow; Diabetes and Endocrinology
Dr Lorenzo Santorelli
Programme Director for Biological Sciences, Senior Teaching fellow in Zoology, Senior Tutor for International Placements
Dr Julie Seibt
Senior Lecturer in Sleep and Plasticity
Dr Nick Selemetas
Teaching Fellow
Dr Billy Senington
Teaching Fellow in Sport and Exercise Science
Professor Rachel Simmonds
Professor of Immunopathogenesis
Dr Guy Simpson
Research Fellow Oncology
Professor Debra Skene
Professor of Neuroendocrinology; Section Lead Chronobiology
Professor Simon Skene
Professor of Medical Statistics and Director of Surrey Clinical Trials Unit
Dr Surinder Soond
Lecturer/Principal Investigator
Professor Graham Stewart
Head of the Department of Microbial Sciences
Dr Alexander Stewart
Research Fellow in Immunology
Dr Yashwanth Subbannayya
Dean's Research Fellowship
Dr Mira Sulonen
Research Fellow
Dr Rebecca Sumner
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Shelini Surendran
Programme director and Lecturer, Biosciences Foundation
Dr Nicola Swann
Senior Personal Tutor, Teaching Fellow
Dr Alfred Thumser
Senior Teaching Fellow in Biochemistry
Dr Morro Touray
Research Fellow in Health Economics
Dr Sarah Trinder
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Programme Director BSc Biochemistry
Professor Margot Umpleby
Diabetes & Metabolic Medicine Research
Dr Daniel Van Der Veen
Senior Lecturer in Sleep and Chronobiology
Louise Walker
Teaching Fellow (Dietetics) & Admissions Tutor (Dietetics)
Dr Martin Whyte
Associate Professor of Metabolic Medicine
James Wild
Teaching Fellow in Sport & Exercise Science
James Wild
Teaching Fellow in Sport & Exercise Science
Juliet Wilson
Teaching Fellow in Nutritional Sciences
Dr Saskia Wilson-Barnes
Research Fellow in Nutritional Sciences
Dr Eva Winnebeck
Lecturer in Chronobiology
Dr Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer
Reader in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Dr Emma Wise
Research Fellow in Virology
Professor Changhao Wu
Professor in Cell Physiology
Dr Qibo Zhang
Senior Lecturer in Immunology
Dr Irene Zorzan
Research Fellow
Dr Nicholas de Cruz
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology
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 Researcher