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Academic staff

Find out more about our academic staff.

Head of school

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Professor Roberto La Ragione

Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Head of the School of Biosciences

Academic staff

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Dr Kourosh Ahmadi

Reader in Precision Nutrition

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Dr Sarah Allison

Lecturer in Health and Exercise Science

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Dr Nicola Annels

Research Fellow

Dr Rona Antoni

Research Fellow in Nutritional Metabolism

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Professor Simon Archer

Professor of Molecular Biology of Sleep

Professor Josephine Arendt

Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology, Director (ex), Centre for Chronobiology

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Dr Mohammad Asim

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Cancer Biology & Therapeutics

Giuseppe Atzori

Senior Sleep Technologist

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Professor Claudio Avignone Rossa

Professor of Systems Microbiology

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Dr Sarah Bailey

Teaching Fellow in Physiology

Dr Zhanna Balkhiiarova

Research Fellow in Statistical Multi-Omics

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Dr Matteo Barberis

Reader in Systems Biology, FHMS Coordinator of Centre for Mathematical and Computational Biology (CMCB), School International Lead

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Dr David Bartlett

Senior Lecturer of Exercise Immunology

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Dr Ullrich Bartsch

Lecturer in Sleep and Neurodegeneration

Sarah Bath profile image

Dr Sarah Bath

Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition

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Dr Dany Beste

Senior Lecturer in Microbial Metabolism

Emily Betts

Lead Clinical Placement Facilitator for Dietetics

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Dr Kikki Bodman-Smith

Associate Professor in Immunology

Dr Jonathan Brown

Senior Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Food Science

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Professor Michael Bushell

Emeritus Professor of Microbiology

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Dr Patrizia Camelliti

Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Molecular Science

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Dr Paola Campagnolo

Senior Lecturer in Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences

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Dr Catxere Casacio

Research Fellow in Experimental Quantum Biology

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Dr Olivier Cexus

Principal Investigator (Res.B) in Immunology & Metabolism

Harri Cizmic

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science

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Dr Adam Collins

Associate Professor of Nutrition

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Dr Alison Cottell

Senior Lecturer in Microbiology

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Dr Alex Couto Alves

Lecturer in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics

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Dr Mark Crabtree

Senior Lecturer

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Dr Andrea Darling

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Dr Ayse Demirkan

Senior Lecturer in AI Multiomics for Health and Wellbeing

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Dr Tony Dhillon

Senior Lecturer in Oncology, University of Surrey, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Surrey County Hospital

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Professor Derk-Jan Dijk

Professor of Sleep and Physiology, Director Surrey Sleep Research Centre

Dr Mariana Dineva

Research Fellow

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Sarah Dolman

Lecturer in Biosciences

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Dr Ellen Donovan

Visiting Professor

Dr Hermanus Draisma

Research Fellow in Statistical Multi-Omics Modelling and Analysis

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Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters

Professor of Immunology, Lead for University Research Theme Lifelong Health

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Dr Bernadette Egan

Senior Research Fellow/Senior Adviser NIHR Research Design Service South-East/Acting Co-Chair University of Surrey Ethics Committee

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Professor Gill Elliott

Professor of Virology

Dr Ruan Elliott

Associate Dean (Doctoral College); Senior Lecturer in Nutrition

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Professor Vincent Emery

Emeritus Professor of Translational Virology

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Dr Barbara Engel

Senior Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Dietetics

Dr Saeed Farjami

Research Fellow in Mathematical Biology of Cell Differentiation

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Dr Ben Field

Associate Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology

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Dr Barbara Fielding

Associate Professor in Nutritional Sciences

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Professor Heather Gage

Professor of Health Economics

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Professor Andre Gerber

Professor of RNA Biology

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Dr Veronica Giacintucci

Teaching Fellow in Food Science

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Matthew Glover

Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics

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Dr Terri Grassby

Lecturer in Food Science

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Professor Bruce Griffin

Professor of Nutritional Metabolism

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Dr Kiran Kumar Guruswamy Ravindran

Research Fellow in Sleep Physiology and Dementia

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Dr Jorge Gutierrez

Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology

Dr Belinda Hall

Senior Research Fellow

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Dr Kath Hart

Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics

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Dr Hana Hassanin

Associate Professor in Translational and Experimental Medicine; Director of Surrey Clinical Research Facility; Director of NIHR Royal Surrey Clinical Research Facility

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Robert Hatch

Teaching fellow, Biosciences Foundation

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Professor Christian Heiss

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Head of Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Dr Suzie Hingley-Wilson

Lecturer in Bacteriology

Dr Uy Hoang

Research Fellow

Eleanor Holmes

Teaching Fellow in Nutrition and Dietetics

Dr Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh

Research Fellow in Host-Pathogen Interactions

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Dr Andrew Hulton

Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences

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Dr Julie Hunt

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences

Dr Cheryl Isherwood

Research Fellow

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Dr Daniel Jackson

Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics (part time)

Caitlin Jeary

Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics

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Professor Jonathan Johnston

Professor of Chronobiology and Integrative Physiology

Cecile Jones

Teaching Fellow in Dietetics

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Dr Bridget Jones

Research Fellow and Health Psychologist

Dr Marika Kaakinen

Lecturer in Statistical Multi-omics

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Dr Silke Kiessling

Lecturer in Chronobiology

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Dr Youngchan Kim

Lecturer in Quantum Biology

David King profile image

Dr David King

Teaching Fellow

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Dr Ivan Kiskin

Lecturer in AI for Multimodal Health Monitoring

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Dr Helen Lambert

Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition

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Professor Susan Lanham-New

Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences

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Yingrui Li

Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow

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Long Li

Lecturer in Dietetics

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Professor Nicolas Locker

Professor of Virology

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Professor Steven Lockley

Professor, Vice-Chancellor Fellow

Dr Bingxin Lu

Surrey Future Fellow

Dr Manavi Maharshi

Research Design Service Adviser (Research Fellow)

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Dr Sara Mahvash Mohammadi

Postgraduate Research Student

Dr Elaina Maldonado

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Dr Carlos Maluquer de Motes

Reader in Molecular Virology

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Dr Ralph Manders

Lecturer in Exercise Physiology and Programme Director Sport & Exercise Sciences

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Dr Kevin Maringer

Lecturer in Microbiology

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Professor Johnjoe McFadden

Professor of Molecular Genetics, Associate Dean (International)

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Professor John McVey

Head of Department of Biochemical Sciences, Professor of Cardiovascular Biology

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Dr Lisie Meira

Lecturer in DNA Damage and Ageing

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Dr Agnieszka Michael

Professor in Oncology , Consultant Medical Oncologist, Medical Director of Surrey CTU

Dr Benita Middleton

Senior Research Fellow

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Dr Lisa Mohebati

Research Fellow

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Dr Chinyere Okoro

Lecturer in Bacteriology

Bolanle Oloyede profile image

Dr Bolanle Oloyede

Lecturer in Food Science

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Professor Hardev Pandha

Professor of Medical Oncology

Sneha M. Pinto profile image

Dr Sneha Pinto

Senior Lecturer in Proteomics

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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

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Professor Margaret Rayman

Professor of Nutritional Medicine

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Dr Kate Relph

Project manager

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Dr Victoria Revell

Associate Professor in Translational Sleep and Circadian Physiology

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Dr Natalie Riddell

Senior Lecturer in Immunology and Ageing

Dr Jennifer Ritchie

Senior Lecturer in Microbial Pathogenesis

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Dr Harry Roberts

Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science

Denise Robertson profile image

Dr Denise Robertson

Reader in Nutritional Physiology

Dr Tracey Robertson

Research Fellow

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Dr Andrea Rocco

Associate Professor (Reader) in Physics and Mathematical Biology

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Dr Thalia Rodriguez Garcia

Research Fellow in Mathematical Modelling, Model Data Fusion/Machine Learning

Konstantin Rudometkin

Computational and Data Storage Facility Manager

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Professor David Russell-Jones

Vice-Chancellor's Fellow; Diabetes and Endocrinology

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Dr Lorenzo Santorelli

Programme Director for Biological Sciences, Senior Teaching fellow in Zoology, Senior Tutor for International Placements

Julie Seibt profile image

Dr Julie Seibt

Senior Lecturer in Sleep and Plasticity

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Dr Nick Selemetas

Lecturer in Veterinary Biosciences (DVM, MSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA)

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Dr Billy Senington

Teaching Fellow in Sport and Exercise Science

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Professor Rachel Simmonds

Professor of Immunopathogenesis

Dr Guy Simpson

Research Fellow Oncology

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Professor Debra Skene

Professor of Neuroendocrinology; Section Lead Chronobiology

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Professor Simon Skene

Professor of Medical Statistics

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Professor Graham Stewart

Head of the Department of Microbial Sciences

Dr Alexander Stewart

Research Fellow in Immunology

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Dr Yashwanth Subbannayya

Dean's Research Fellowship

Dr Mira Sulonen

Research Fellow

Dr Rebecca Sumner

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Dr Shelini Surendran

Associate Dean International FHMS, Associate Professor in Biosciences

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Dr Nicola Swann

Senior Personal Tutor, Teaching Fellow

Alfred Thumser profile image

Dr Alfred Thumser

Senior Teaching Fellow in Biochemistry

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Dr Morro Touray

Research Fellow in Health Economics & Sustainability Fellow

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Dr Sarah Trinder

Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Deputy Director of Learning & Teaching - School of Biosciences, Programme Director BSc Biochemistry

Professor Margot Umpleby

Diabetes & Metabolic Medicine Research

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Dr Daan Van Der Veen

Senior Lecturer in Sleep and Chronobiology

Louise Walker

Teaching Fellow (Dietetics) & Admissions Tutor (Dietetics)

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Dr Martin Whyte

Associate Professor of Metabolic Medicine

James Wild

Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science

James Wild

Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science

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Juliet Wilson

Teaching Fellow in Nutritional Sciences

Dr Saskia Wilson-Barnes

Research Fellow in Nutritional Sciences

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Dr Eva Winnebeck

Lecturer in Chronobiology

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Dr Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer

Reader in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

Professor Changhao Wu

Professor in Cell Physiology

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Dr Qibo Zhang

Senior Lecturer in Immunology

Dr Irene Zorzan

Research Fellow

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Dr Nicholas de Cruz

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Professor Simon de Lusignan

Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics, and Vice Chancellor's Fellow

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Dr Ciro della Monica

Research Fellow

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Dr Johanna von Gerichten

Postdoctoral Researcher