Academic staff
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Academic staff
Professor Nicholas Hills
Head of School of Engineering
Dr Daniel Abasolo
Head of Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Dr Sajeeva Abeywardena
Lecturer in Robotics
Dr Ana Andries
Lecturer in Remote Sensing and GIS
Dr Mark Baker
Professor of Surface Science and Engineering
Dr Alireza Behnejad
Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Suby Bhattacharya
Chair in Geomechanics
Dr David Birch
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering; Head of Centre for Aerodynamics, Aerospace & Automotive Engineering
Dr Dan Bompa
Senior Lecturer | Structures and Materials Testing Lab Lead
Professor Abigail Bristow
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Yidu Bu
Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Benyi Cao
Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering; Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
Dr Matteo Carpentieri
Associate Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Dr Tanmoy Chatterjee
Lecturer in Resilient Design
Dr Jonathan Chenoweth
Associate Professor, MSc Programme Director
Professor John Chew
Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ian Christie
Reader (Associate Professor), Social Science and Ethics of Sustainable Development
Professor Marios Chryssanthopoulos
Professor of Structural Systems
Dr Francesco Ciampa
Associate Professor (Reader) in Structural Integrity and Composites, MES Director of Postgraduate Researchers
Dr Srdjan Cirovic
Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Professor Andrew Crocombe
Professor of Structural Mechanics
Dr Liang Cui
Associate Professor
Dr Elena Dawkins
Surrey Future Fellow
John Doherty
Reader in Vehicle Engineering
Professor Robert Dorey
Professor of Nanomaterials
Dr Saber Fallah
Professor of Safe AI and Autonomy
Charlotte Foreman
Associate Professor, Associate Dean Education Faculty Engineering and Physical Sciences
Dr Marco Funari
Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rosanna Gilson
Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering & Senior Personal Tutor
Dr Matteo Giusti
Future Fellow in Sustainability Science
Professor Patrick Gruber
Professor in Advanced Vehicle Systems Engineering
Dr Bing Guo
Professor in Environmental Engineering and Microbiology
Dr Alex Hagen-Zanker
Associate Professor in Infrastructure Systems
Dr Donya Hajializadeh
Associate Professor of Structural Engineering
Dr Zoe Harris
Director of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, Co-Director of the Institute for Sustainability
Dr Ahu Ece Hartavi Karci
Reader, Head of the Centre for Automotive Engineering
Dr Yinglong He
Lecturer in Automated Electrified Transport (AcT) Systems
Dr Mary Hilditch
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Sciences
Professor Susan Hughes
Professor of Environmental Engineering | Director of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Giovanni Iacobello
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Sciences
Dr Boulent Imam
Associate Professor (Reader) in Civil Engineering
Cat Jones
Lecturer
Dr Monika Kreitmair
Surrey Future Fellow
Professor Prashant Kumar
Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, Professor and Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE)
Professor Matthew Leach
Emeritus Professor (Energy and Environmental Systems)
Professor Constantina Lekakou
Professor in Energy, Multiphase and Multifunctional Materials and Devices
Dr Lirong Liu
Associate Professor in Environment and Sustainability
Dr Nikolas Makasis
Surrey Future Fellow in Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Simao Marques
Senior Lecturer
Dr Belen Marti-Cardona
Associate Professor of Earth Observation and Hydrology
Dr Olaf Marxen
Senior Lecturer
Dr Iman Mohagheghian
Associate Professor (Reader) in Mechanics of Materials
Dr Sanchari Mondal
Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Dr Umberto Montanaro
Senior Lecturer in Autonomous Systems and Control Engineering
Professor Lidia Morawska
Vice Chancellor Fellow
Professor Stephen Morse
Emeritus Professor of Systems Analysis for Sustainability
Dr Michael Mulheron
Reader in Construction Materials, Director of Learning and Teaching for Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Richard Murphy
Emeritus Professor of Life Cycle Assessment
Dr Matthew Oldfield
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Dr Michael Pekris
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Sciences
Dr Marco Placidi
Associate Professor in Experimental Fluid Mechanics
Dr Katherine Pond
Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering
Professor Alan Robins
Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Professor Jhuma Sadhukhan
Associate Director of Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts | Associate Director of C-Loop Advanced Manufacturing Hub | ELMENTAL EngBio Mission Hub CoI | Vice Chancellor Researcher of Y2024 | Professor of Environmental, Energy and Chemical Engineering
Dr Juan Sagaseta
Reader in Structural Robustness, Postgraduate Research Director - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Devendra Saroj
Reader & Head of Centre for Environmental Health & Engineering (CEHE), Fellow of Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey; Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi India; Visiting Professor, DL Salle University, Philippines
Professor Mahmoud Shafiee
Professor in Energy Resilience; Head of Energy Research Cluster; University REF Lead for Engineering
Dr Robert Siddall
Lecturer in Robotics
Professor Paul Smith
Professor of Composite Materials
Professor Roberta Sonnino
Professor of Sustainable Food Systems
Professor Aldo Sorniotti
Professor in Advanced Vehicle Engineering, Head of the Centre for Automotive Engineering
Professor Tan Sui
Professor in Materials Engineering
Dr Davide Tavernini
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Vehicle Engineering; Deputy Head, Centre for Aerodynamics, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering
Dr Guohong Tian
Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering
Dr Andrew Viquerat
Associate Professor (Reader)
Professor John Watts
Professor of Materials Science
Dr Walter Wehrmeyer
Reader in Environmental Business Management
Professor Jennifer Wen
Professor, Chair in Energy Resilience, Head of Fire and Explosion Modelling Group (FMEG), Programme Lead for Energy and Environment at Institute for Sustainability
Professor Mark Whiting
Professor of Materials Ageing / William Penney Fellow in Materials Ageing
Dr Rick Woods
Visiting Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering
Dr Wei Xu
Senior Lecturer
Professor Julie Yeomans
Professor Emerita of Ceramic Materials