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 Ana Andries
Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing and GIS
Professor Mark Baker
Professor of Surface Science and Engineering
Dr Alireza Behnejad
Associate Professor in Spatial Structures, Director of the Spatial Structures Research Cluster
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
Associate Professor | Structures 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; Director of EnFlo
Dr Tanmoy Chatterjee
Lecturer in Resilient Design
Dr Jonathan Chenoweth
Associate Professor, MSc Programme Director
Ian Christie
Reader (Associate Professor), Social Science and Ethics of Sustainable Development
Dr Srdjan Cirovic
Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
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
Professor 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
Professor Susan Hughes
Professor of Environmental Engineering | Currently Deputy Head of School of Engineering
Dr Giovanni Iacobello
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Sciences
Dr Boulent Imam
Associate Professor (Reader) in Civil Engineering
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 Constantina Lekakou
Professor in Energy, Multiphase and Multifunctional Materials and Devices
Dr Lirong Liu
Associate Professor in Environment and Sustainability
Dr Hui Luo
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer
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
Stephen McParlin
Associate Tutor
Dr Iman Mohagheghian
Associate Professor (Reader) in Mechanics of Materials
Dr Sanchari Mondal
Lecturer in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering
Dr Umberto Montanaro
Senior Lecturer in Autonomous Systems and Control Engineering
Professor Lidia Morawska
Vice Chancellor Fellow
Dr Michael Mulheron
Associate Tutor in Sustainable Transport Engineering
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 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
Professor 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 & Environment Research; University REF Lead for Engineering
Professor Roberta Sonnino
Professor of Sustainable Food Systems
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)
Geoff Vorley
Associate Tutor
Professor John Watts
Professor of Materials Science
Dr Walter Wehrmeyer
Reader in Environmental Business Management
Professor Jennifer Wen
Professor, Chair in Energy Resilience, Head, Centre of Safety Science for New Energy Technology (CSSNET)
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