Academic staff
The School of Psychology is a community of over 50 academics and professional clinicians undertaking innovative research and delivering high quality teaching.
Heads of School
Professor Christopher Fife-Schaw
Head of the School of Psychology
Mary John
Head of the School of Psychology
Academic staff
Dr Chris Askew
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Tibor Auer
Research Fellow
Dr Adrian Banks
Senior Lecturer
Dr Thorsten Barnhofer
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Dr Frederick Byrne
Teaching Fellow
Emma Casey
Teaching Fellow
Nicky Chapman
Teaching Fellow
Dr Tina Cohen
Senior Teaching Fellow
Dr Kathrin Cohen Kadosh
Reader in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Anna Cook
Teaching Fellow in Developmental Psychology
Professor Mark Cropley
Professor of Health Psychology
Emma Crouch
Senior Teaching Fellow
Dr Philip Dean
Research Fellow
Dr Bridget Dibb
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Foundation Year Lead, PhD Health Psychology Course Director
Dr Laura Driesen
Senior teaching fellow & programme lead (advanced practice in psychological wellbeing)
Dr Bernadette Egan
Senior Research Fellow/Deputy Director NIHR Research Design Service South-East
Dr Simon Evans
Lecturer in Neuroscience
Professor Emily Farran
Professor in Developmental Psychology
Dr Fabio Fasoli
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Dr Hannah Frith
Principal Teaching Fellow
Professor Birgitta Gatersleben
Professor of Environmental Psychology
Dr Judith Gentle
Director of Undergraduate Programme for Psychology
Dr Katie Gilligan-Lee
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Dr Kate Gleeson
Research Director, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Dr Alexandra Grandison
Senior Lecturer
Dr Francesca Guizzo
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Dr Jessica Guzman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Lucy Hale
Teaching Fellow, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Paul Hanna
Clinical Psychology Research Director
Professor Peter Hegarty
Professor of Psychology
Emma Henderson
Research Fellow
Dr Peter Hilpert
Lecturer in Advanced Statistics
Dr Charo Hodgkins
Research Fellow
Dr Aife Hopkins-Doyle
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Deborah Howard
Teaching Fellow
Dr Catherine Huckle
Teaching Fellow
Dr Jane Iles
Clinical Director, PsychD Clinical Psychology Programme. Senior Teaching Fellow. Clinical Psychologist
Dr Amy Isham
Research Fellow
Circe Jackson
Teaching Fellow
Dr Lewis Jayes
Teaching Fellow
Dr Sarfraz Jeraj
Teaching Fellow
Dr Chrissie Jones
Reader in Clinical Health Psychology
Dr Christopher Jones
Senior Lecturer in Social and Environmental Psychology
Dr Manveer Kaur
Teaching Fellow
Dr Tom Kent
Teaching Fellow
Rosemary Lobban
Teaching Fellow A
Lucy Longhurst
Teaching Fellow
Dr Evangelia Maragkou
Teaching Fellow
Dr Melissa Marselle
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Dr Oliver Mason
Reader in Clinical Psychology
Dr Emily McDougal
Research Fellow
Dr Lisa Mohebati
Research Fellow
Dr Joanna Moss
Lecturer
Dr Jonathan Nelson
Lecturer in Experimental Cognitive Psychology
Dr Terry Ng-Knight
Lecturer in Personality and Individual Differences
Professor Jane Ogden
Professor of Health Psychology
Professor Bertram Opitz
Professor in Neuroimaging and Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Bob Patton
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology & Lead for the Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behaviours Research Group
Dr Matthew Peacock
Research Fellow
Dr Gemma Perman
Teaching Fellow
Bliss Pidduck
Teaching Fellow Low Intensity Psychological Interventions
Professor Monique Raats
Professor; Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Dr Patrice Rusconi
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Sophie Russell
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Anna Sagredou
Teaching Fellow
Dr Juha Silvanto
Reader in Neuroscience
Priya Silverstein
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Laura Simonds
Senior Teaching Fellow and Academic Director - Clinical Psychology Doctorate
Sian Sinnott
Teaching Fellow A
Dr Kimberley Smith
Lecturer in Health Psychology
Professor Annette Sterr
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
Dr Harriet Tenenbaum
Reader in Developmental Psychology
Dr Hannah Thompson
Lecturer
Dr Lada Timotijevic
Principal Research Fellow
Dr Ines Violante
Senior Lecturer in Psychological Neuroscience
Dr Emma White
Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology
Dr Emma Williams
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Dr Kayleigh Wyles
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Visiting staff
Dr Flavia Filimon
Visiting Lecturer
Linda Morison
Visiting Lecturer
Dr David Rose
Visiting Reader
Professor Paul Sowden
Visiting Professor
Emeritus staff
Professor Martyn Barrett
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Nick Emler
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Richard Shepherd
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor David Uzzell
Professor (Emeritus) of Environmental Psychology
Postgraduate researchers
Erkan Alkan
PhD Student
Mafalda Batista Da Costa
PhD student
Sarah Beck
Postgraduate Research Student
Lara Bertram
PhD Student
Monique Botha
PhD Student
Laurence Carnall
Postgraduate Research Student
Laura Carter
PhD Student
Olga Chelidoni
PhD Candidate
Valerie Ciavarini Azzi
PhD Student
Lucy Cogdell-Brooke
PhD Student
Richard Cronin
PhD Student
Chelsea Dainton
PhD Student
Amelia Dennis
PhD Student
Rhiannon Dunlop
Postgraduate Research Student
Lewis Dunne
PhD Candidate
Abi Enlander
Postgraduate Research Student
Cathy Gagnon
Postgraduate Research Student
David Gamblin
PhD Student
Robin Goldthorpe
Postgraduate Research Student
Sean Gonzalez
PhD Student
Dr Jessica Guzman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Sarah Hack
Teaching Fellow
Thomas Harlow
Postgraduate Research Student
Henry Hebron
Postgraduate Research Student
Susie Johnson
Postgraduate researcher
Daniella Jones
Postgraduate Research Student
Anna Kauer
PhD Student
Katy Kennedy
PhD Student
Panagiota Kontari
PhD Student
Stefano Licchelli
PhD Student and Trainee Health Psychologist
Alfred Loveland
PhD Student
Leah Marks
PhD Student
Will Mayes
PhD Student
Silvia Miele
Postgraduate Research Student
Mark Newman
PhD student
Lucie Ollis
PhD Student and Trainee Health Psychologist. Research Assistant at Your Healthcare (Health Psychology Stage 2 Placement).
Katy Penfold
PhD Student
Lisa Pomford
PhD Student
Saffron Simpson
Postgraduate Research Student
Sarah-Jane Stewart
PhD Student and Trainee Health Psychologist
Rebecca Sultana
Postgraduate Research Student
Lauren Taylor
Postgraduate Research Student
Marta Topor
Psychology PhD Student
Daniela Tramontano
PhD Student
Francesca Trevisan
PhD Student
Greta Urbonaviciute
PhD Student
Emily Ventre
Postgraduate Research Student
Katherine Wakelin
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Anna-Stiina Wallinheimo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mark Wherry
PhD student
Chris Wiles
PhD Candidate
Louisa Zhang
Postgraduate Research Student