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Dean and Deputy Dean of the Faculty

Dean - Professor Mark Burchell (2016 - 2021)

Deputy Dean - Professor Alistair Mathie to 2020

School Heads and Deputy Heads

  1. School of Biosciences
      • Dr Dan Mulvihill
      • Dr Dan Lloyd
  2. School of Computing
      • Professor Richard Jones
      • Mr Gerald Tripp (Deputy and Director of Operations)
      • Dr Peter Rodgers (Deputy) from February 2017
      • Dr Fernando Otero (Deputy - Medway)
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts
      • Professor Farzin Deravi
      • Dr Richard Guest (Deputy)
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
      • Professor Peter Hydon
      • Bas Lemmens (Deputy)
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy
      • Professor Susan Barker
      • Dr Gurprit Lall (Deputy) (Interim)
      • Dr Trudy Thomas (Deputy) (Interim)
  6. School of Physical Sciences
      • Professor Nigel Mason OBE
      • Dr Simon Holder (Deputy)
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences
      • Dr James Hopker (Interim)
      • Mrs Jane Glew (Deputy)

Associate Dean (Education)

Dr Samantha Winter (from the School of Sport & Exercise Sciencess)

Associate Dean (Research and Innovation)

Dr Dan Mulvihill (from the School of Biosciences) - to December 2020

Associate Dean (Graduate Studies)

Dr Gurprit Lall (from the Medway School of Pharmacy) - to July 2021

Faculty Director of Internationalisation

Professor Ian Mcloughlin (from the School of Computing at Medway) - to 30 Oct 19

Faculty Director of Medical Sciences

Professor Michelle Garrett (from the School of Biosciences)

Faculty Director of Recruitment and Outreach

Dr Richard Williamson (from the School of Biosciences) to July 2020

Faculty Director of Student Experience

Dr Pauline Phelan (from the School of Biosciences) to July 2019

School Directors of Graduate Studies

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Campbell Gourlay (R) (1 Feb 17 - 31 Aug 19), Dr Dan Lloyd (T)
  2. School of Computing: Prof Sally Fincher (R) Dr Michael Kampouridis (T) 
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Konstantinos Sirlantzis (R), Dr Jim Ang (T)
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Andrew James (T), Dr Steffen Krusch (R)
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Sarah Corlett (R), Dr Trudy Thomas (T)
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr. Penelope Wozniakiewicz
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr James Hopker (R) (1 Sep 16 - 31 Aug 19), Sadie Jones (T)

School Directors of Innovation

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Gary Robinson (Title: Senior Commercialisation Manager)
  2. School of Computing: Dr Budi Arief
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Professor Yong Yan
  4. School of Mathematics Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Xue Wang
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Vadim Sumbayev
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Jennifer Hiscock
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr Lex Mauger

School Directors of Internationalisation

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Dan Lloyd
  2. School of Computing: Dr Caroline Li
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Ania Bobrowicz
  4. School of Mathematics Statistics and Actuarial Science: Mr Nick Wood
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: TO BE ADVISED AY 17-18
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Sam Carr
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr Karen Hambly
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Parminder Sandhu

School Directors of Education

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Mark Wass
  2. School of Computing: Mr Ian Utting
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Sanaul Hoque
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Alexa Laurence
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Nathalie Lavignac
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Chris Shepherd
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Kyra De Coninck
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Kirsti Taylor

School Director of Recruitment

  1. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Vladimir Gubala
  2. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Ms Ania Bobrowicz

School Directors of Research

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Tobias von der Haar
  2. School of Computing: Dr Peter Rodgers
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Professor Nathan Gomes
  4. School of Mathematics Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Bas Lemmens
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Vadim Sumbayev
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Simon Holder
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr Glen Davison

School Directors of Undergraduate Studies

  1. School of Biosciences:
    1. Biology and Biochemistry: Dr Anthony Baines
    2. Biomedical Science: Dr Campbell Gourlay
  2. School of Computing:
    1. Canterbury: Ms Janet Carter
    2. Medway: Dr Yang He
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts:
    1. Digital Arts: Ms Ania Bobrowicz
    2. Engineering: Professor John Batchelor
    3. Foundation Year: Dr Benito Sanz-Izquierdo
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science:
    1. Dr Alfred Kume
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy (MPharm programme):
    1. Chemistry and Drug Delivery: Dr Andrew Hall
    2. Clincal and Professional Practice: Dr Shivaun Gammie and Dr Ruey-Leng Loo
    3. Biological Science - vacancy
  6. School of Physical Sciences:
    1. Physics: Dr Silvia Ramos
    2. Forensic Science / Forensic Chemistry: Dr Chris Shepherd
    3. Chemistry: Dr Ewan Clark
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences:
    1. Sport Therapy: Mr Karthikayan Muthumayandi
    2. Sports Science: Ms Lucy Hale
    3. Sports Management: Dr Niki Koutrou
    4. Sports Health: Dr Steve Meadows

Centre Directors

  1. Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science: Prof Michael Smith
  2. Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems: Prof Howard Bowman and Dr Dinkar Sharma
  3. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Scott Wildman
  4. Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Reproduction (CISoR): Professor Darren Griffin
  5. Industrial Biotechnology Centre: Prof Mark Smales
  6. Kent Interdisciplinary Reseach Centre in Cyber Security (KirCCS): Prof Shujun Li
  7. Institute of Advanced Studies in Cyber Security and Conflict (SoCyETAL): Prof Shujun Li
  8. Electronic Systems Design Centre: Mr Peter Lee
  9. National Centre for Statistical Ecology

Access Co-ordinators

School of Physical Sciences: Dr Victoria Mason

Administration

  • Head of Administration, Faculty of Sciences - Linda Lough
  • Dean's PA - Rebecca Beach
  • School Administration Managers
  1. School of Biosciences: Charlotte Ransom
  2. School of Computing: Dr Olaf Chitil (Canterbury) Dr Matteo Migliavacca (Medway)
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Mita Mondal
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: John Crook
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Rebecca Groves
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Clair Gould
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Richard Millns
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Jakki Bardsley

Admissions Officers - Postgraduate

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Tobias von der Haar
  2. School of Computing: Dr Laura Bocchi (Research) and David Barnes (Taught)
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Huiling Zhu
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science:
    1. PDip Actuarial Science and MSc Applied Actuarial Science: Mr John Millett
    2. PhD Actuarial Science: Dr Daniel Alai
    3. PhD Mathematics: Dr Steffen Krusch
    4. MSc Mathematics: Dr Bas Lemmens
    5. MSc Statistics: Dr Fabrizio Leisen
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Postgraduate Research Administrator - Lynsay Hodges, Postgraduate Taught Administrator - Louise Dawson
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr. Penelope Wozniakiewicz
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr James Hopker (Research), Dr Glen Davison (Taught)

Admissions Officers - Undergraduate

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Richard Williamson / Dr Mark Shepherd
  2. School of Computing: [at Canterbury] Dr Olaf Chitil
  3. School of Computing [at Medway]: Dr Matteo Migliavacca
  4. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Luca Marcelli
  5. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Chris Woodcock
  6. Medway School of Pharmacy: Debbie Dixon (MSOP Admissions Manager)
  7. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Stuart Gibson (Main Admissions and Forensic Science), Dr Stuart Gibson (Chemistry), Dr Tim Kinnear (Physics and overseas recruitment)
  8. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr Steve Meadows
  9. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Mrs Jakki Bardsley & Ms Christine Lawrence

Boards of Studies - Chairs

Note: Annex H of the Quality Assurance Code of Practice requires that Departments establish a Board of Studies and appoint a Director of Studies for each group of cognate programmes. Where a Department has only one group of cognate programmes, the Board of Studies may be subsumed within the Education Committee.

Annex H also requires that the Chair of each Board of Studies will be the Director of Studies for the programme concerned.

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Ian Blomfield (Undergraduate), Dr Dan Lloyd (Postgraduate)
  2. School of Computing: Ms Janet Carter (Undergraduate), Dr Michael Kampouridis (Postgraduate)
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts:
    Digital Media Board: Ms Ania Bobrowicz
    Engineering Board: Professor John Batchelor
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science:
    Mathematics & Statistics: Dr Alfred Kume
    Actuarial Science: Mark Heller
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: TO BE ADVISED AY 18-19
  6. School of Physical Sciences:
    Physics: Dr Dirk Froebrich
    Chemistry: Dr Maria Alfredsson
    Forensics: Robert Green OBE
  7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: Professor Claire Peppiatt-Wildman

Disciplinary Committees (Chairs)

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Anthony Baines and Dr Elizabeth Curling (Plagarism Officer)
  2. School of Computing: Mr Ian Utting
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Richard Guest
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Owen Lyne
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Sarah Corlett
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr George Dobre
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Ms Sadie Jones
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Kirsti Taylor or Dr Scott Wildman

Equality and Diversity Coordinators

  1. School of Biosciences: Sarah Reed
  2. School of Computing: Jacqui Chetty
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Ms Catherine Butler and Professor Farzin Deravi
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Rowena Paget
  5. School of Physical Sciences: Peter Verrall
  6. School of Pharmacy: TBC
  7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: TBC
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Mrs Ruth Brown

Examinations Officers

Postgraduate degrees

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Ian Blomfield (Chief Examiner)
  2. School of Computing: Dr Stefan Kahrs
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts (please note names changes from AY 17-18):
    1. (MSc) Advanced Communications Engineering (RF Technology and Telecommunications) (formerly Broadband & Mobile Communication Networks): Dr Chao Wang
    2. (MSc) Advanced Communications Engineering (Wireless systems and networks) (formerly Wireless Communications & Signal Processing): Dr Chao Wang
    3. (MSc) Information Security & Biometrics: Dr Sanual Hoque/ Dr Kostas Sirlantzis
    4. (MSc) Advanced Electronic Systems Engineering: TBA

      5. These 3 have 100% coursework therefore the Officers are the Chairs of the Board of Examiners on these programmes.
    5. (MSc) Computer Animation: Mr David Byers Brown
    6. (MSc) Digital Visual Effects: Mr David Byers Brown
    7. (MSc) Mobile Application Design: Dr Christos Efstratiou
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Professor Martin Ridout
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy:
    1. Dr Trudy Thomas (T)
    2. Dr Gurprit Lall (R)
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Physics: Dr Silvia Ramos-Perez

    Undergraduate Degrees
    1. Stage 2 and above:
      1. School of Biosciences: Dr Anthony Baines
      2. School of Computing: Dr Stefan Kahrs
      3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Christos Efstratiou
      4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Professor Martin Ridout
      5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Luke Taylor
      6. School of Physical Sciences: Physics - Professor Paul Strange, Forensics and Chemistry - Dr Dean Sayle
      7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: Ms Kyra de Coninck
      8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Scott Wildman & Mrs Ruth Brown
    2. Stage 1:
      1. School of Biosciences: Professor William Gullick
      2. School of Computing: Dr Stefan Kahrs
      3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Christos Efstratiou
      4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Professor Martin Ridout
      5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Luke Taylor
      6. School of Physical Sciences: Physics - Professor Paul Strange, Forensics and Chemistry - Dr Dean Sayle
      7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Ms Kyra de Coninck
      8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Scott Wildman & Mrs Ruth Brown
    3. Foundation Year:
      1. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Benito Sanz-Izquierdo
      2. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Professor Martin Ridout
      3. Medway School of Pharmacy: Luke Taylor
      4. School of Physical Sciences: Physics - Professor Paul Strange, Forensics and Chemistry - Dr Dean Sayle
      5. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Scott Wildman & Mrs Ruth Brown

Foundation Year Co-ordinators

  1. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Mr Robert Oven and Dr B Sanz-Izquierdo
  2. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Tom Bennett
  3. School of Physical Sciences: Chemistry and Forensic Science: Dr Aaron Berko, Physics: Dr Gaby Roch; Dr Victoria Mason

Library Representatives

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Jose Ortega-Roldan
  2. School of Computing: Dr Carlos Perez-Delgado
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Kostas Sirlantzis
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Nicolò Sibilla
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Ruey-Leng Loo
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Ewan Clark
  7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: Ms Kyra de Coninck
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Kirsti Taylor  

Outreach Coordinators

  • Sciences Subject Specialist: being recruited to Aug / Sep 2018
  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Anastasios Tsaousis and Dr Ben Goult
  2. School of Computing: Dr Fernando Otero
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Rocio von Jungenfeld
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Kerry Newlyn
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Vladimir Gubala
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Victoria Mason
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr John Dickinson
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: TBC

Placement Officers

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Mark Wass and Prof Mike Geeves
  2. School of Computing: Sian Robson and Katie Van Sanden
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Ms Famy Rashid
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Nikki Ellis
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Ruey-Leng Loo and Linda Marsh
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr Aniello Palma
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Deana Stephens

Publicity Officers

  1. School of Biosciences: Lin Riches
  2. School of Computing: Orla Garratt
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Ms Catherine Butler
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: John Crook
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Debby Dixon
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Katherine Moss
  7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: Natali Alvarez
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Mr Barry Rickhuss

REF Coordinators

  1. School of Biosciences: Professor Darren Griffin
  2. School of Computing: Dr Peter Rodgers
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Professor Gareth Howells
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Actuarial Science - Professor Jing Ping Wang
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Dr Vadim Sumbayev - Impact Coordinator: Professor Janet Krska
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Physics - Prof Stephen Lowry; Forensic - Dr Stuart Gibson; Chemistry - Dr Chris Serpell 
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Dr Mark Burnley

Senior Tutors

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Kay Foster
  2. School of Computing: Ms Janet Carter at Canterbury and Dr Yang He at Medway
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Richard Guest
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Owen Lyne
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: Andrew Lea
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr George Dobre
  7. School of Sport & Exercise Sciences: Ms Sadie Jones
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Dr Carolyn Barker

Student Liaison Convenors

  1. School of Biosciences: Dr Wei-Feng Xue and Dr Alessia Buscaino
  2. School of Computing: Stage 1 Year Director: Stefan Marr (UKC), Anna Jordanous (UKM)
    Stage 2 Year Director: Dominic Orchard (UKC), Fernando Otero (UKM)
    Stage 3 Year Director: Marek Grzes (UKC), Huy Phan (UKM)
    Conversion MSc Programme Director: Radu Grigore
    Advanced MSc Programme Director: Julien Lange (UKC)
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Dr Richard Guest
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: Dr Owen Lyne
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: TBC
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Dr George Dobre
  7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: Dr John Dickinson
  8. Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships: Mrs Ruth Brown & Dr Carolyn Barker

Timetable Convenors

  1. School of Biosciences: Alice Munday
  2. School of Computing:
    1. Canterbury - Amanda Ollier
    2. Medway - Janine Jarvis
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts: Mita Mondal
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science: John Crook
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy: to be advised
  6. School of Physical Sciences: Kim Harty
  7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: Richard Millns

Sciences Representatives on other Boards/Committees

Professor David Chadwick - KAR User Group (contact Academic Liaison)

Research Ethics Advisory Group Representatives

  1. School of Biosciences - Dr Peter Ellis
  2. School of Computing - Dr Ozgur Kafali
  3. School of Engineering and Digital Arts - Professor Jiangzhou Wang
  4. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science - Dr Owen Lyne
  5. Medway School of Pharmacy - Dr Sarah Corlett
  6. School of Physical Sciences - Dr Donna Arnold
  7. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences - Prof Louis Passfield


 

Last updated: November 7, 2019

 

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Last Updated: 03/07/2020