Promotions

We are pleased to announce that the following staff were successful during the promotions rounds.

Academic promotions and Teaching promotions take place on an annual cycle, with promotions taking effect from 1 September 2025.

Academic promotions effective from 1 September 2025

Faculty of Engineering

Department Promoted title
Thulasi Mylvaganam

 

Department of Aeronautics Associate Professor in Control Engineering
Choon Hwai Yap

 

Department of Bioengineering Associate Professor in Cardiac Biomechanics
James Choi

 

Department of Bioengineering Associate Professor in Noninvasive Surgery and Sensing
Francesca Ceroni

 

Department of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor in Cell Engineering
Maria Papathanasiou

 

Department of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor in Process Systems Engineering
Rupert Myers

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor in Sustainable Materials
Henry Burridge

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Aikaterini (Katerina) Tsiampousi

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Reader in Geotechnical Infrastructure
Christian Malaga Chuquitaype

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Reader in Structural Dynamics and Seismic Engineering
Adam Sadowski

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Reader in Computational Structural Engineering
Céline Mougenot

 

Dyson School of Design Engineering Associate Professor
Talya Porat

 

Dyson School of Design Engineering Associate Professor in Human Factors Engineering
Nejra Van Zalk

 

Dyson School of Design Engineering Associate Professor in Psychology and Human Factors
Giordano Scarciotti

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Associate Professor in Control Theory
Fei Teng

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Associate Professor in Intelligent Energy Systems
Oleksiy Sydoruk

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Associate Professor
Rossella Arcucci

 

Department of Earth Science and Engineering Associate Professor in Data Learning and AI for Good
Ian David Bastow

 

Department of Earth Science and Engineering Associate Professor in Earthquake Seismology
Andrew Cairns

 

Department of Materials Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry
Michelle (Shelly) Conroy

 

Department of Materials Associate Professor
Minh-Son Pham

 

Department of Materials Associate Professor in Engineering Alloys and Physical Metallurgy
Stefano Angioletti-Uberti

 

Department of Materials Associate Professor in Computational Bionanotechnology
Florian Bouville

 

Department of Materials Associate Professor in Processing and Mechanics of Ceramics
Jun Jiang

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Richard van Arkel

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Konstantinos (Kostas) Steiros

 

Department of Aeronautics Associate Professor in Experimental Fluid Mechanics
Davide Amato

 

Department of Aeronautics Associate Professor in Computational Astrodynamics
Urban Fasel

 

Department of Aeronautics Associate Professor in Data-Driven Aerospace Engineering
Jun Ishihara

 

Department of Bioengineering Associate Professor
Ioannis Karmpadakis

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering
Calvin Tsay

 

Department of Computing Associate Professor in Computing
Pedro Martinez Mediano

 

Department of Computing Associate Professor in Neural Computation
Chen Qin

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Associate Professor
Stefan Vlaski

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Associate Professor
Yunjie Gu

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Associate Professor in Power Systems
Yves Plancherel

 

Department of Earth Science and Engineering Associate Professor in Climate Change and Environment
Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro

 

Department of Bioengineering Professor and Academic Lead for Engineering Biology
Firat Guder

 

Department of Bioengineering Professor of Intelligent Interfaces
Spyridon (Spyros) Masouros

 

Department of Bioengineering Professor of Injury Biomechanics
Ivan Stoianov

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor in Water Systems Engineering
Nicolas Wu

 

Department of Computing Professor of Computer Science
Panos Parpas

 

Department of Computing Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Antoine Cully

 

Department of Computing Professor in Machine Learning and Robotics
Thomas Heinis

 

Department of Computing Professor in Data Management
Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye

 

Department of Computing Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Balarko Chaudhuri

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Professor of Power Systems
Michael Bluck

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Amir Kadiric

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Tribology and Surface Mechanics
Christoph Schwingshackl

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Medicine

Department Promoted title
Ryan Thwaites National Heart and Lung Institute Associate Professor in Respiratory Immunology
Prashant Srivastava

 

National Heart and Lung Institute Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and Medical Statistics
Sonia Nielles-Vallespin

 

National Heart and Lung Institute Associate Professor in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Physics
Rasha Al-Lamee

 

National Heart and Lung Institute Clinical Professor of Cardiology
Fu Siong Ng

 

National Heart and Lung Institute Clinical Professor of Cardiology
Peter George

 

National Heart and Lung Institute Professor of Practice (Respiratory Medicine)
Claudia Gore

 

National Heart and Lung Institute Professor of Practice (Paediatric Allergy)
Sadia Khan

 

National Heart and Lung Institute Professor of Practice (Cardiology)
David Green

 

School of Public Health Principal Research Fellow in Aerosol Science
Leonid Chindelevitch School of Public Health Associate Professor in Antimicrobial Resistance
Thomas Hone

 

School of Public Health Associate Professor in Global Health Systems Research
Monica Pirani

 

School of Public Health Associate Professor in Biostatistics
Eszter Vamos

 

School of Public Health Clinical Reader in Public Health
Daniela Fecht

 

School of Public Health Associate Professor in Geospatial Health
Anthony Laverty

 

School of Public Health Associate Professor in Public Health
Leon Barron

 

School of Public Health Professor of Analytical and Environmental Sciences
Erik Volz

 

School of Public Health Professor in Population Biology of Infectious Diseases
Mando Watson

 

School of Public Health Professor of Practice (Integrated Child Health)
David Wingfield

 

School of Public Health Professor of Practice (Primary Care)
Waseem Jerjes

 

School of Public Health Professor of Practice (Primary Care)
Marco Brancaccio

 

Department of Brain Science Associate Professor
Alexander Nott

 

Department of Brain Science Associate Professor
Wenjia Bai

 

Department of Brain Science Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Samuel Barnes

 

Department of Brain Science Associate Professor in Neural Plasticity
Nir Grossman

 

Department of Brain Science Associate Professor in Neuroscience
David Erritzoe

 

Department of Brain Science Clinical Associate Professor in Psychopharmacology and Psychiatry
David Owen

 

Department of Brain Science Clinical Professor of Pharmacology
Jesus Rodriguez Manzano

 

Department of Infectious Disease Associate Professor in Diagnostic Technologies
Myrsini Kaforou

 

Department of Infectious Disease Reader in Bioinformatics
Harry Low

 

Department of Infectious Disease Professor of Structural Biology
Brian Robertson

 

Department of Infectious Disease Professor of Microbiology
Burak Temelkuran

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Associate Professor in Biomedical Photonics
Beth Holder

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Reader in Maternal and Fetal Health
Tamas Korcsmaros

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Associate Professor in Intestinal Epithelial Systems
Egoda (Lala) Leelarathna

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Clinical Associate Professor in Diabetes
Victoria Male

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Associate Professor in Reproductive Immunology
Shivani Misra

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Clinical Associate Professor in Diabetes
Sheikh (Tamir) Rashid

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Clinical Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Hepatology
Alejandra Tomas

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Professor of Cell Biology
Channa Jayasena

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Clinical Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology
Nicholas Crump

 

Department of Immunology and Inflammation Associate Professor in Myeloma Research
Deepa Jayakody Arachchillage Department of Immunology and Inflammation Professor of Practice (Thrombosis and Haemostasis )
 Stephen McAdoo

 

Department of Immunology and Inflammation Professor of Practice (Nephrology)
Brijesh Patel

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Clinical Associate Professor in Cardiothoracic Critical Care
Stamatia Giannarou

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Reader in Surgical Cancer Technology and Imaging
Geroge Mylonas

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Associate Professor in Robotics and Technology in Cancer
Laura Kenny

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Oncology
Christopher Peters

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Clinical Associate Professor in Upper GI
Mikael Sodergren

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery and Technological Innovation
David Pinato

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Clinical Professor of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics and Medical Oncology
Daniel Leff

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Clinical Professor of Surgical Performance & Precision Surgical Sciences
Kevin Monahan

 

Department of Surgery and Cancer Professor of Practice (Gastroenterology)

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Department Promoted title
Oluwagbemisola Oluleye

 

Centre for Environmental Policy Associate Professor in Sustainable Market Mechanisms
Audrey de Nazelle

 

Centre for Environmental Policy Associate Professor in Urban Sustainability
Ioannis Kountouris

 

Centre for Environmental Policy Associate Professor in Economics and the Environment
Friederike Otto

 

Centre for Environmental Policy Professor of Climate Science
Alexander Ganose

 

Department of Chemistry Associate Professor
Jarvist Frost

 

Department of Chemistry Associate Professor
Louise Walport

 

Department of Chemistry Associate Professor
Rebecca Greenaway

 

Department of Chemistry Associate Professor
Nuria Tapia Ruiz

 

Department of Chemistry Associate Professor in Energy Materials
Felice Torrisi

 

Department of Chemistry Reader in Chemistry of Two-dimensional Materials
Nazila Kamaly

 

Department of Chemistry Associate Professor in Synthetic Biomaterials and Nanomedicine
Maxie M Roessler

 

Department of Chemistry Professor of Chemistry
Laura Barter

 

Department of Chemistry Professor of Plant Chemical Biology
Alessia David

 

Department of Life Sciences Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and Data Intensive Biology
Julia Schroeder

 

Department of Life Sciences Associate Professor in Evolution, Behaviour and Biodiversity
Cristina Banks-Leite

 

Department of Life Sciences Professor of Biodiversity Change
Osman (Tolga) Bozkurt

 

Department of Life Sciences Professor in Host-Pathogen Interactions
Cristopher Salvi

 

Department of Mathematics Associate Professor in Mathematics and Machine Learning
Francesco Sanna Passino

 

Department of Mathematics Associate Professor in Statistics
Barbara Bravi

 

Department of Mathematics Associate Professor in Biomathematics
Ciara Pike-Burke

 

Department of Mathematics Associate Professor in Statistics
Soheyla Feyzbakhsh

 

Department of Mathematics Royal Society University Research Fellow (Reader)
Kolyan Ray

 

Department of Mathematics Reader in Statistics
Thibault Bertrand

 

Department of Mathematics Associate Professor in Statistical Mechanics
Adam Sykulski

 

Department of Mathematics Associate Professor in Statistics
Andrew Duncan

 

Department of Mathematics Associate Professor in  Statistical Machine Learning
Anthea Monod

 

Department of Mathematics Reader in Mathematics and Machine Learning
Sarah Filippi

 

Department of Mathematics Professor of Statistical Machine Learning
Heather Battey

 

Department of Mathematics Professor of Statistics
Ory Schnitzer

 

Department of Mathematics Professor of Applied Mathematics
Edward Gryspeerdt

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor in Atmospheric Physics
Frank Schindler

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor in Condensed Matter Theory
Mary Matthews

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor in Ultrafast Science
Nicholas Wardle

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor in Energy Frontier Physics
Mark Scott

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor in Neutrino Physics
Derek (Kwok Kay) Lee

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor in Physics
Paulo Ceppi

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor in Climate Science
Stefan Truppe

 

Department of Physics Associate Professor

Imperial Business School

Department Promoted title
Fanyin Zheng

 

Department of Analytics, Marketing & Operations Associate Professor of Analytics & Operations
Andre Filipe Raposo Osorio Veiga

 

Department of Economics and Public Policy Associate Professor of Economics
Mushegh Harutyunyan

 

Department Analytics, Marketing, and Operations Associate Professor of Marketing
Savitar Sundaresan

 

Department of Finance Associate Professor of Finance
Esther Boler

 

Department of Economics and Public Policy Associate Professor of Economics
Enrico Biffis

 

Department of Finance Professor of Actuarial Finance
Simon Quinn

 

Department of Economics and Public Policy Professor of Economics
Mark Kennedy

 

Department of Management and Entrepreneurship Professor of Strategy and Organisational Behaviour

Teaching promotions effective from 1 September 2025 

Centre for Academic English

Department Promoted title
Sharon Smith

 

Centre for Academic English Senior Teaching Fellow
Andrew Northern

 

Centre for Academic English Senior Teaching Fellow
June Hammond

 

Centre for Academic English Senior Teaching Fellow
Julie Hartill

 

Centre for Academic English Principal Teaching Fellow
Hilary Glasman-Deal

 

Centre for Academic English Principal Teaching Fellow
Julie King

 

Centre for Academic English Principal Lecturer

Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication

Department Promoted title
Margaret Elizabeth Hoyt Pataki CLCC Senior Teaching Fellow
Michael Weatherburn

 

CLCC Principal Teaching Fellow
Iria González-Becerra CLCC Principal Teaching Fellow

Early Career Researcher Institute

Department Promoted title
Jianliang (Liam) Gao ECRI Senior Teaching Fellow

Faculty of Engineering

Marijan Beg

 

Department of Earth Science and Engineering Senior Teaching Fellow
Chiraag Lala

 

Department of Computing Senior Teaching Fellow
Peter Johnson

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering Principal Lecturer
Maria Parkes

 

Department of Bioengineering Principal Teaching Fellow
Zohaib Akhtar

 

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Principal Teaching Fellow
Sheraz Arif Dyson School of Design Engineering Senior Teaching Fellow
Kamyar Hazeri

 

Dyson School of Design Engineering Senior Teaching Fellow
Shayan Sharifi

 

Dyson School of Design Engineering Principal Lecturer
Maria Ribera Vicent

 

Department of Aeronautics Principal Teaching Fellow
Errikos Levis

 

Department of Aeronautics Principal Lecturer

Faculty of Medicine

Department Promoted title
Joana Salgado Soares Dos Santos Department of Surgery and Cancer Senior Teaching Fellow
Ibtehal Attaelmanan

 

School of Public Health Senior Teaching Fellow
Arti Maini

 

School of Public Health Professor of Teaching in Primary Care
Christopher – James Harvey

 

School of Public Health Principal Teaching Fellow
Atsumi Hirose

 

School of Public Health Senior Teaching Fellow
Laura Canevari

 

Department of Brain Sciences Senior Teaching Fellow
Hatice Bahar Sahin

 

Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Senior Teaching Fellow
Phillip Lawton

 

Faculty Education Office Senior Teaching Fellow
Nitya Krishnan

 

Faculty of Medicine Centre Senior Teaching Fellow
Martin Lupton

 

Faculty of Medicine Centre Professor of Teaching
Sophie Rutschmann

 

Department of Immunology & Inflammation Professor of Immunology Teaching

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Department Promoted title
Ahmadreza Faghih Imani

 

Centre for Environmental Policy Senior Teaching Fellow
Nigel Forrest

 

Centre for Environmental Policy Senior Teaching Fellow
Thomas Creedy

 

Centre for Environmental Policy Senior Teaching Fellow
Ravi Singh

 

Department of Chemistry Senior Teaching Fellow
Ioanna Papatsouma

 

Department of Mathematics Principal Teaching Fellow
Charlotte Kestner

 

Department of Mathematics Principal Lecturer

Imperial Business School

Department Promoted title
Maria Farkas

 

Department of Management & Entrepreneurship Principal Teaching Fellow
Cloda Jenkins

 

Department of Economics and Public Policy Professor of Teaching