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 2026.
Academic promotions effective from 1 September 2026
Faculty of Engineering
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Paul Bruce | Aeronautics | Professor of High-Speed Aerodynamics |
| Sebastian Eastham | Aeronautics | Associate Professor of Sustainable Aviation |
| Qianqian Li | Aeronautics | Associate Professor in Lightweight Materials and Composites |
| Hayriye Cagnan | Bioengineering | Associate Professor in Neuromodulation |
| Claire Higgins | Bioengineering | Professor of Regenerative Medicine |
| Nick Linton | Bioengineering | Clinical Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Bioengineering |
| Christopher Rowlands | Bioengineering | Associate Professor |
| Claire Stanley | Bioengineering | Associate Professor in Fungal Bioengineering |
| Guang Yang | Bioengineering | Associate Professor of AI in Biomedical Science |
| Antonio del Rio Chanona | Chemical Engineering | Associate Professor on Machine Learning and Process Systems Engineering |
| Yuval Elani | Chemical Engineering | Professor of Biochemical Technologies |
| Salvador Eslava | Chemical Engineering | Professor of Applied Energy Materials |
| Pinelopi Kyvelou | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Associate Professor in Structural Engineering |
| Po-Heng (Henry) Lee | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Associate Professor in Environmental Microbiology and Engineering |
| Andrew Phillips | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Professor of Structural Biomechanics |
| David Taborda | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Professor of Geotechnical Numerical Analysis |
| Tolga Birdal | Computing | Associate Professor in Computer Vision and Machine Learning |
| Edward David Johns | Computing | Professor of Robot Learning |
| Evangelos Marios Kogias | Computing | Associate Professor of Computer Science |
| Holger Pirk | Computing | Associate Professor in Data Processing Systems |
| Samuel Cooper | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Professor of Artificial Intelligence for Materials Design |
| Mazdak Ghajari | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Professor of Brain Biomechanics |
| Billy Wu | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Professor of Electrochemical Engineering |
| Joel Davis | Earth Science and Engineering | Associate Professor in Planetary Science |
| Fangxin Fang | Earth Science and Engineering | Principal Research Fellow |
| Philippa Mason | Earth Science and Engineering | Associate Professor in Planetary Remote Sensing |
| Adriana Paluszny Rodriguez | Earth Science and Engineering | Professor of Computational Geomechanics |
| Fredrick Richards | Earth Science and Engineering | Associate Professor in Earth Sciences |
| Gareth Roberts | Earth Science and Engineering | Associate Professor in Earth Sciences |
| Ranan Dasgupta | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Professor of Practice (Endourology and Technology) |
| Adam Spiers | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Associate Professor in Robotics and Machine Learning |
| Oriol Gavalda Diaz | Materials | Associate Professor in Ceramics |
| Chun Huang | Materials | Professor in Energy Storage Materials |
| Samuel Humphry-Baker | Materials | Associate Professor in Ceramics |
| Reshma Rao | Materials | Associate Professor of Catalysis and Interfaces |
| Paul Hooper | Mechanical Engineering | Associate Professor in Advanced Manufacturing |
| Marc Masen | Mechanical Engineering | Professor of Bio and Sustainable Tribology |
| Sina Stapelfeldt | Mechanical Engineering | Associate Professor |
Faculty of Medicine
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Anthony (Tony) Goldstone | Brain Sciences | Clinical Professor in PsychoNeuroEndocrinology |
| Nathan Skene | Brain Sciences | Associate Professor of Neurogenomics |
| Yen Foung Tai | Brain Sciences | Professor of Practice (Neurology) |
| Alastair Webb | Brain Sciences | Clinical Professor of Cerebrovascular Disease |
| Candice Roufosse | Immunology and Inflammation | Clinical Professor in Renal Pathology |
| Paras Anand | Infectious Disease | Associate Professor of Innate Immunity |
| Thomas Clarke | Infectious Disease | Associate Professor in Microbiology and Immunology |
| Andrew Edwards | Infectious Disease | Professor of Molecular Microbiology |
| Caroline Foster | Infectious Disease | Professor of Practice (Adolescent Infectious Diseases) |
| Rachel (Pei-Jen) Lai | Infectious Disease | Associate Professor in Molecular Infection |
| Laura Martin-Sancho | Infectious Disease | Associate Professor in Systems Biology |
| Thomas (Tom) Parks | Infectious Disease | Clinical Associate Professor in Infectious Disease |
| David Riglar | Infectious Disease | Associate Professor of Engineering Biology |
| Aileen Rowan | Infectious Disease | Associate Professor in Virology |
| Maria Vanessa Sancho Shimizu | Infectious Disease | Professor in Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases |
| Jaimini Cegla | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Professor of Practice (Metabolic Medicine) |
| Aida Martinez-Sanchez | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Associate Professor RNA Biology and Gene Regulation |
| Evangelos Triantafyllou | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Associate Professor of Liver Immunology |
| Jorge Bernardino de la Serna | National Heart and Lung Institute | Associate Professor in Inhalation Toxicology and Pharmacology |
| Sara Fontanella | National Heart and Lung Institute | Associate Professor in Biomedical Modelling |
| Michela Noseda | National Heart and Lung Institute | Professor of Cardiovascular Science |
| Amanda Varnava | National Heart and Lung Institute | Professor of Practice (Cardiology) |
| Cheryl Battersby | School of Public Health | Clinical Associate Professor in Neonatal Medicine |
| Sean David Beevers | School of Public Health | Professor in Environmental and Climate Modelling |
| Anne Cori | School of Public Health | Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
| Ilaria Dorigatti | School of Public Health | Professor of Infectious Disease Analysis and Modelling |
| Frédéric Piel | School of Public Health | Associate Professor in Spatial Epidemiology |
| Hugo Turner | School of Public Health | Associate Professor in Global Health and Economic Evaluation |
| Dragana Vuckovic | School of Public Health | Associate Professor in Computational Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Patrick Walker | School of Public Health | Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Dynamics |
| Oliver John Watson | School of Public Health | Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modelling and Health Emergencies |
| Lilith Whittles | School of Public Health | Associate Professor in Mathematical Epidemiology |
| David Benjamin Antcliffe | Surgery and Cancer | Clinical Associate Professor in Critical Care Medicine |
| Claire Fletcher | Surgery and Cancer | Associate Professor of Molecular Oncology |
| Vickie Lee | Surgery and Cancer | Professor of Practice (Ophthalmology) |
| Sayed Ali Salehi-Reyhani | Surgery and Cancer | Associate Professor in Cancer Convergence Science |
| Vasiliki Theodoreli-Riga | Surgery and Cancer | Professor of Practice (Surgery & Education) |
Faculty of Natural Sciences
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Rocio Diaz-Chavez | Centre for Environmental Policy | Principal Research Fellow |
| Caroline Howe | Centre for Environmental Policy | Associate Professor in Biodiversity and Climate Ecology |
| Morena Mills | Centre for Environmental Policy | Professor in Environmental Policy and Practice |
| Francesco Antonio Aprile | Chemistry | Associate Professor in Biological Chemistry |
| Marco Di Antonio | Chemistry | Associate Professor in Chemical Biology |
| Nicola Gasparini | Chemistry | Associate Professor in Electronic Materials |
| Aleksandar Ivanov | Chemistry | Associate Professor of Nanotechnology |
| Andreas Kafizas | Chemistry | Associate Professor in Semiconductor Photocatalysis |
| Kirsty Bannister | Life Sciences | Associate Professor of Sensory Neurophysiology |
| Michalis Barkoulas | Life Sciences | Professor of Molecular Genetics |
| Morgan Douglas Beeby | Life Sciences | Professor of Microbiology and Structural Biology |
| Emma Cavan | Life Sciences | Associate Professor in Marine Biogeochemistry |
| Peter Graystock | Life Sciences | Associate Professor in Human and Animal Health |
| Sarah Rouse | Life Sciences | Senior Research Fellow in Integrative Structural Biology |
| Marco Trizzino | Life Sciences | Associate Professor in Developmental Genomics |
| Nikolai Windbichler | Life Sciences | Professor of Genetic Engineering |
| Omer Deniz Akyildiz | Mathematics | Associate Professor in Statistics |
| George Boxer | Mathematics | Royal Society University Research Fellow (Associate Professor) |
| Edward Cohen | Mathematics | Professor of Statistics |
| Soheyla Feyzbakhsh | Mathematics | Professor of Pure Mathematics |
| Dante Kalise Balza | Mathematics | Professor of Computational Optimisation and Control |
| Omer Karin | Mathematics | Associate Professor in Biomathematics |
| Eric Edward Keaveny | Mathematics | Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| Riccardo Passeggeri | Mathematics | Associate Professor in Mathematics and Statistics |
| Robin Jeremy Ryder | Mathematics | Associate Professor in Statistics |
| Steven Sivek | Mathematics | Professor of Pure Mathematics |
| Yufei Zhang | Mathematics | Associate Professor in Mathematical Finance and Machine Learning |
| Niladri Banerjee | Physics | Associate Professor in Physics |
| Piers Barnes | Physics | Associate Professor of Solid State Physics |
| Shai Chester | Physics | Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics |
| Linda Cremonesi | Physics | Associate Professor in Particle Physics |
| Patrick Dunne | Physics | Associate Professor of Physics |
| Grigory Kagan | Physics | Associate Professor of Physics |
| James Edward Owen | Physics | Professor of Astrophysics |
| Frank Schindler | Physics | Associate Professor in Quantum Matter Theory |
Imperial Business School
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Zhe Liu | Analytics, Marketing and Operations | Associate Professor of Analytics and Operations |
| Stijn Maesen | Analytics, Marketing and Operations | Associate Professor of Marketing |
| Mirabelle Muûls | Economics and Public Policy | Professor of Economics |
| Michael Yeomans | Management and Entrepreneurship | Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour |
Teaching promotions effective from 1 September 2026
Centre for Academic English
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Neil Taylor | Centre for Academic English | Senior Teaching Fellow |
Early Career Researcher Institute
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Elena Forasacco | Early Career Researcher Institute | Principal Teaching Fellow |
Faculty of Engineering
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Sze Wing Tang | Bioengineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Deesha Chadha | Chemical Engineering | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Robert Chatley | Computing | Professor of Teaching in Software Engineering |
| Thomas Davison | Earth Science and Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Parastoo Salah | Earth Science and Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
Faculty of Medicine
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Stefano Sandrone | Brain Sciences | Principal Lecturer |
| Giskin Day | Faculty Education Office | Principal Lecturer |
| Lydia Durant | Faculty Education Office | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Alessia Galasso | Faculty Education Office | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Sohag Saleh | Faculty Education Office | Principal Lecturer |
| Mahsa Samadi | Faculty Education Office | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Jeffrey Vernon | Faculty Education Office | Principal Lecturer |
| Stephanie Hodeib | Immunology and Inflammation | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Natasha Croome | School of Public Health | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Celine Tabche | School of Public Health | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Athina Belsi | Surgery and Cancer | Prinicpal Teaching Fellow |
| Christa Han+C1:F33sen | Surgery and Cancer | Senior Teaching Fellow |
Faculty of Natural Sciences
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Mike Tennant | Centre for Environmental Policy | Principal Lecturer |
| Euan Doidge | Chemistry | Principal Lecturer |
| Benji Fenech Salerno | Chemistry | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Rebecca Jones | Chemistry | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Jakub Radzikowski | Chemistry | Principal Lecturer |
| Michael Baker | Life Sciences | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Josh Hodge | Life Sciences | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Catherine Mansfield | Life Sciences | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Atieme Joseph Ogbolosingha | Life Sciences | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Phillip Ramsden | Mathematics | Professor of Mathematics Education |
| Prasun Ray | Mathematics | Principal Lecturer |
| Jonathan Fenton | Physics | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Michael Fox | Physics | Principal Teaching Fellow |