Professor Jennifer Quint has been appointed as Director of the Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI), effective from 1 November 2026, for a term of five years.
In this role, Professor Quint will lead ECRI’s next phase of development, building on the strong foundations established by Professor George Constantinides and continuing to strengthen support for Imperial’s early career researcher community.
ECRI’s primary audiences are research degree students, postdocs, and research fellows. It also supports MRes students, research technical professionals and software engineers, research degree supervisors, line managers of research staff and principal investigators (PIs).
Professor Quint currently serves as one of ECRI’s Directors of Academic Affairs and has played a key role in the Institute’s development since its establishment.
An internationally recognised researcher and experienced academic leader, Professor Quint brings extensive experience in supporting the development of early career researchers and advancing research culture across Imperial.