Patrick Marsh has accepted the appointment of Chief Property Officer, leading the newly created Property Team with effect from 1 March 2024.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Property Officer will be responsible for the development, operation, repair and ongoing management of Imperial’s property and estates with the goal of having a world class infrastructure to support a world changing academic endeavour.
Professor Peter Todd has accepted the appointment of Dean of Imperial College Business School with effect from 1 September 2024 for a term of five years.
Reporting to the Provost, the Dean will be responsible for all aspects of the Business School’s strategy, operations and finances. As Dean, Professor Todd will also be a member of Imperial College London’s Council and its University Management Board (UMB). (more…)
Professor Stefan Soldner-Rembold has accepted the appointment as Head of the Department of Physics for a term of five years, with effect from 1 April 2024. To facilitate a smooth transition, Professor Soldner-Rembold will start shadowing the current Head of Department, Professor Michele Dougherty, who has accepted an extension to her term until 31 December 2024.
Reporting to the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, as Head of the Department, Professor Soldner-Rembold will provide strategic vision, direction and leadership to Physics and ensure that appropriate plans, management, and governance processes, are in place to create an outstanding and effective academic environment for staff and students.
Professor Deborah Ashby has accepted the appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, for a term of five years, effective from 1 January 2024. Professor Ashby has been the interim Dean since 1 August 2023 following Professor Jonathan Weber’s retirement as Dean.
Reporting to the Provost, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine is responsible for all aspects of the Faculty’s strategy, operations and finances. As Dean, Professor Ashby will also be a member of Imperial’s Council and its University Management Board (UMB).
Professor Gareth Collins has accepted the role of Acting Head of Department of Earth Science and Engineering between the period of 1 November 2023 and 28 February 2024. This is to provide cover for the current Head of the Department, Professor Tina van De Flierdt, while she will be away conducting fieldwork in the Antarctic.
Professor Collins joined Imperial in 2004 as a Research Fellow, after obtaining his PhD in Geology from Imperial in 2002. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer (2011), Reader (2014) and to Professor of Planetary Science in 2018.
Gareth’s research explores the many consequences of collisions in the solar system through the development and application of numerical impact models. Major research contributions include studies of the formation of the Chicxulub impact crater and its role in the K-Pg mass extinction, as well as the formation of many other craters on Earth, the Moon and the role of collisions in the early solar system. He was a co-investigator on the NASA-led InSight mission to Mars and on the Science Investigations Teams of NASA’s DART mission and ESA’s Hera mission.
Professor Oscar Ces has accepted an extension to his appointment as Head of the Department of Chemistry until 31 July 2026. Professor Ces is the Hofmann Chair of Chemistry and has been Head of the Department since August 2019.
Professor Ces first joined Imperial in 1997 as a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry. He then held a postdoctoral fellowship and research lectureship in the department before being promoted to Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor between 2010 and 2016.
Professor Ces’ research interests focus on biomembrane engineering, drug-membrane interactions, biomimicry, soft condensed matter, chemical biology, microfluidics, artificial cells, single cell analysis and lipid membrane mechanics.
Following a full external search, Jenny Rae has accepted appointment as Chief Information Officer with effect from 26 October 2023.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, in this role Jenny will lead the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) division and be responsible for all aspects of Imperial’s Technology Strategy which will support the organisation to realise its digital ambitions.
Jenny took on the role of Acting Chief Information Officer in August 2023, and previously held the role of Director of Digital Products at Imperial since January 2022. Prior to joining Imperial, Jenny worked at Found Tech as Chief Operations Officer, leading the product, technology and business operations functions, and held several senior roles at both Vodafone and BT Group.
We are pleased to announce that the following staff were successful during the promotions rounds.
Academic promotions take place on an annual cycle, with promotions taking effect from 1 September 2023. Learning and Teaching promotions take place three times each year, and have taken effect on 1 October 2022, 1 January 2023 or 1 June 2023.
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Renata Kosova | Economics and Public Policy | Professor of Economics |
| Ralf Martin | Economics and Public Policy | Professor of Economics |
| Mirabelle Muuls | Economics and Public Policy | Associate Professor in Economics |
| Stephan Axel Seiler | Analytics, Marketing and Operations | Professor of Marketing |
| Michelle Rogan Amijee | Management and Entrepreneurship | Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
| Cristobal Juan Garcia Herrera | Management and Entrepreneurship | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Anu Wadhwa | Management and Entrepreneurship | Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
| Pasquale Della Corte | Finance | Professor of Finance |
| Rajkamal Janakiraman Iyer | Finance | Professor of Finance |
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Robert William Hewson | Aeronautics | Professor of Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation |
| Luca Magri | Aeronautics | Professor of Scientific Machine Learning |
| Matthew Santer | Aeronautics | Professor of Aerospace Structures |
| Sita Rosminah Shamsuddin | Aeronautics | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro | Bioengineering | Reader in Synthetic Biology |
| Juan Alvaro Gallego | Bioengineering | Senior Lecturer |
| Parastoo Hashemi | Bioengineering | Reader in Brain Diagnostics and Therapeutics |
| Claire Elizabeth Stanley | Bioengineering | Senior Lecturer |
| Reiko Tanaka | Bioengineering | Professor of Computational Systems Biology & Medicine |
| Vijesh Jagdish Bhute | Chemical Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| James Campbell | Chemical Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Antonio Del Rio Chanona | Chemical Engineering | Senior Lecturer |
| Maria Papathanasiou | Chemical Engineering | Senior Lecturer |
| Qilei Song | Chemical Engineering | Reader in Chemical Engineering |
| Lorenzo Macorini | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Professor of Structural Engineering |
| Antoine Henri Roland Cully | Computing | Reader in Machine Learning and Robotics |
| Hamed Haddadi | Computing | Professor of Human-Centred Systems |
| Yingzhen Li | Computing | Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning |
| Dario Paccagnan | Computing | Senior Lecturer |
| Marek Rei | Computing | Senior Lecturer |
| Maria Valera-Espina | Computing | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Lluis Vilanova | Computing | Senior Lecturer |
| Audrey Gaulard | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Mazdak Ghajari | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Reader |
| Leila Karen Sheldrick | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Senior Lecturer |
| Rebecca Stewart | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Senior Lecturer in Interactive Systems |
| Billy Wu | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Reader in Electrochemical Design Engineering |
| Zahid Ali Khan Durrani | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Professor in Quantum Nanoelectronics |
| Adria Junyent-Ferre | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Reader in Power Electronics |
| Christos Michael Papavassiliou | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Reader in Instrumentation Electronics |
| Steven Wright | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Rossella Arcucci | Earth Science and Engineering | Senior Lecturer in Data Science and Machine Learning |
| Rebecca Emma Bell | Earth Science and Engineering | Reader in Tectonics |
| Gerard John Gorman | Earth Science and Engineering | Professor of Computational Science and Engineering |
| Rhodri Nelson | Earth Science and Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow in Computational Data Science |
| James Percival | Earth Science and Engineering | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Emma Passmore | Earth Science and Engineering | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Pablo Rafael Brito Parada | Earth Science and Engineering | Reader in Sustainable Minerals Processing |
| Adriana Paluszny Rodriguez | Earth Science and Engineering | Reader in Computational Geomechanics |
| Ifan Erfyl Lester Stephens | Materials | Professor in Electrochemistry |
| Mark Damien Sutton | Earth Science and Engineering | Reader in Palaeontology |
| Johannes Clemens Lischner | Materials | Professor of Theory and Simulation of Materials |
| Cecilia Mattevi | Materials | Professor of Materials Science |
| Ulrich N Hansen | Mechanical Engineering | Reader |
| Monica Marinescu | Mechanical Engineering | Reader |
| Ludovic Renson | Mechanical Engineering | Senior Lecturer |
| Janet Wong | Mechanical Engineering | Reader in Tribology and Mechanochemistry |
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Katerina Michalickova | Graduate School | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Maria Magalena Jara Valdivia | Graduate School | Principal Teaching Fellow |
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Kambiz Nassirpour Alavian | Brain Sciences | Reader in Neuroscience |
| Christopher Rance Butler | Brain Sciences | Clinical Reader in Global Brain Health |
| Paul Edison | Brain Sciences | Professor of Neuroscience |
| Dasha Nicholls | Brain Sciences | Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist |
| David Ryan Jacoby Owen | Brain Sciences | Reader in Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine |
| Nichola Cooper | Immunology and Inflammation | Professor of Immune Haematology |
| Alice Elizabeth Denton | Immunology and Inflammation | Senior Lecturer |
| Malgorzata Trela | Immunology and Inflammation | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Mark Gilchrist | Infectious Disease | Professor of Practice |
| Heather Hanna | Infectious Disease | Senior Teaching Fellow (Postgraduate) |
| Pascale Kropf | Infectious Disease | Reader in Immunology |
| Alex James McCarthy | Infectious Disease | Senior Lecturer |
| Jesus Rodriguez Manzano | Infectious Disease | Senior Lecturer in Diagnostics for Infectious Disease |
| Anna Katja Reed | Infectious Disease | Professor of Practice (Respiratory & Transplant Medicine) |
| James Alexander Seddon | Infectious Disease | Professor of Global Child Health |
| Maria Vanesa Sancho Shimizu | Infectious Disease | Reader in Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases |
| John Tregoning | Infectious Disease | Professor in Vaccine Immunology |
| Naila Arebi | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Professor of Practice |
| Ines dos Santos Cebola | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Senior Lecturer in Regulatory Genomics |
| Alexander Nicholas Comninos | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Professor of Practice (Endocrinology) |
| Zoe Lauren Hall | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Mass Spectrometry |
| Aaron Mitchell Lett | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Yan Liu | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Senior Lecturer in Glycosciences |
| Aida Martinez-Sanchez | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Senior Lecturer |
| Niamh Maria Martin | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Professor of Endocrinology |
| Bryn Myers Owen | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Senior Lecturer |
| Nicholas Powell | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Professor of Gastroenterology |
| Makrina Savvidou | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Professor of Practice (Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine) |
| Andriy Shevchuk | Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction | Senior Lecturer |
| Rasha Kadem Al-Lamee | National Heart and Lung Institute | Clinical Reader in Cardiovascular Science |
| Vania Maria Martin Braga | National Heart and Lung Institute | Professor of Cellular Signalling |
| Robina Kate Coker | National Heart and Lung Institute | Professor of Practice (Respiratory Medicine) |
| Fu Siong Ng | National Heart and Lung Institute | Reader in Cardiac Electrophysiology |
| Philip Leslie Molyneaux | National Heart and Lung Institute | Professor of Interstitial Lung Disease |
| Elisabetta Renzoni | National Heart and Lung Institute | Professor of Practice (Respiratory Medicine) |
| Christopher James Rhodes | National Heart and Lung Institute | Reader in Pulmonary Vascular Disease |
| Coen Wiegman | National Heart and Lung Institute | Senor Teaching Fellow |
| Beata Wojciak-Stothard | National Heart and Lung Institute | Professor in Vascular Biology |
| Ahmed Rashid Ahmed | Surgery and Cancer | Clinical Reader in Metabolic Surgery |
| James Macalister Kinross | Surgery and Cancer | Reader in General Surgery |
| Olivier E Pardo | Surgery and Cancer | Reader in Cancer Cell Signalling |
| David James Pinato | Surgery and Cancer | Clinical Reader in Medical Oncology |
| Rohini Sharma | Surgery and Cancer | Professor Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Oncology |
| Justin Roe | Surgery and Cancer | Professor of Practice (Speech and Swallowing Rehabilitation) |
| Benjamin Barratt | School of Public Health | Professor in Environmental Exposures and Public Health |
| Abbas Dehghan | School of Public Health | Professor in Molecular Epidemiology |
| Nuno Miguel Faria | School of Public Health | Professor in Virus Genomic Epidemiology |
| Filippos Filippidis | School of Public Health | Reader in Public Health |
| Felix Edward Clovis Greaves | School of Public Health | Clinical Reader in Public Health |
| Silke Kerruth | School of Public Health | Senior Teaching Fellow |
| Robert Edward Klaber | School of Public Health | Professor of Practice (Population Health) |
| Zeinab Mulla | School of Public Health | Senior Teaching Fellow in Public Health |
| Sabita Nellamakada Uthaya | School of Public Health | Professor of Practice (Neonatal Medicine) |
| Verena Zuber | School of Public Health | Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics |
| Department | Promoted title | |
| Jeremy Woods | Centre for Environmental Policy | Professor of Sustainable Development |
| Artem Bakulin | Chemistry | Reader in Physical Chemistry |
| Anna Barnard | Chemistry | Senior Lecturer |
| Marco Di Antonio | Chemistry | Senior Lecturer |
| Rebecca Louise Greenaway | Chemistry | Senior Lecturer |
| Louise Jane Walport | Chemistry | Senior Lecturer |
| Doryen Althea Bubeck | Life Sciences | Professor in Structural Immunology |
| Abigail Clements | Life Sciences | Senior Lecturer |
| Tiago Rafael Dias da Costa | Life Sciences | Senior Lecturer in Bacterial Pathogenesis |
| Dorian Guzu | Life Sciences | Learning Technologist |
| Gerald Jean-Paul Larrouy-Maumus | Life Sciences | Reader in Molecular Microbiology |
| Samraat Pawar | Life Sciences | Professor of Theoritical Ecology |
| William David Pearse | Life Sciences | Reader in Evolutionary Ecology |
| James Lloyd Rosindell | Life Sciences | Professor of Biodiversity Theory |
| Tony David Southall | Life Sciences | Reader in Molecular Genetics |
| Joseph Andrew Tobias | Life Sciences | Professor of Biodiversity & Ecosystems |
| Nikolai Windbichler | Life Sciences | Reader in Genetics |
| Jose Jimenez Zarco | Life Sciences | Reader in Synthetic Biology |
| Dante Kalise Balza | Mathematics | Reader in Computational Optimisation and Control |
| Ajay Chandra | Mathematics | Senior Lecturer |
| Davoud Cheraghi | Mathematics | Reader in Pure Mathematics |
| David Anthony Ham | Mathematics | Professor of Computational Mathematics |
| Nikolaos Kantas | Mathematics | Reader in Statistics |
| Yanki Lekili | Mathematics | Professsor of Geometry |
| Antoine Jacquier | Mathematics | Professor of Mathematics |
| Eyal Neumann | Mathematics | Reader in Mathematics |
| Ioanna Papatsouma | Mathematics | Senior Teaching Fellow in Statistics |
| Martin Rasmussen | Mathematics | Professor of Mathematics |
| Pierre-Francois Rodriguez | Mathematics | Senior Lecturer in Pure Mathematics |
| Travis Jeremy Schedler | Mathematics | Professor of Mathematics |
| Ewelina Turkedjiev (Zatorska) | Mathematics | Reader in Applied and Numerical Analysis |
| Simon Nicholas Bland | Physics | Professor of Plasma Physics |
| William Richard Branford | Physics | Professor of Solid State Physics |
| Paulo Andres Ceppi | Physics | Senior Lecturer in Climate Science |
| Jonathan Eastwood | Physics | Professor of Space Physics |
| Johannes Knolle | Physics | Reader in Quantum Simulation and Computation of Materials |
| Michael Andrew McCann | Physics | Senior Lecturer in Flavour Physics |
| Daniel John Mortlock | Physics | Professor of Astrophysics and Statistics |
| Mitesh Patel | Physics | Professor of Physics |
| Masoud Seifikar | Physics | Senior Strategic Teaching Fellow |
Professor Neil Ferguson has accepted appointment as Director of the School of Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine, with effect from 1 August 2023 for a term of five years.
Reporting to the Interim Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor Ferguson will provide strategic vision, direction and leadership to the School of Public Health and will ensure that appropriate plans, management and governance structures and practices are in place.
Jenny Rae has taken up the role of Acting Chief Information Officer for an initial period of 6 months, contingent on the appointment of the substantive post holder.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, in this role Jenny will lead the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) division and be responsible for all aspects of Imperial’s Technology Strategy which will support the organisation to realise its digital ambitions.
Jenny has been Director of Digital Products at Imperial since January 2022. She previously worked at Found Tech as Chief Operations Officer, leading the product, technology and business operations functions. Prior to this, Jenny held several senior roles at both Vodafone and BT Group.