Department of Life Sciences academic staff
We oversee and deliver the Department's teaching and research activities.
Our duties include:
- teaching on our undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses
- research expertise across our internationally excellent portfolio
- supervision of PhD research students
Leadership
- Professor Philip Ingham, FRS, FMedSci, Professor of Developmental Genetics / Head of Department
- Professor Robert N Kelsh, Professor of Stem Cell and Developmental Genetics / Deputy Head of Department
- Dr Amanda Mackenzie, Senior Lecturer / Deputy Head of Department
Academic staff
- Professor K Ravi Acharya, Professor of Structural Biology
- Dr Maki Asami, Research Fellow
- Verity Ayles, Teacher Practitioner
- Dr Stefan Bagby, Reader
- Dr Chris Bailey, Reader
- Dr Sarah Bailey, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ian Blagbrough, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Albert Bolhuis, Reader
- Professor David Brown, Professor of Biochemistry
- Dr Neil Brown, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Zoe Burke, Director of Education
- Dr Lorenzo Caggiano, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Edward Carter, Lecturer
- Dr Volkan Cevik, Senior Lecturer
- Dr James Clark, Prize Fellow
- Glen Cooper, Practice Educator
- Dr Lauren Cowley, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Susan Crennell, Senior Lecturer/ Director of Studies for Biochemistry
- Dr Paul De Bank, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Emma Denham, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Begoña Delgado-Charro, Professor
- Dr Charlotte Dodson, Senior Lecturer
- Dr James Doughty, Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies for Biology
- Dr Christine Edmead, Admissions Tutor, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies (Pharmacology)
- Dr Ian Eggleston, Reader
- Dr Miriam Ellis, Lecturer and Director of Studies for Pharmacy (years 3 & 4)
- Professor Jean van den Elsen, Professor
- Professor Ed Feil, Professor of Microbial Evolution
- Professor Nikoletta Fotaki, Professor
- James Groocock, Lecturer
- Dr Parveen Gul, Lecturer
- Dr Dave Gurevich, Research Fellow & Lecturer
- Professor Richard Guy, Professor
- Lyn Hanning, Director of Practice-Based Learning
- Rebecca Harrison, Practice Educator
- Professor Momna Hejmadi, Professor / Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching
- Dr Daniel Henk, Senior Lecturer
- Clare Hughes, Lecturer, Programme Lead for Postgraduate Clinical Diploma (Secondary Care)
- Miss Laura Hunt, Lecturer
- Dr Vicky Hunt, Senior Research Fellow
- Professor Laurence D Hurst (FRS, FMedSci), Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
- Professor Stephen Husbands, Professor
- Dr Shobbir Hussain, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Zamin Iqbal, Professor
- Dr Alex Jeffries, Senior Lecturer / Admissions Tutor for Biomedical Sciences
- Dr Brian Jones, Reader
- Dr Matthew Jones, Senior Lecturer
- Sarah Jones, Senior Lecturer, Programme Lead (Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice)
- Professor Turi King, Director of the Milner Centre
- Dr Paula Kover, Reader
- Professor Banafshe Larijani, Chair of Therapeutic Innovation
- Dr Julien Licchesi, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Mark Lindsay, Professor and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange
- Jessica Lloyd, Teacher Practitioner
- Dr Matthew Lloyd, Senior Lecturer/Director of Postgraduate Studies (MSc Drug Discovery)
- Dr Stephanie Lo, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Nick Longrich, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Scott Lovell, Lecturer
- Dr Cressida Lyon, Lecturer / Director of Studies for Biomedical Sciences
- Dr Catherine Maciver, Lecturer
- Kate Macnamara, Lecturer
- Dr Rosemary Marshall, Lecturer
- Professor Jody Mason, Professor of Biochemistry
- Dr Helen McDonald, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Anita McGrogan, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Neil McHugh, Professor
- Dr Nazia Mehrban, Lecturer
- Angela Mitchell, Lecturer and Director of Studies for Pharmacy (years 1 & 2)
- Dr Paul Mitchell, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Randy Mrsny, Professor
- Professor Adele Murrell, Professor
- Dr Maria Niklison Chirou, Lecturer
- Dr Nikolas Nikolaou, Lecturer
- Dr Prasad Nishtala, Reader
- Dr Hans-Wilhelm Nützmann, Senior Research Fellow
- Greg O'Kane, Lecturer
- Dr Helen Paine, Lecturer
- Professor Tony Perry, Professor
- Izzie Portergill, Lecturer (AP3T) - Secondary Care
- Dr Charareh Pourzand, Reader and ED&I Lead
- Sally-Ann Prater, Lecturer
- Professor Andrew Preston, Professor
- Dr Nick Priest, Lecturer
- Kathleen Pritchard, Lecturer
- Professor Chris Pudney, Reader
- Dr Adrusha Ramsunder, Lecturer
- Dr Tim Rennie, Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes (clinical pharmacy)
- Dr Philip Rogers, Director of Pharmacy
- Hollie Ryder, Lecturer
- Dr Gwen Scott, Lecturer
- Dr Julia Sero, Lecturer
- Chris Shields, Teacher Practitioner
- Dr Sergey Smirnov, Senior Lecturer
- Holly Smith, Teacher Practitioner
- Anna Spencer, Lecturer
- Dr Joanne Stewart-Cox, Lecturer
- Dr Emma Stone, Lecturer
- Kerry Street, Senior Lecturer, Programme Lead for Postgraduate Clinical Diploma (Primary Care)
- Dr Vasanta Subramanian, Reader
- Dr Peter Sunderland, Lecturer
- Professor Tamás Székely, Professor of Biodiversity
- Dr Sarah Tansley, Senior Lecturer
- David Taylor, Lecturer
- Emma Taylor, Lecturer
- Professor Tiffany Taylor, Professor of Microbial Ecology and Evolution
- Dr Andrew Thompson, Admissions Tutor and Senior Lecturer
- Miss Faye Thornton, Lecturer
- Dr William Tillett, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Christopher M Todd, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Catherine Tooke, Prize Fellow
- Professor David Tosh, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
- Dr Leslie Turner, Lecturer
- Terri Turner, Lecturer
- Dr Araxi Urrutia Odabachian, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Keith Vance, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Gernot Walko, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Andrew Ward, Professor
- Professor Stephen Ward, Professor
- Dr Andrew Watts, Senior Lecturer
- Katie Weatherley, Lecturer
- Dr Paul R Whitley, Senior Lecturer
- Danielle Wigg, Practice Educator
- Dr Rob J Williams, Reader
- Dr Catherine-Axa Wilkins, Lecturer
- Professor Matthew A Wills, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology
- Professor Jason B Wolf, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
- Dr Tim Woodman, Senior NMR Spectroscopist
- Dr Alison Yeo, Lecturer
Emeritus Professors and honorary staff
- Professor Michael J Danson, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Robert Hider, Honorary Professor
- Professor Geoff D Holman, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Christopher Jones, Honorary Professor
- Professor Roland Jones, Emeritus Professor
- Professor David Leak, Emeritus Professor
- Dr Julie Letchford, Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Professor Rob Price, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Stuart E Reynolds, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Samuel Sheppard, Honorary Professor
- Professor Jonathan M.W Slack (FMedSci) , Emeritus Professor
- Dr Denise Taylor, Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Professor Michael Threadgill, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Cheryll Tickle (FRS, FMedSci, FRSE), Emeritus Professor
- Professor Rex Tyrrell, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Mags Watson, Honorary Professor
- Dr Malcolm Watson, Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Professor John Westwick, Honorary Professor
- Professor Sue Wonnacott, Emeritus Professor