Faculty of Science Technical Services Team
We support and enhance teaching and research and play a pivotal role in promoting health, safety, and compliance.
Our core areas of strategic focus include:
- Research enablement
- Teaching support and enhancement
- Stewardship of communal facilities
- Provision of bespoke workshop services
- Leadership and coordination of health, safety, and compliance initiatives
Leadership Team
Directors of Technical Services
- Dr Daniel Lou-Hing, Departments of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Sciences
- Dr Marianne Harkins,, Departments of Life Sciences and Chemistry
Technical Managers
- Dr Fabienne Pradaux-Caggiano, Department of Chemistry
- Vacancy, Department of Computer Sciences and Department of Mathematics
- Dr Sarah Shariki, Department of Life Sciences
- Dr Jenny Williams, Department of Physics
- Martin White, Purchasing
- Dave Elkins, Workshops
- Sharon Alexander, Health and Safety
Technical Services Team - Departments
Department of Chemistry (Key contact: Fabienne Pradaux-Caggiano, Technical Manager)
- Josh Byers, Technical Coordinator
- Laura Michelsen, Teaching and Research Technician
- Jaden Clarke, Teaching and Research Technician
- Dr Cyrille Delmer, Assistant Technician
- Marcelina Lasota, Technical Assistant
- Siobhan Buckley, Technical Assistant
- Emma Sampson, Technical Assistant
Department of Computer Science
- Stuart Green, Linux System Administrator (Technical Specialist)
- Dr Liam Farrar, Research Systems Developer
- Alvaro Favaratto Santos, Technical Specialist (Electromechanical)
- Alex Deegan, Senior Teaching and Research Technician
Department of Life Sciences (Key contact: Dr Sarah Shariki, Technical Manager)
- David Rodrigues, Senior Teaching and Research Technician
- Janelle Dela Isla, Senior Teaching and Research Technician
- David Brown, Senior Teaching and Research Technician
- Georgina Story, Senior Teaching and Research Technician
- Sandra Kreuser-Loveridge, Teaching and Research Technician
- Anna Mellors, Teaching and Research Technician
- Ellen Martin, Teaching and Research Technician
- Nisar Ahmed, Teaching and Research Technician (starts 04/08/2026)
- Eleanor Clifton, Assistant Teaching and Research Technician
- Patrycja Paluch, Assistant Teaching and Research Technician
- Victoria Russell, Technical Assistant
- Ewan Basterfield, Technical Assistant
- Mekhala Hanumanarasaiah, Technical Assistant
Department of Physics (Key contact: Jenny Williams, Technical Manager)
- Dr Christopher Shearwood, Senior Teaching and Research Technician
- Joshua English, Senior Teaching and Research Technician
- Joe Mills, Teaching and Research Technician
- Clare Cambridge, Research Technician
- Steven Renshaw, Research Technician
- Jake Masters, Research Technician
- Will Smith, Teaching Technician
- Ariella McCulloch, Technical Assistant
Purchasing
Key contact: Martin Williams, Purchasing Manager
- Sarah Elkins, Purchasing Technician
- Lesley Chapman, Assistant Purchasing Technician
- Ben Slade, Assistant Purchasing Technician
- Kerry Gormley, Stores Assistant
- Wayne Cox, Stores Assistant
Workshops
Key contact: Dave Elkins, Workshop Manager
- Philip Jones, Technical Specialist (Glassblower)
- Ash Moore, Lead Workshop Technician
- Stephen Philips, Workshop Technician
- David James, Workshop Technician
- Christian Morgan, Workshop Technician
Health, Safety & Operations
Key contact: Sharon Alexander, H&S Manager
- Josh Byers, Technical Coordinator
- Sandra Addis, Teaching and Research Technician
- Javier Correa Hidalgo, Technical Assistant
- Cameron Gormley, Technical Assistant
- Kyle Britton, Technical Assistant
- Agata Leonarska, Technical Assistant (starts 03/08/2026)
Compliance
Key contact: Marianne Harkins, Director of Technical Services
- Chris Vennard, Senior Research Technician
- Rob Clayton, Teaching and Research Technician
- Marc Shedden, Aquarium Technician
- Tom Parsons, Teaching and Research Technician
- Neyna Bartlett, Assistant Technician