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Engineering and Physical Sciences
Executive Dean
Executive Dean: Prof. Igor Guz — i.guz@hw.ac.uk
Deputy Executive Dean: Professor Vicki Stone, V.Stone@hw.ac.uk
School Associate/Assistant Executive Deans
Associate Executive Dean, Research and Impact: Prof. David Bucknall — David.Bucknall@hw.ac.uk
Deputy Associate Executive Dean, Research and Impact: Prof. Nicholas Leslie — N.R.Leslie@hw.ac.uk
Associate Executive Dean, Education and Student Life: Prof. Paul Dalgarno — P.A.Dalgarno@hw.ac.uk
Deputy Associate Executive Dean, Education and Student Life: Dr. Barbara Keating — B.Keating@hw.ac.uk
Associate Executive Dean, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Prof. George Goussetis — G.Goussetis@hw.ac.uk
Assistant Executive Dean, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Dr Farnaz Mohsenpour — S.Mohsenpour@hw.ac.uk
Assistant Executive Dean, Quality: Prof. Mehdi Nazarinia — M.Nazarinia@hw.ac.uk
Director of Internationalisation: Dr Jonathan Swingler — J.Swingler@hw.ac.uk
Head of Operations: Claire Porter — C.Porter@hw.ac.uk
Finance Business Partner: Jeanette Alexander — J.Alexander@hw.ac.uk
HR Business Partner: Linda Cooper — L.Cooper@hw.ac.uk
Heads of Research Institutes
Institute of Chemical Sciences: Prof. Martin Paterson — M.J.Paterson@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering: Professor Nik Willoughby — N.A.Willoughby@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Sensors Signals and Systems: Prof. Yves Wiaux — Y.Wiaux@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering: Prof. Susana Garcia — S.Garcia@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences: Prof. Patrik Öhberg — P.Ohberg@hw.ac.uk
Global Heads of Disciplines
(Senior Programme Directors)
Chemistry: Dr Hendrik Nahler — N.Nahler@hw.ac.uk
Chemical Engineering: Dr Robin Westacott — R.E.Westacott@hw.ac.uk
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering: Dr Matt Dunnigan — M.W.Dunnigan@hw.ac.uk
Mechanical Engineering: Dr Alan Faulkner-Jones — Alan.Faulkner-Jones@hw.ac.uk
Physics: Dr Richard McCracken — R.A.McCracken@hw.ac.uk
Brewing and Distilling: Prof. Dawn Maskell — D.L.Maskell@hw.ac.uk
EPS Combined Studies: Dr Euan Brown — Euan.R.Brown@hw.ac.uk
Biosciences: Dr Jane White - J.White@hw.ac.uk
Postgraduate Teaching
Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes: Dr Fadi Gaith — F.Ghaith@hw.ac.uk
Deputy Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes: Dr Calum Holmes — C.Holmes@hw.ac.uk
Postgraduate Teaching
Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes: Dr Fadi Gaith — F.Ghaith@hw.ac.uk
Deputy Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes: Dr Calum Holmes — C.Holmes@hw.ac.uk
Postgraduate Research
Director of Postgraduate Research in EPS: Prof. Scott Dalgarno
If you are interested in undertaking a 'PhD Degree by Research' then here are the research coordinators for our various subjects:
Institute of Chemical Sciences:
Dr Filipe Vilela — f.vilela@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering:
Dr Anitha Devadoss - A.Devadoss@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems:
Dr Fernando Auat - F.Auat@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering:
Dr Michael Crichton and Adam Stock - pgr.impee@hw.ac.uk
Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences:
Prof. Jonathan Leach — J.Leach@hw.ac.uk
Or contact: pgr@eps.hw.ac.uk for general enquiries
Business Development Enquiries
Kevin McIver
Business Development Manager (Quantum & Photonics)
kevin.mciver@hw.ac.uk