Dr Louise Iles
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
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Telephone: 22 22951
I joined the University of Sheffield in May 2016 as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow.My research focus is the iron metallurgy of sub-Saharan Africa. I have led archaeometallurgical research in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, and worked on metal assemblages from around the world, including Mali, Togo, India, Cambodia, the UK and China.I am interested in the networks through which technology spreads, the relationship between iron production and the environment, and the role of gender in technologies, as well as the interplay between archaeological, historical and ethnographic datasets.
Dr Andy Nichols
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
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Telephone: 22 20256
I graduated from Durham University in 2008 with a First Class Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering with Honours. I then worked as a research assistant at Bradford University whilst studying for my PhD in the areas of Acousitcs and Hydraulic Engineering. From there I moved to the University of Sheffield as a post-doctoral research associate before being appointed as a lecturer.
Dr Andrew Maiden
Lecturer in Electronic & Electrical Engineering
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Telephone: 22 25181
Andrew graduated from Birmingham University in 2001 with an M.Eng in Electronic & Electrical Engineering. He developed his interest in optics at Durham University where he carried out his PhD in the use of computer-generated holograms for three-dimensional lithography, graduating in 2005. After a stint of bar work in the Lake District and having toyed with the idea of becoming an outdoor pursuits instructor, he moved to Sheffield to rock climb and to work with Prof. John Rodenburg on the “Ultimate Microscopy” Basic Technology programme.Andrew returned to academia in 2013 after a couple of years working for Phase Focus Ltd, a Sheffield University spin-out company commercialising the ‘Virtual Lens’ algorithms he developed during his time as a research associate.
Dr Katharine Dommett
Lecturer in the Public Understanding of Politics
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Telephone:22 21682
Kate is a lecturer in the Public Understanding of Politics. Her research focuses on political parties, party ideology and democratic politics and she has specific expertise on the British political parties and governance.Kate currently holds aESRC Future Leaders award for a project entitled 'Renewing Party Politics? Digital Innovations in Political Campaigning'. Focusing on UK political parties the project examines how parties use digital technology to connect with citizens. It generates new data on public attitudes towards these innovations, exploring their capacity to link citizens to the state and address the sense of disconnect between parties and the public.
Dr Jill Edmondson
EPSRC Early Career Fellow
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Telephone: 22 20074
I am an ecologist and a soil scientist. My research focuses on the interactions between soils and the provision on ecosystem services in urban and agricultural ecosystems, including:Soil and vegetation carbon budgeting;potential for own-grown food and biofuel production in urban areas, and urban/agricultural land-use trade-offs;Mechanisms driving soil-to-own-grown food crop transfer of soil pollutants; The mechanisms driving soil carbon storage in urban areas - the importance of black carbon; Engaging the public, through the use of citizen science methodologies, and policy-makers with scientific research.
Dr ZuhalOzdemir
Lecturer in Structural Engineering
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Telephone: 2225419
Dr Ozdemirworked in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering as a research associate, before taking up the post of Lecturer in Structural Engineering in November 2012.Dr Ozdemir’s main research interests are Earthquake Engineering, Structural Dynamics, and High-Strain Rate Behaviour of Materials.
Dr Tom Goodfellow
Lecturer
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Telephone: 22 26913
I joined the department of Urban Studies and Planning as a Lecturer in 2013. Prior to this, from 2010-2013 I was a Teaching Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the Department of International Development. Whilst studying for the PhD I was an advisor to Oxfam GB on urban development issues as part of a collaborative ESRC studentship, and a Research Associate of the DFID-funded Crisis States Research Centre. At Sheffield I try to maintain interdisciplinary engagement both within the department and beyond, as a Research Associate of the Sheffield Institute for International Development and Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute.
Dr Philippa Tomczak
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
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Telephone:22 26793
I am delighted to have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship entitled 'Prison suicide: Theorising its regulation'. It examines the role of public and voluntary sector bodies in the regulation of prison suicide. I am also currently publishing my monograph entitled 'The Penal Voluntary Sector' and journal articles which draw on my Doctoral research. I have expertise in applying actor-network theory to solve research problems.
Dr Emily Noël
Independent Research Fellow
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Telephone: 22 23647
Congenital heart diseases affect around 1% of live births, and are structural defects that arise from improper morphogenesis of the heart during embryonic development. We are interested in how tissue rearrangements in the heart during embryogenesis drive normal cardiac development, and in identifying which genetic and cellular mechanisms ensure this process occurs properly.
Dr Grant Hill
Lecturer in Theoretical Chemistry
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Telephone: 22 29392
My research interests revolve around the 'how' and 'why' of Chemistry, particularly in terms of electronic structure. A fascination with this subject has led me to investigate, for example, how the aromaticity of organic molecules changes during the course of a pericyclic reaction, why various approximations in quantum mechanics affect calculated thermodynamics and spectroscopy, and how intermolecular interactions are responsible for the activity of selected anti-cancer pharmaceuticals and halogen bonding.
Dr Michael Wallace
Research Fellow
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Telephone: 22 22921
I am a prehistorian and archaeobotanists with research interests centred around the domestication of crops, the Neolithic spread of agriculture through Europe and the subsequent evolution of agricultural economies in European prehistory. As an archaeobotanist my approach to research is focused on plant remains recovered from archaeological sites, and my research has encompassed a variety of methodological approaches including statistical analysis of archaeobotanical data, morphometrics, stable isotope analysis and genetic studies. In addition, I have conducted a wide-range of experimental studies for the development of novel and innovative research techniques.
Dr Scott Allen
Motor Neurone Disease Association, Senior Non-Clinical Fellow
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Telephone: 22 22273
My main research focus is how motor neurone disease (MND) affects the major energy generation pathways in the central nervous system (CNS). Specifically 1. How MND effects metabolic pathway regulation and interaction.2. How metabolism responds to disease specific cellular stress such as oxidative stress and hypoxia.3. How the disease affects the metabolic response to aging in patients. The long term goals of this research are to identify metabolic biomarkers of disease, uncover therapeutic targets and develop energy supplementation regimes for MND patients.
Dr Claire Garwood
Alzheimer’s Society Junior Research Fellow
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Telephone: 2222272
My research is focused on understanding the role of astrocytes in neurodegeneration, particularly their contribution to Alzheimer’s disease development and progression. In particular I am investigating how alterations in specific astrocytic signalling pathways compromises their function and their ability to support neurons.
Dr Robert Fagan
Lecturer and MRC New Investigator
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Telephone: 22 24182
Clostridium difficile is a spore forming, anaerobic, Gram positive bacterium which causes severe disease in patients following antibiotic treatment. My work focuses on the interaction between C. difficile and its host.
Dr Stuart Cunningham
Senior Lecturer in Human Communication Sciences
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Telephone: 22 22421
Prior to joining the department Stuart worked as a research associate in the department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Barnsley Hospital. He has previously worked as a research associate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield. Research interests: Robust automatic speech recognition; The use of speech technology in assistive technology and speech and language therapy; Auditory-inspired representations of speech signals and their application in automatic speech recognition;The perception of speech in adverse acoustic conditions.
Dr Alison Wright
NERC Independent Research Fellow
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I am an evolutionary biologist with a particular interest in the evolution of sex chromosomes. Currently I am a postdoc in the Mank Lab at University College London. I will start a 5 year NERC Independent Research Fellowship at the University of Sheffield in 2017.
Dr Warren Pearce
Faculty Fellow (iHuman)
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Telephone: 22 26454
Warren’s research lies at the intersection of science, policy and publics, with three main areas of research interest:Climate change communication and policy; Public inclusion in research governance; The rise of randomised trials within UK public policy. Warren holds a three-year ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellowship (2016-19) to investigate the implications of the social media revolution for the science and politics of climate change. He has published in a wide range of high-impact academic journals across the natural, social and health sciences such as Nature, Nature Climate Change, PLOS-ONE, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, Policy Sciences, BMC Trials.
DrRobert Richards
Research Fellow
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Telephone: 2225816
Rob’s research interests are based on a vision of a technology led, sustainable future. I am particularlyinterested in the realisation of new materials for third generation photovoltaics and telecommunications.My skillset in molecular beam epitaxy, device fabrication and structural and device characterisationenables me to investigate novel material systems from fundamental growth studies to optoelectronicdevice optimisation.
Dr Rebecca Boston
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
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Telephone: 22 25484
Boston
My work focuses on chemically doped barium titanate-based dielectric materials such as x(BiZn0.5Ti0.5O3)1-x(BaTiO3), and using biotemplated methods to control structure and morphology in functional oxides.Functional oxides are used in many applications such as capacitors, piezoelectrics and thermoelectrics. As the demand of these materials increases, there is a drive to reduce the energy used in processing, and to find materials which do not rely on toxic or scarce elements such as lead and dysprosium.
Dr Jess Redgrave
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Neurology
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Telephone: 22 22267
Jess’s research interest is in carotid plaque instability. She is particularly interested in the role of red blood cell membrane cholesterol as a determinant of carotid plaque instability after intra-plaque haemorrhage.Her other main interest is in factors which delay patients with stroke and TIA calling for medical assistance after symptoms onset. She has set up the ongoing Stroke and TIA and Response to Symptoms Study (S.T.A.R.S.) - an observational study of consecutive patients attending hospital with stroke / TIA in Sheffield (population 500,000).
Dr Paul Richmond
EPSRCResearch Software Engineer Fellow
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Telephone: 22 21936
Paul is a research focused Research Software Engineer who has recently been awarded one of only six EPSRC Early Career Research Software Engineering (RSE) Fellowships. The focus of this fellowship is in facilitating the use of accelerated architectures such as Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to accelerate scientific discovery. He is developing software techniques, a provision of skills and training material and building a community to help drive the use of accelerators into mainstream science and engineering.
Dr Barbara Ciani
Lecturer in Biophysical Chemistry
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Telephone: 22 29438
Barbara’s work focuses on two main areas: 1) Protein designers are trying to learn how natural coiled coil systems can be exploited to create novel functional self-assembled structures. I am interested in the elucidation of molecular features that control coiled coil oligomerisation specificity using simple leucine zipper domains as model systems.2) Diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration are caused by malfunction of cellular pathways involved in degradation of non-functional proteins. I want to understand how coiled coil motifs regulate the assembly of specific protein complexes that work in the transport of cargo destined for degradation.
Dr Tim Shepard
Lecturer in Musicology
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Telephone: 2220483
I’m a historical musicologist, which means I’m interested in musical cultures of the past. Most of my research has been set in Renaissance Italy, covering more-or-less the period and locations featured in the TV series The Borgias. I’m particularly interested in finding out what music meant to people and what purposes it served – as an aspect of personal identity, as a way of communicating messages about oneself, and as a tool of statecraft. My approach is context-led, so I don’t always look in the most obvious places for musical information; I’m known as an expert in the relationship between music and visual culture.
Dr Zeike Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
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Telephone: 22 27719
Dr Taylor’s main area of research is soft tissue modelling and simulation, in particular with application to problems in interactive surgical simulation, and systems for therapy planning and guidance. His team has ongoing projects in mathematical modelling of soft tissues, numerical solution methods, image-based modelling, and applications of these in various clinical domains.
Dr Amy Gandy
Lecturer in Nuclear Engineering
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Telephone: 22 25484
Amy’s research centres on understanding radiation induced defect formation, accumulation, and thermal recovery, and the development of new materials for the next generation of nuclear technologies (fission and fusion). Amy is currently working in the Immobilisation Science Laboratory (ISL) where she is developing Li-ceramics relevant to fusion, and investigating helium gas bubble formation and ion beam irradiation induced defect formation and recovery mechanisms in these materials.
Dr Matt Wood
Lecturer in Politics
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Telephone: 22 21683
Matt is working on aESRC Future Research Leaders Fellowship, studying how delegated bodies can improve trust and support for their work from stakeholders in volatile political environments. This project will involve case studies in food safety, health technology regulation and disease control and prevention, and use an innovative 'impact-led' methodology including co-production. It will build upon Matt's 2013 Visiting Fellowship at the ANZSOG Institute for Governance, University of Canberra, in which he conducted research on the Murray Darling Basin Authority's stakeholder engagement strategy.
Dr Nicola Hemmings
Patrick & Irwin-Packington Research Fellow
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Telephone: 22 24828
Nicola works in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences. Her research interests include: Reproduction and fertility; Behavioural Ecology; Sexual selection; Conservation management.
Dr Alisdair McNeil
INSIGNEO Senior Clinical Research Fellow
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Telephone: 22 22267
My research interest focuses on the genetic cause of neurological disorders, in children and adults. I am identifying new ways of phenotyping patients in order to improve diagnosis and disease monitoring. I am also interested in studying variants of uncertain significance identified in clinical genetics testing, and resolving their pathogenicity through clinical phenotyping and in vitro studies.
Dr Anton Krynkin
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
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Telephone: 22 227847
Anton's main research interests include: Wave problems in linear and non-linear elastic materials; Thermoelasticity; Wave problems in periodic/random media and graded materials; Wave scattering from rough surfaces; Asymptotic techniques and homogenisation.
Dr Mike Croucher
EPSRCResearch Software Engineer Fellow
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Telephone: 22 23034
I am passionate about improving the quality of research software. I enable researchers to ask larger and more complex research questions by improving the software they develop. By teaching and demonstrating fundamental software engineering principles, I assist academic colleagues in producing robust, reproducible, fast and correct software.
Dr Heather Mortiboys
Parkinson’s UK Senior Research Fellow
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Telephone: 22 22259
My research interests are concerned with investigating mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases, primarily focused on Parkinson’s Disease. This encompasses mitochondrial function, DNA, morphology and recycling. My research focuses on both trying to further the understanding of the causes of mitochondrial problems in neurodegenerative conditions and in vitro drug screening for molecules which rescue mitochondrial function in patient tissue.
Dr Muhammad Saddiq
University Teacher in Health Systems and Management
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Telephone: 22 20809
My research interests are in the areas health policy and systems in Nigeria and West Africa providing technical assistance to government officials at all levels in implementing strategies to strengthen health systems and deliver disease prevention and control programs. I have worked with national, regional and local governments in design, implementation and evaluation of malaria control and health systems strengthening programs. I have been involved in complex negotiations with different private sector suppliers of health commodities, addressing cost barriers to access for consumers as well as addressing prescriber behaviour in Nigeria, Ghana and Mali. I have also worked with an international NGO in deployment of new and effective technologies in addressing high burden, high impact conditions in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr Toni IngolfGossmann
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
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Telephone: 2220062
I am a Leverhulme Early career fellow and I work on different topics of evolutionary biology that are all connected by my passion for knowledge and creativity. In particular I am interested in the imprint of selection in the genomes of natural populations using large scale DNA/RNA sequencing data as well as proteome analyses. As a trained bioinformatician I enjoy to connect viewpoints of different disciplines and include them into my work.