People

The Energy Institute at the University of Sheffield is home to more than 300 of the best minds in energy research from around the world, dedicated to using transformational research, innovation and collaboration to address the world’s biggest energy challenges. If you aren’t sure who to contact then get in touch using our general contact details:

Management team

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Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian OBE

Head of University Energy Research
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: m.pourkashanian@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 21 57222

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Professor Lenny Koh

Cross Cutting Chief, Strategic Futures on Resource Sustainability (SCRS)
Management School

Professor Lenny Koh, is a Chair Professor in Operations Management, Founders and Directors of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research Centre at the Management School.

Email address: s.c.l.koh@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3395

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Professor David Stone

Professor in Electrical Engineering
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email address: d.a.stone@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5046

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Dr Adrien Chauvet

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Photo-Chemistry, Photosynthesis, Pulse Shaping, High-Harmonics Generation.

Email address: a.chauvet@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9414

Members

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Dr Muhammad Akram

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: m.akram@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3655

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Dr Mustafa Ali

Research Associate
Management School

Email address: mustafa.ali@sheffield.ac.uk

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Ehsan Alborzi

Research Associate
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: e.alborzi@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7815

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Dr Hadi Arbabi

Lecturer in the Built Environment
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Email address: h.arbabi@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5751

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Professor Kais Atallah

Professor in Electrical Engineering
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email address: k.atallah@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5812

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Dr Erica Ballantyne

Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Management School

Email address: e.e.ballantyne@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3378

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Dr Robert Barthorpe

Senior Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: r.j.barthorpe@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7762

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Professor David J Beerling FRS FLSW

Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: d.j.beerling@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4359

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Professor Dan Brockington

Professor of Development Studies and Co-Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development
Institute for Global Sustainable Development

IGSD Research Theme Lead: Environment and Natural Resources

Email address: d.brockington@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Solomon Brown

Professor of Process and Energy Systems
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email address: s.f.brown@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7597

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Prof Alastair Buckley

Director of Education
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email address: alastair.buckley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3597

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Dr Jose L. Casamayor

Technical Fellow - Design for the Circular Economy
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Design & Prototyping Group (DPG)

Email address: j.casamayoralarco@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Adrien Chauvet

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Photo-Chemistry, Photosynthesis, Pulse Shaping, High-Harmonics Generation.

Email address: a.chauvet@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9414

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Email address: jonathan.davidson@shef.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5825

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Dr Danielle Densley Tingley

Senior Lecturer in Architectural Engineering
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Email address: d.densleytingley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5057

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Professor Nicola Dibben

Professor of Music
Department of Music

Email address: n.j.dibben@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Patrick Fairclough

Professor of Composite Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: p.fairclough@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7798

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Dr Karen Finney

Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: k.n.finney@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 270 3085

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Professor Martin Foster

Professor of Energy Storage & Conversion
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email address: m.p.foster@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5392

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Professor David Fletcher

Professor of Railway Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: d.i.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7760

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Dr Amy Gandy

Visiting Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email address: a.gandy@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Andrea Genovese

Chair in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Management School

Email address: a.genovese@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3347

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Professor Jon Gibbins

Professor of Power Plant Engineering and Carbon Capture
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: j.gibbins@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7234

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Professor Dan Gladwin

Deputy Head of Department
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email address: d.gladwin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5849

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Dr Prosanta Gope

Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity
Department of Computer Science

Email address: p.gope@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1897

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Professor Simon Goodwin

Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email address: s.goodwin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3585

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Dr Abigail Hathway

Senior Lecturer
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Email address: a.hathway@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5702

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Dr Jennifer Hack

Lecturer in Sustainable Materials
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email address: j.hack@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Stephen Hincks

Head of Department
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Applied spatial analysis and GIS; Housing and neighbourhoods; Urban regional policy and planning

Email address: s.hincks@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6915

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Dr Matthew Hobbs

Lecturer in Semiconductor Materials and Devices
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email address: m.hobbs@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Shuisheng He

Professor of Thermofluids
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: s.he@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2227756

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Dr Kevin Hughes

Senior Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: K.J.Hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 21 57214

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Professor Peter Jackson

Professor of Geography
Department of Geography

Professor Peter Jackson is the Co-Director of the University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food. His research focuses on social and cultural geography and consumption and identity.

Email address: P.A.Jackson@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7908

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Merve Keskin wearing a black top and a grey checked jacket.

Dr Merve Keskin

Lecturer in Operations Management and Decision Sciences
Management School

Email address: M.Keskin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2338

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Dr Hajime Kinoshita

Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Development and application of industrial by-products and natural minerals for waste management, from nuclear industry to exhaust flue gas for CO2 capture

Email address: h.kinoshita@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5930

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Professor Vitaly Kudryavtsev

Professor of Particle Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email address: v.kudryavtsev@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4531

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Dr Paloma L dos Santos

Lecturer in Semiconductor Materials and Devices
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email address: p.l.dossantos@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Zi-Qiang Lang

Professor of Complex Systems Analysis and Design
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Email address: z.lang@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5623

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Professor Guang-Jin Li

Professor in Electrical Machines
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email address: g.li@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5132

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Professor David Lidzey

Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email address: d.g.lidzey@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3501

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Dr Ian Lidbury

Royal Society University Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Molecular Microbiology: Biochemistry to Disease

Email address: i.lidbury@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7849388007

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Professor Mathieu Lucquiaud

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: m.lucquiaud@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7216

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Professor Lin Ma

Professor of Fluid Dynamics
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: lin.ma@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7212

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A head and shoulders photo of Robert Marchand.

Dr Robert Marchand

Lecturer in Operations Management
Management School

Email address: r.marchand@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3496

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Professor Nicolas Martin

Professor in Restorative Dentistry
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email address: n.martin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9401

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Dr Natalia Martsinovich

Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Chemistry and Departmental Director of ED&I
Department of Chemistry

Theoretical & Computational chemistry, surfaces and interfaces, adsorption and self-assembly, electron transfer, materials for photocatalysis and solar cells, soil minerals.

Email address: n.martsinovich@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9562

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Professor Simon Marvin

Professor of Geography
Department of Geography

Simon's expertise in constructing conceptual understanding and empirical evidence of the changing relations between socio-technical networks and urban and regional restructuring.

Email address: s.marvin@Sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Martin Mayfield-Tulip

Head of Department
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Email address: martin.mayfield@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5054

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Dr Stavros Michailos

Research Associate
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: s.michailos@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Anthony J. H. M. Meijer

Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Astrochemistry, Quantum Dynamics; Reactive Scattering; Chemical Reaction Dynamics; High-Performance Computing.

Email address: a.meijer@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9482

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Dr Alisyn Nedoma

Lecturer
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email address: a.nedoma@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7516

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Professor Bill Nimmo

Professor of Energy Engineering and Sustainability
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: w.nimmo@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7213

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Dr Jonna Nyman

Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Department of Politics and International Relations

International Relations

Email address: j.nyman@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1675

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Colin Nolden

Senior Research Fellow
Management School

Email address: c.nolden@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Colin Osborne

Professor of Plant Biology
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: c.p.osborne@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0146

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Dr Robert Oliver

Lecturer in Sustainable Materials
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email address: robert.oliver@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Christophe Pinna

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: c.pinna@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7831

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Dr Richard Parker

Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email address: r.parker@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3560

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Professor John L Provis

Visiting Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email address: j.provis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5490

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Dr Alex Ramadan

Lecturer in Energy Materials
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email address: a.ramadan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4355

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Professor Ian Reaney

Professor in Ceramics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Research in the study of structure/microstructure property relations in electroceramics.

Email address: i.m.reaney@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5471

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Dr Jags Pandhal — Dr Jagroop Pandhal of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor Jagroop Pandhal

Professor of Microbial Systems Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Metabolic engineering, synthetic microbial communities, algae biotechnology, biomanufacturing.

Email address: j.pandhal@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4914

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Dr Alice Pyne

Senior Lecturer in Soft Matter & Polymers
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Increasing our understanding of biomolecular interactions through high resolution atomic force microscopy.

Email address: a.l.pyne@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5969

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Professor Edward Rhodes

Professor of Physical Geography
Department of Geography

Professor Ed Rhodes is interested in active tectonics, including fault slip rate studies and palaeoseismology – dating ancient earthquake events.

Email address: Ed.Rhodes@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7910

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Professor Darren Robinson

Chair in Architectural and Urban Sciences
School of Architecture

Email address: d.robinson1@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2220 308

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Dr Charles Rougé

Senior Lecturer in Water Resilience
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Email address: c.rouge@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5723

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Professor Anthony J. Ryan, OBE

Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Polymer Nanotechnology (synthesis, processing, self-assembly, structure-property relations), Public engagement in science and technology.

Email address: a.ryan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9382

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Dr Abby Samson

Lecturer in Fuels and Combustion
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: a.samson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7830

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Lisa Shepley

Administration Officer, TERC/ Energy URI
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: L.Shepley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7224

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Dr Moein Shamoushaki

Research Associate in Life Cycle and Supply Chain Analyses
Management School

Email address: m.shamoushaki@sheffield.ac.uk

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Jay Shaw

Programme Director
External partner

Email address: jay.shaw@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2XX XXXX

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Dr Spiridon Siouris

Research Fellow, Aviation Fuels and Lubricants
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: s.siouris@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: 44 114 215 7245

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Dr Eleni Stathopoulou

Lecturer in Economics
Department of Economics

Email address: e.stathopoulou@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3416

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Andrew Storer

Chief Executive Officer, NAMRC
External partner

Email address: a.storer@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2XX XXXX

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Professor Peter Styring

Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email address: p.styring@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7571

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Dr Darrel Swift

Senior Lecturer in Geoscience
Department of Geography

Darrel’s interests focus on glacial processes in high-latitude and high-elevation landscapes.

Email address: D.A.Swift@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7959

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Dr Nick Taylor Buck

Research Fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences

Nick specialised in sustainable design and assessment.

Email address: n.taylor-buck@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7989683218

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Professor Steve Thornton

Professor in Environmental Engineering Science
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Email address: s.f.thornton@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5744

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Davide Poggio

Research Associate
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email address: d.poggio@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7218

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Professor John L Provis

Visiting Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email address: j.provis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5490

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Dr Sergio Vernuccio

Lecturer
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email address: s.vernuccio@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7519

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Dr Brant Walkley

Senior Lecturer
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email address: b.walkley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 7528

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Professor Meihong Wang

Professor of Energy Systems
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Process/Energy Systems Engineering for Energy and Environment.

Email address: meihong.wang@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7160

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Dr Parag Wate

Lecturer in Architectural Science
School of Architecture

Email address: p.wate@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0302

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Professor Matt Watson

Head of Department
Department of Geography

Email address: M.Watson@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7911

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Professor Thomas Webb

Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology

Email address: T.Webb@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Hua-Liang Wei

Senior Lecturer
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Email address: w.hualiang@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5198

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Dr Karl P Travis

Reader in Computational Physics and Nuclear Waste Disposal
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email address: k.travis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5483

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Dr Aidan While

Senior Lecturer
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Aidan’s research examines how cities and urban social life are being reimagined and redesigned in response to climate change and automation.

Email address: a.h.while@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6184

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Professor Julia A. Weinstein

Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Photochemistry, photophysics, time-resolved spectroscopy, luminescence, light-induced electron transfer in chemical and biological systems, solar energy conversion, ultrafast excited state dynamics.