Senior academic and early career 2021-22 staff promotions
11 July 2022
32 academic staff from the Faculty of Brain Sciences have been awarded a senior promotion and 16 early career staff have been awarded a promotion in this year's UCL academic promotions round.
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Each year, UCL recognises and rewards the outstanding achievements of academics across the university. This year the Faculty achieved the following: 16 new Professors, one Professorial Research Fellow, six Associate Professors, five Principal Research Fellows, four Associate Professors (Teaching) and 16 early career staff promotions.
Promotions are effective from 1 October 2022.
Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, said: “A huge congratulations to all of our colleagues who have been promoted this year. These highly deserved promotions reflect our exceptional expertise in brain sciences and it is wonderful to see everyone’s hard work recognised.”
Professors
Name | Department | Promoted to |
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Dr Manjit Matharu | Brain Repair and Rehabilitation | Professor of Neurology |
Dr Sallie Baxendale | Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy | Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology |
Dr James Jepson | Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy | Professor of Neurogenetics |
Dr Pedro Machado | Department of Neuromuscular Diseases | Professor of Rheumatology and Neuromuscular Diseases |
Dr Rebecca Gould | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Psychological Therapies |
Dr Brynmor Lloyd-Evans | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Mental Health and Social Inclusion |
Dr Adam Harris | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Cognitive and Decision Sciences |
Dr Maarten Speekenbrink | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Mathematical Psychology |
Dr Quentin Huys-Gavric | Imaging Neuroscience | Professor of Computational Psychiatry |
Dr Sam Gilbert | Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience |
Dr Richard Lee | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Translational Immunology |
Dr Steven Bloch | Language and Cognition | Professor of Communication and Social Interaction |
Mr Peter Andrews | The Ear Institute | Professor of Rhinology |
Dr Enrico Costanza | UCL Interaction Centre | Professor of Human-Computer Interaction |
Dr Jalesh Panicker | UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology | Professor of Neurology and Uro-Neurology |
Dr John Thornton | UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology | Professor of Clinical Magnetic Resonance Physics |
Professorial Research Fellows
Name | Department |
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Dr Aman Saleem | Experimental Psychology |
Associate Professors
Name | Department |
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Dr Zane Jaunmuktane | Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
Dr James Bisby | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Gemma Lewis | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Liam Mason | Imaging Neuroscience |
Dr Joanne Taylor | Language and Cognition |
Dr Aneesha Singh | UCL Interaction Centre |
Principal Research Fellows
Name | Department |
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Dr Leonid Savchenko | Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy |
Dr Francesca Solmi | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Ross Paterson | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Dr Aida Suarez Gonzalez | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Dr Marios Yiannakas | Neuroinflammation |
Associate Professors (Teaching)
Name | Department |
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Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology |
Dr Katie Fisher | Division of Psychology and Language Sciences |
Mr Constantin Rezlescu | Experimental Psychology |
Mrs Rosemary Monk | The Ear Institute |
Early Career Research
Name | Promotion to | Institute/Division |
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William Coath | Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Paige Mumford | Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Yashica Parekh | Research Fellow | Institute of Ophthalmology |
Lloyd Prosser | Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Hayley Woodgate | Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Jessie Baldwin | Senior Research Fellow | Psychology and Language Sciences |
Nicol Birsa | Senior Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Annika Boldt | Senior Research Fellow | Psychology and Language Sciences |
Anwen Bullen | Senior Research Fellow | Ear Institute |
Giulia De Rossi | Senior Research Fellow | Institute of Ophthalmology |
Ariana Gatt | Senior Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Alice Milne | Senior Research Fellow | Ear Institute |
Ian Malone | Senior Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Maryam Shoai | Senior Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Konrad Wagstyl | Senior Research Fellow | Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
Nicola White | Senior Research Fellow | Division of Psychiatry |