Staff

A To Z

Brian Abraham
Guest Member of Staff

Dr Paulus Aditjandra
Research Associate

Professor Brian Agnew
Guest Member of Staff

Dr Mohammed Alamiry
Research Associate

Dr Yasmine Ammar
Research Associate

Dr Sandy Anderson
Senior Lecturer

Dr John Appleby
Head of School

Michael Armstrong
Research Associate (Project Engineer)

Gokce Aydin
Guest Member of Staff

Christopher Aylott
Research Associate

Yanny Baba Ismail
Visiting Researcher

Dr Anders Barlow
Research Associate

Paul Batty
Research Assistant

Amanda Baxter
Masters Level Support Officer

Dr Robert Bicker
Senior Lecturer

Malcolm Black
Strengths and Mechatronics Supervisor

Martin Bone
Research Assistant

Dr Oana Bretcanu
Lecturer

Dr Tamir Brosh
Research Associate

Professor Steve Bull
Cookson Group Chair of Eng Materials

Professor James Burdess
Strategic Research Adviser

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Richard Burnett
Electronics Support Engineer

David Butz
Visiting Researcher

Bruce Carnaby
Project Manager & Researcher

Professor Nilanjan Chakraborty
Professor of Fluid Dynamics

Peter Chapman
CAE Support Officer

Stephen Charlton
Workshop and Laboratory Supervisor

Dr Jinju Chen
Lecturer in Nano-biomechanics

Tania Cherry
Project Administrator

Sherry Chua
Degree Programme Co-ordinator

David Clipperton
Instrumentation Technician

Professor Peter Cumpson
Science City Prof in MEMS

Nicky Dafter
Manufacturing Technician

Dr Carl Dale
Research Associate

Professor Kenneth Dalgarno
Sir James Woodeson Professor of Manufacturing Engineering

Robert Davidson
Senior Lecturer

Linda Davies
Senior Finance Assistant

Nicola Davison
Office Manager

Kyle Day
Undergraduate Support Secretary

Marie Dixon
Secretary

Pavlo Doichyk
Visitor

Chris Earle-Storey
Personal Assistant

Iain Evans
Senior Lecturer

Sian Evans
NewRail Strategy Group Manager

Belinda Fairbairn
Strategy Group Researcher

Dr Ian Fletcher
Director of XPS NEXUS Facility

Michael Foster
Senior Laboratory & Workshop Supervisor

Dr Francis Franklin
Lecturer

Anna Fraszczyk
Research Assistant

Dr Robert Frazer
Engineer

Dr Barry Gallacher
Senior Lecturer

Dr Lian Gan
Lecturer

Dr Corry Gellatly
Database Manager

Professor Geoff Gibson
Research Director of NewRail and Professor of Composite Materials Engineering

Dr Kheng-Lim Goh
Senior Lecturer

Dr Arturo Gonzalez Gil
Research Associate

Harry Grigg
Research Assistant

Dr Gunmo Gu
Associate Researcher

John Haigh
Engineer

Dr Jack Hale
Reader in Structural Dynamics

Andrew Hamer
Research Associate

Dr Julian Happian-Smith
Associate Lecturer

Dr John Hedley
Senior Lecturer

Matthew Herdman
Test Rig Technician

Jamie Hodgson
Workshop Technician

Clare Hopkins
Research Assistant

Dr Zhongxu Hu
Senior Research Associate

James Humphrey
Research Assistant

Dr Dehong Huo
Lecturer

Dr Paul Hyde
Research Associate

Dr Dewan Islam
Freight Logistics Academic and Researcher

Professor Alan Jack
Emeritus Professor

Ross Jackson
Research Assistant

Professor Garth Johnson
Emeritus Professor

Professor Tom Joyce
Professor of Orthopaedic Engineering

Dr Everson Kandare
Guest Member of Staff

Andrew Kerr
Technician

Dr George Kotsikos
Project Manager

Robert Lambert
Research Engineer

Dr Michael Lau
Senior Lecturer

Susan Lawson
School Administrator

Johannes Linden
Temporary Assistant

Timothy Lisle
Design Engineer

John Lockey
Guest Member of Staff

Ken Madden
School Superintendent

Dr Sean Malkeson
Guest Member of Staff

Professor Shimin Mao
Visiting Professor

Dr Marin Marinov
Rail Education Group Manager

Dr Emmanuel Matsika
Research Associate

Andrew McBride
Research Technician

Karen McTigue
NewRail Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator

Philip Mortimer
Research Associate

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Professor Adrian Mouritz
Visiting Professor

Dr Javier Munguia Valenzuela
Research Associate

Dr Andrew Naylor
Research Associate

Conor O'Neill
Rail Vehicles Group Manager

Zoltan Onodi-Szucs
Exchange student

Roberto Palacin
Rail Systems Group

Dr Ketan Pancholi
Lecturer

Dr Allen Parker
Reader in Applied Mathematics and Principal Teaching Fellow

Ann Pattison
Undergraduate Support Secretary

Professor Graham Penning
Visiting Prof of Practice

Ann Petrie
Guest Member of Staff

Emeritus Professor Chris Petrie
Emeritus Professor

Dr Jose Portoles
Research Associate

Dr Ian Potts
Lecturer

Dr Michele Pozzi
Lecturer

Stephen Pragnell
Design Engineer

Dr Ahmed Qureshi
Lecturer

Professor Mike Reeks
Professor

Professor Ian Ritchey
Visiting Professor

Professor John Roberts
Visiting Prof of Practice

Professor Mark Robinson
Director of NewRail and Professor of Rail Systems Engineering

Professor Ismail Sahin
Guest Member of Staff

Dr Naoko Sano
Research Associate

Professor Bernhard Schartel
Visiting Professor

Dr Susan Scholes
Research Associate

Patricia Scott
Personal Assistant - NewRail

Professor Yuri Sergeev
Professor of Engineering Mathematics

Ian Sewell
Senior Research Associate

Dr Brian Shaw
Director of Design Unit

Lewis Sholder
Apprentice Technician

Luiz Silveira-Lopes

Derek Simm
IT Supervisor

Julie Sleightholme
Receptionist/Teaching Support Secretary

Dr Simon Smith
Guest Member of Staff

Hannah Smithurst
Research Assistant

Dr Andrew Steven
Design and Development Engineer

Beth Stobo
Secretary (Design Unit)

Brian Stoker
Research Laboratory Supervisor

Frank Storey
Workshop Research Technician

Dr David Swailes
Lecturer

Dr Didier Talamona
Lecturer

Dr Guohong Tian
Lecturer

Maciej Tumasz
Research Associate

Dr Cristian Ulianov
Rail Infrastructure Group Manager

Dr Moorthy Vaidhianathasamy
Research Associate

Dr Gordana Vasic Franklin
Research Associate-NewRail and Research Coordinator-transportNewcastle

Dr Daniel Wacks
Research Associate

Stephen Wilson
Research Associate

Dr Eugene Wong
Lecturer

Clare Woroniuk
Research Assistant

Dr David Worsley
Visiting Lecturer

Dr Xiangdong Xue

Sahin Yigit
Visiting Researcher

Dr Jishan Zhang
Research Associate

Ann Zunder
Freight & Logistics Dissemination - NewRail

Tom Zunder
Rail Freight & Logistics Research Group Manager