Research Staff
Dr Ahmed Abd El-Aal
EDA/CAD Systems Specialist
Email: ahmed.abd-el-aal@ncl.ac.uk
Kishor Acharya
Research Assistant
Email: kishor.acharya@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Russell Adams
Researcher in Water Resources
Email: russell.adams@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6624
Dr Nabeel Ahmed
Research Associate
Email: nabeel.ahmed1@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +447837190067
Dr Umair Ahmed
Research Associate
Email: umair.ahmed@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Mohamed Ahmeid
Research Associate
Email: mohamed.ahmeid1@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Maher Al-Greer
Guest Member of Staff
Dr Adib Allahham
Research Associate
Dr Ben Allen
Senior Research Associate
Email: ben.allen@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7938
Dr Francisco Aparicio Navarro
Research Associate
Dr Isabel Arce-Garcia
Electron Microscopy Engineer
Email: isabel.arce-garcia@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7058
Mykhailo Asaulov
Assistant Research Engineer
Email: mykhailo.asaulov@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6280
Dr Pierrot Attidekou
Research Associate
Dr Richard Bailey
Research Associate
Email: richard.bailey2@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Ali Bakhshandehrostami
Research Associate
Email: ali.rostami@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Marcos Baluja
Research Assistant
Email: quintela.baluja@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 6402
Dr Huashan Bao
Research Associate
Email: huashan.bao@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 4849
Dr Bharat Bhushan
Research Associate
Email: bharat.bhushan@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Birkinshaw
Researcher in Water Resources
Email: stephen.birkinshaw@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Blenkinsop
Senior Researcher in Climate and Climate Change
Email: stephen.blenkinsop@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 7933
Aidan Bowes
Research Assistant
Mathew Brown
Researcher in Environmental Engineering
Email: mathew.brown@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6420
Dr Agostino Bruno
Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
Email: agostino.bruno@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Emma Brunton
Research Associate
Email: emma.brunton@ncl.ac.uk
Richie Burnett
Research Associate
Email: richard.burnett@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2085286
Dr Frank Burns
Guest Member of Staff
Email: frank.burns@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2401
Andre Catarino Guerra
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher
Dr Hua Khee Chan
Research Associate
Dr Steven Chan
Research Associate
Email: steven.chan@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Wanqun Chen
Research Associate
Email: wanqun.chen@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5662
Dr Beate Christgen
Researcher in Thinking Soils
Email: beate.christgen@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6620
Dr Andrew Coughtrie
Research Associate
Email: andrew.coughtrie@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 208 487
Dr Richard Court
Research Programme Manager
Email: richard.court@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 7411
John Dalton
Lecturer
Email: john.dalton@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8556
Ben Dannatt
KTP Associate (Durham Filtration Ltd)
Dr Peter Davison
Research Associate
Email: peter.davison@ncl.ac.uk
Alessandro De Gennaro
Research Assistant
Dr Xu Deng
Research Associate
Email: xu.deng@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7197
Dr Jan Dolfing
Senior Researcher in Environmental Engineering
Email: jan.dolfing@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8352
Mathieu Dumas
KTP Associate (DePuy Int Ltd)
Email: mathieu.dumas@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Dyson
Research Associate
Email: matthew.dyson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 20 86682
Simon Edwards
Senior Researcher in Inclusive Mobility
Email: simon.edwards@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8117
Dr Thea Ekins-Coward
Research Associate
Dr Gaetano Elia
Visiting Fellow
Email: gaetano.elia@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Enrique Escobedo-Cousin
Research Associate
Email: enrique.escobedo-cousin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5468
Dr Valentine Eze
Research Associate
Email: v.eze@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5747 &+44 (0)7579154408
Belinda Fairbairn
Strategy Group Researcher
Email: belinda.fairbairn@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8584
Dimitrios Firfilionis
Research Assistant
Email: dimitrios.firfilionis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: + 44 (0) 7879080774
Dr Jean-Marie Fontmorin
Research Associate
Alistair Ford
Researcher in Geomatics
Email: alistair.ford@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7121
Dr Nathan Forsythe
Newcastle University Research Fellow
Email: nathan.forsythe@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6875
Dr Robert Frazer
Senior Engineer
Email: robert.frazer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6217
Dr Catherine Gandy
Research Associate
Email: catherine.gandy@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4872
Qiang Gao
Visiting Researcher
Dr Myra Giesen
Research Associate
Email: myra.giesen@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8691
Vassilis Glenis
Researcher
Email: vassilis.glenis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5221
Dr Valentina Gogulancea
Research Associate
Samuel Gonzalez Otalora
Research Assistant
Dr Paul Goodman
Researcher in Transport and the Environment
Email: paul.goodman@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5945
Dr David Graham
Research Associate
Email: dave.graham@ncl.ac.uk
Dr David Greenwood
Senior Research Associate
Email: david.greenwood@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3586
Dr Victor Grisales Diaz
Research Associate
Dr Selma Guerreiro
Researcher in Hydrology and Climate Change
Email: selma.guerreiro@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Jing Guo
Research Associate
Dr Gaurav Gupta
Research Associate
Email: gaurav.gupta2@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5747
Dr Xiao Han
Research Associate
Email: xiao.han@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 222 5466
Neil Harris
Research Assistant/ Software Developer
Email: neil.harris1@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7121
Dr Joan Harvey
Senior Lecturer
Email: joan.harvey@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Rumajyoti Hazarika
Visiting Researcher
Dr Cornelius Healy
Research Associate
Email: cornelius.healy@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Peter Helm
Research Associate
Email: peter.helm@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5268
James Hendry
Research Assistant
Email: james.hendry@ncl.ac.uk
Jonathan Heslop
Research Assistant
Email: jonathan.heslop@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4858
Dr Graeme Hill
Researcher in Transport (MESSAGE Project)
Email: g.a.hill@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6428
Hamid Hosseini
Research Assistant
Email: hamid.hosseini@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Zhongxu Hu
Senior Research Associate
Email: zhongxu.hu@ncl.ac.uk
Benjamin Hunt
Research Assistant
Dr Anna Isakova
Research Associate
Email: anna.isakova@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Dewan Islam
Senior Research Associate
Email: dewan.islam@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3972
Dr Saikat Jana
Research Associate
Email: saikat.jana@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Bilal Jebur
Research Associate
Dr Boru Jia
Research Associate
Email: boru.jia@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6169
Dr Long Jiang
Research Associate
Email: long.jiang@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 07592206270
Dr Kelly Jobling
Research Associate
Dr Jennine Jonczyk
Researcher in Water Resources
Email: jennine.jonczyk@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8599
Micael Karlberg
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher
Dr Kia Kimiabeigi
Senior Research Associate
Arathi Kizhedath
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher
Giorge Koulin
Assistant Engineer
Email: giorge.koulin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6191
Dr Kelly Kousi
Research Associate
Email: kalliopi.kousi@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Agamemnon Krasoulis
Research Associate
Email: agamemnon.krasoulis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 20 86682
Dr Mehmet Kulan
Research Associate
Email: mehmet.kulan@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Kelvin Kwa
Research Associate
Dr Simon Lambert
Lecturer
Email: simon.lambert@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7197
Dr Elizabeth Lewis
Research Associate
Email: elizabeth.lewis2@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5921
Dr Xiaofeng Li
Research Associate
Email: xiaofeng.li@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Zhenhai Li
Research Associate
Email: zhenhai.li@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)7565091984
Dr Chan Lim
Research Associate
Email: chan.lim1@ncl.ac.uk
Serena Lim
Research Associate
Email: serena.lim@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5098
Dr Janie Ling Chin
Research Associate
Email: j.l.chin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4945
Dr Feng Liu
Visiting Researcher
Dr Yiji Lu
BEng (Hons), MPhil, PhD
Email: yiji.lu@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Jun Luo
Research Associate
Email: jun-wen.luo@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Padraig Lyons
Visiting Researcher
Dr Zhiwei Ma
Research Associate
Email: zhiwei.ma@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 4849
Dr Abdullah Malik
Senior Research Associate
Email: abdullah.malik1@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Peter Malkin
Strategic Research Adviser
Email: peter.malkin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0) 191 2085636
Dr Marin Marinov
Rail Education Group Manager
Email: marin.marinov@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3976
Dr Emmanuel Matsika
Research Associate
Email: emmanuel.matsika@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8648
Dr Stephen McDonald
Research Associate
Email: steve.mcdonald@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7197
Dr Jonathan McDonough
Research Associate
Email: jonathan.mcdonough@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5747
Dr Paola Meynet
Marie Curie and CEG School Fellow
Email: paola.meynet@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8479
Dr Rikard Mikalsen
Senior Research Associate
Email: rikard.mikalsen@ncl.ac.uk
Dr David Milledge
Newcastle University Research Fellow
Email: david.milledge@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Polly Moreland
Research Associate
Email: polly.moreland@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Susan Morgan
Research Fellow
Email: susan.scholes@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2084910
Dr Wojciech Mrozik
Researcher (Environmental Chemist)
Email: wojciech.mrozik@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6410
Dr Musbahu Muhammad
Research Associate
Email: musbahu.muhammad@ncl.ac.uk
Professor Alan Murray
Professor, with expertise in Medical Devices
Email: alan.murray@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Ahmad Mustaffar
Research Associate
Email: ahmad.mustaffar@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 222 5747
Dr Greg Mutch
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow
Email: greg.mutch@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5747
Dr Dragos Neagu
Research Associate
Email: dragos.neagu@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5747
Myriam Neaimeh
Researcher in Transport and Energy
Email: myriam.neaimeh@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)191 208 4903
John Nwobu
KTP Associate (redT Energy)
Email: john.nwobu@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Greg O'Donnell
Senior Researcher in Land Use Management Effects in Extreme Floods
Email: g.m.o'donnell@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5221
Dr Victor Pacheco Pena
Newcastle University Research Fellow
Email: victor.pacheco-pena@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 20 88665
Dr Jayathilake Pahala Gedara
Research Associate
Dr Roberto Palacin
Rail Systems Group Lead and Degree Program Director for Mechanical & Systems Engineering
Email: roberto.palacin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6829
Dr Evangelos Papaioannou
Lecturer
Dr Julie Parker
Research Associate
Email: julie.parker@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5334
Dr Christopher Pearson
Research Associate in GNSS geodesy
Email: christopher.pearson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5041
Dr Maria-Valasia Peppa
Research Associate
Email: maria-valasia.peppa@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 01912087121
Ed Pinguey
Research Associate
Email: edwin.pinguey@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Jose Portoles
Research Associate
Email: jose.portoles@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5114
Dr Zoya Pourmirza
Research Associate
Email: zoya.pourmirza@ncl.ac.uk
Navid Pourmohammadi
Assistant Engineer
Email: navid.pourmohammadi@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6215
Dr Jonathan Powell
Research Associate
Email: jonathan.powell3@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Maria Pregnolato
EPSRC Research Fellow
Email: maria.pregnolato@ncl.ac.uk
Federico Prini
Research Associate
Email: federico.prini@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5098
Dr Maria Prodromou
Research Associate
Dr Zi Qian
Research Associate (New Rail)
Email: zi.qian@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Reza Ramezani
Research Associate
Email: reza.ramezani@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Shahid Rasul
Research Associate
Email: shahid.rasul@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Ravikumar Ravikumar
Research Associate
Email: kumar.ravikumar@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 7085
Tom Reavie
Assistant Research Engineer
Email: tom.reavie@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6191
Dr David Reay
Senior Research Associate
Email: david.reay@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)191 208 5604; +44(0)191 251 2985;
Dr Craig Robson
Research Associate
Email: craig.robson1@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7121/ +44 (0) 191 208 2630
Dr Mohammad Royapoor
Research Associate
Email: mohammad.royapoor@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3623
Carl Samuel
Research Assistant
Benjamin Scholes
Research Assistant
Email: ben.scholes@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 2412
Dr Francesco Serinaldi
Willis Research Fellow
Email: francesco.serinaldi@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5956
Ian Sewell
Senior Engineer
Email: ian.sewell@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7857
Benjamin Sherlock
Research Associate
Email: benjamin.sherlock@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5286
Dr Muez Shiref
Research Associate
Email: muez.shiref@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Dumitru Sirbu
Research Associate
Email: dumitru.sirbu@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7053
Dr Andrew Smallbone
Principal Research Associate
Email: andrew.smallbone@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 4954
Dr Danil Sokolov
Senior Research Associate & Research Fellow
Email: danil.sokolov@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2401
Dr Andrew Steven
Senior Research Associate
Email: andy.steven@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2412
Doug Stewart
KTP Associate (Enocell Ltd)
Dr Ross Stirling
Lecturer in Geotechnical Infrastructure
Email: ross.stirling@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7934
Kevin Stott
Research Assistant
Email: kevin.stott@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2085039
Dr Fuzhong Sun
Visiting Researcher
Dr Maria Syrigou
Visiting Researcher
Dr Ghaith Tarawneh
Research Associate
Email: ghaith.tarawneh@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2401
Dr Deepashree Thumbarathy
Research Associate
Email: deepashree.thumbarathy@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5681
Dr Rajesh Tiwari
Visiting Lecturer
Dr Georgios Triantafyllou
Research Associate
Email: georgios.triantafyllou@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 222 5747
Dr Georgios Triantafyllou
Research Associate
Email: georgios.triantafyllou@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 222 5747
Dr Serkan Turkmen
Research Associate
Email: serkan.turkmen@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)191 208 5862
Dr Charles Turquand d'Auzay
Research Associate
Email: charles.turquand-d'auzay@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +33 (0) 633116023
Dr Cristian Ulianov
Railway Technology Group Manager
Email: cristian.ulianov@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3971
Sana Ullah
Research Assistant
Email: sana.ullah@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 2412
Dr Jesus Urresti Ibanez
Research Associate
Email: jesus.urresti@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5468
Dr Konstantin Vasilevskiy
Senior Research Associate
Email: konstantin.vasilevskiy@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7555
Dr Petr Voltr
Research Associate
Email: petr.voltr@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5997
Dr Matthew Wade
Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Individual Fellow
Email: matthew.wade@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +1 (905) 525-9140 x-26373
David Walker
Research Assistant
Email: david.walker4@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Claire Walsh
Lecturer in Water Engineering
Email: claire.walsh@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6447
Dr Wan Iman Binti Wan Mohd Nazi
Research Associate
Email: wan-iman-binti.wan-mohd-nazi@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 01912084867
Dr Jiabin Wang
Research Associate
Email: jiabin.wang@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 222 5466
Robin Wardle
Research Assistant
Maggie White
Experimental Officer
Email: maggie.white@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7206
Dr James Widmer
Centre for Advanced Electrical Drives
Email: james.widmer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3016
Dave Winterborne
Research Associate
Email: dave.winterborne@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 7197
Dr Rafal Wrobel
Senior Research Associate
Email: rafal.wrobel@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 2412
Dr Haimeng Wu
Research Associate
Email: haimeng.wu@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: (0) 191 208 7588
Dr Fei Xia
Senior Research Associate
Email: fei.xia@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8237
Qiuji Yi
Research Assistant (Marie Curie)
Email: qiuji.yi@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Khalid Zakaria
Senior Research Associate
Email: khalid.zakaria2@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1912087085
Dr Hossein Zanganeh
Research Associate
Dr Huagui Zhang
Research Associate
Dr Kui Zhang
Research Associate
Email: kui.zhang@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5747
Tom Zunder
Rail Freight & Logistics Research Manager and Principal Research Associate
Email: tom.zunder@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3975