Global Challenges Academy

Staff

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Professor Jaime Amezaga
Prof of Environmental Sustainability

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4876

Professor Margaret Carol Bell CBE
Science City Professor of Transport and the Environment

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7936

Dr Stephen Blenkinsop
Principal Research Associate in Climate and Climate Change

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 7933

Professor Phil Blythe
Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, and former Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport (2015 to 2021)

Dr Heather Brown
Senior Lecturer

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2275

Professor Andrew Burton
Professor of Fine Art

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6074

Dr Cat Button
Director of Planning and Urban Design

Dr Martin Cooke
Director Postgraduate Studies

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5313

Dr Julia Cooper
Lecturer in Soil Science

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 6883

Dr Lynne Corner
Director of Engagement

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1309

Dr Paul Cowie
Faculty Research Fellow

Email:
Telephone: 0191 2083593

Professor Thomas Curtis
Professor of Environmental Engineering

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6690

Professor Russell Davenport
Engineering for the Environment and Human Health

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5544

Professor Simin Davoudi
Professor of Town Planning

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6809

Professor Richard Dawson
Professor of Earth Systems Engineering, Director of Research & Innovation

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Professor Nanette De Jong
Prof of Socially Engaged Ethnomusicology

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6752

Professor Pauline Dixon
Professor of International Development and Education

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5047

Professor Robert Edwards
Emeritus Professor

Telephone: 0191 208 6869

Professor Jeff Errington FMedSci FRS
Director of the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology (CBCB)

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3235

Dr Alistair Ford
Lecturer in Geospatial Data Analytics and Policy Academy Fellow

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7121

Dr Nathan Forsythe
Newcastle University Research Fellow

Email:
Telephone: 0191 208 6875

Dr Emma Foster
Lecturer

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5581

Professor Hayley Fowler
Professor of Climate Change Impacts

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7113

Professor Lynn Frewer
Professor of Food & Society

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8272

Dr Rachel Gaulton
Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5582

Professor Rose Gilroy
Professor of Ageing, Policy & Planning

Professor Stephanie Glendinning
Professor of Civil Engineering and SAgE Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 7870 899811

Dr Vassilis Glenis
Senior Lecturer

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6413

Dr Paul Goodman
Lecturer (Intelligent Transport Systems)

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5945

Dr Michaela Goodson
Dean of Research

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Professor David Graham
Professor of Ecosystems Engineering

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7930

Professor Stephen Graham
Professor of Cities and Society

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8579

Dr Selma Guerreiro
Research Fellow

Dr Neveen Hamza
Reader in Architecture, Energy and Wellbeing

Professor Oliver Heidrich
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6563

Dr Richard Holmes
Senior Lecturer / Hon. Consultant in Dental Public Health

Professor Alexandra Hughes
Dean of Research & Innovation

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5176

Dr Steve Humble MBE
Reader in Global Development

Telephone: +44(0) 191 208 7593

Professor Philip James
Professor of Urban Data

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6388

Professor Philip James
Professor of Urban Data

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6388

Professor Adam Jarvis
Professor of Hydrogeochemical Engineering

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4871

Dr Jennine Jonczyk
NTCA-IoCT Programme Manager

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Professor Louise Kempton
Professor of Urban and Regional Policy

Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 7577

Professor Chris Kilsby
Professor of Hydrology and Climate Change

Dr Jonathan Kimmitt
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Director of Impact

Email:
Telephone: 0191 2081614

Dr Andrew Kingston
Senior Lecturer in the Epidemiology of Ageing

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Professor Andy Large
Professor in River Science

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6342

Dr Elizabeth Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Computational Hydrology, Deputy Director of Research & Innovation

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7544

Professor Georg Lietz
Professor of International Nutrition

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6893

Dr Elisa Lopez-Capel
Senior Lecturer in Soil Science

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6928

Professor David Manning
Professor of Soil Science

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6610

Professor Ian McKeith
Professor of Old Age Psychiatry

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1312

Professor Suzanne Moffatt
Professor of Social Gerontology

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5005

Professor Philip Moore
Professor of Space Geodesy

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5040

Professor Paula Moynihan
Prof of Nutrition & Oral Health

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8241

Dr Anil Namdeo
Reader in Air Quality Management

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8486

Dr Robert Newbery
Reader in Enterprise and Innovation

Email:
Telephone: 44 (0)191 2081608

Dr Greg O'Donnell
Senior Researcher in Land Use Management Effects in Extreme Floods

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5221

Professor Patrick Olivier
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction

Email:
Telephone: +447813951637

Dr Stella Paddick
Associate Clinical Lecturer

Professor Roberto Palacin
Director of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6829

Dr Luca Panzone
Senior lecturer in Consumer Behaviour

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 1912083594

Dr Melanie Parravano Baro
Lecturer in Economics

Dr Silvia Pasquetti
Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5817

Professor John Pendlebury
Professor of Urban Conservation

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6810

Dr Marion Pfeifer
Associate Professor, Landscape Ecology and Management

Email:
Telephone: 0191 20 85626

Dr Maria Pregnolato
EPSRC Research Fellow

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Professor Mark Reed
Prof of Socio-Technical Innovation

Email:
Telephone: 07538082343

Professor Dame Louise Robinson
Professor of Primary Care and Ageing; Regius Professor of Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7013

Professor Tony Roskilly
Director, Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4952

Professor Karen Ross
Director of Impact

Telephone: 447798884110

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1140

Dr Suzanne Speak
Senior Lecturer in Planning

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5646

Telephone: 0191 2087739

Professor Selina Stead
Professor of Marine Governance and Environmental Science

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6832

Dr Blossom Stephan
Senior Lecturer

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3811

Dr Gavin Stewart
Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis

Professor Mark Tewdwr-Jones
Professor of Town Planning and Director of Newcastle City Futures

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 86020

Professor Tim Townshend
Professor of Urban Design for Health

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7814

Dr Paul Vallance
Research Associate

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4480

Professor Richard Walker
Consultant Physician (Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) and Honorary Professor of Ageing and International Health (Newcastle University)

Email:
Telephone: 0191 293 2709

Professor Claire Walsh
Professor in Water Security

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6447

Professor Paul Watson
Director of the the National Innovation Centre for Data, Professor of Computer Science

Professor David Werner
Environmental Systems Modelling

Professor Mark Whittingham
Professor of Applied Ecology

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6599

Dr Wendy Wrieden
Principal Research Associate

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5581

Dr Natalia Yakovleva
Senior Lecturer in International Business Strategy

Email:
Telephone: +44(0)203 752 2448

Dr Heather Yemm
Research Associate (DePEC)

Email:
Telephone: 0191 208 5237

Professor Daniel Zizzo
Dean of Research & Innovation

Email:
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 5844

Dr Tom Zunder
Principal Research Associate

Telephone: +44 7542 322433