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We are a home for research technology professionals - data scientists, research software engineers, research infrastructure developers and data stewards.

Our professionals support and collaborate in the delivery of team-based UCL research, providing outstanding career development opportunities for these new kinds of research professionals.

Join the team - see our current vacancies 

Team

Leadership Team

 

James Hetherington
Prof. James Hetherington 

Director


Kovalchuk2
Dr. Yevgeniya Kovalchuk

Head of Data Science - Principal Research Scientist


emma_cardinalrichards
Emma Cardinal-Richards

Senior Research Architect 


rachel_cooper
Rachel Cooper

Portfolio Delivery Manager


Serge Guillas
Prof. Serge Guillas

Director of Studies and Head of Data Science


Donna Swann
Donna Swann

Chief of Staff - Head of Operations and Strategic Development 

 
Timo Betche
Prof. Timo Betcke

  Research Director


 
Jonathan Cooper
Dr. Jonathan Cooper

  Head of Research Software Engineering


Peter Coveney
Prof. Peter Coveney

Associate Director 

 


 
Owain Kenway
Dr. Owain Kenway

Head of Research Computing


James Wilson
Dr. James A J Wilson

Head of Research Data Service

Operations and Strategic Development

 

Donna Swann
Donna Swann

Chief of Staff - Head of Operations and Strategic Development


samantha_ahern
Samantha Ahern

Senior Digital Research Trainer


dan_bretherton
Dan Bretherton

Research Computing Applications and Support Team Leader


louise_chisholm
Dr. Louise Chisholm

Strategic Coordinator (e-Research Domain) - Deputy Director UK SKA Regional Centre (Project Scientist)


Shabnam Kazemi
Shabnam Kazemi

Project Delivery Support 


Jo Lampard
Jo Lampard

Research Community Lead


john_omotoye
John Omotoye

Project Delivery Support Officer


Tanya Roumelioti
Konstantina (Tanya) Roumelioti

 Research and Enterprise Manager

Chris Langridge
Chris Langridge

Departmental Manager


 
daniel_beilby
Daniel Beilby

 Senior Business Analyst


 
emma_cardinalrichards
Emma Cardinal-Richards

 Senior Research Architect 


rachel_cooper
Rachel Cooper

Portfolio Delivery Manager


Deborah Johnstone
Deborah Johnstone

Research Finance Administrator


rupert_roker
Rupert Roker

Agile Delivery Manager


Ben Smith

Agile Delivery Manager

Research Software Engineers

 

Jonathan Cooper
Dr. Jonathan Cooper

Head of Research Software Engineering 


sam_cunliffe
Tim Band

Senior Research Software Developer 


Haroon Chughtai
Haroon Chughtai 

Senior Research Software Developer


Dr. Sam Cunliffe

Senior Research Software Developer


Alessandro Felder
Dr. Alessandro Felder 

Senior Research Software Developer


Ruaridh Gollifer
Ruaridh Gollifer

Research Software Developer - Imaging Specialist


 
williamgraham
William Graham

  Research Software Developer 


Amanda Ho-Lyn
Amanda Ho-Lyn 

Research Web Application Developer


sarah jaffa
Dr. Sarah Jaffa

Research Software Developer


 
Tuomas Koskela
Dr. Tuomas Koskela 

 Senior Research Software Developer


Dr. Daniel Matthews

Senior Research Software Developer


Sofia Miñano
Sofia Miñano

Research Software Engineer


Idil Ozdemir

Research Software Developer


stef_piatek
Dr. Stefan Piatek

Senior Research Software Developer


Steve Roderick
Steve Roderick

Research Software Developer


Peter Schmidt
Dr. Peter Schmidt 

Senior Research Software Developer


Dr. David Stansby

Research Software Developer


 
Asif Tamuri
Dr. Asif Tamuri 

 Principal Research Software Engineer


robert_vickerstaff
Dr. Robert Vickerstaff

Senior Research Software Developer


xochicale_miguel
Dr. Miguel Xochicale

Research Software Engineer

Ilektra Christidi
Dr. Ilektra-Athanasia Christidi

Senior Research Software Developer


tom_couch
Dr. Tom Couch

Senior Research Software Developer


Emily Dubrovska
Emily Dubrovska

Assistant Research Software Developer 


Dan Giles
Dan Giles

 Research Software Developer 


Mose
Dr. Mosè Giordano

 Research Software Developer


Krishna Gopalakrishnan
Dr. Krishna Gopalakrishnan

Research Software Developer


 
Michael McLeod
Milan Malfait

Research Software Developer


Harry Moss
Dr. Harry Moss

Senior Research Software Developer


james hughes
Dr. James Hughes

Senior Research Web Application Developer


 
Sarah Keating
Dr. Sarah Keating

  Principal Research Software Developer 


Harvey Mannering
Harvey Mannering

Research Software Engineer 


Michael McLeod 

Research Software Developer 


David PS
Dr. David Pérez-Suárez

Principal Research Software Developer


jamie_quinn
Jamie Quinn

Senior Research Infrastructure Developer


Paddy Roddy
Dr. Paddy Roddy

Research Software Engineer


Paul Smith
Dr. Paul Smith

Research Software Developer


jeremy stein
Jeremy Stein 

Research Software Developer


 
Peter Tsrunchev
Peter Tsrunchev

  Research Software Developer


Dr. Tom Young 

Research Software Developer

Data Scientists

 

Serge Guillas
Prof. Serge Guillas

Head of Profession - Associate Director of Studies and Head of Data Science


Kovalchuk2
Dr Yevgeniya Kovalchuk

Head of Data Science


matt graham
Dr. Matt Graham

Senior Research Data Scientist


ed_lowther
Ed Lowther

Senior Data Safe Haven Data Scientist

devaraj_gopinathan
Dr. Devaraj Gopinathan

Senior Research Data Scientist


Dr. Sanaz Jabbari 

Senior Research Data Scientist


Dimitra Salmanidou
Dr. Dimitra Salmanidou

Senior Research Data Scientist

Data Stewards

Our Data Stewards can help researchers make the most of our services and they work on projects and with departments to ensure that data is well managed at every stage of the research data lifecycle.

James Wilson
Dr. James A J Wilson

Head of Profession - Head of Research Data Services


 
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Katie Buntic

Research Data Consultant

mahmoud_abdelrazek
Mahmoud Abdelrazek

Senior Research Data Steward


Daniel Delargy

Research Data Steward


Martin Donnelly
Martin Donnelly

Principal Research Data Steward


Nayna Patel

Senior Analyst Developer- Research Applications 


Shipra Suman
Shipra Suman

Research Data Steward

Owain Kenway
Dr. Owain Kenway

Head of Research Computing 


Murat Halit

Research Data Storage Engineer 


Michael Holliday
Michael Holliday

Senior Research Data Storage Specialist


heather kelly
Heather Kelly

Research Computing Analyst EPSRC Tier 2 Hub for Materials and Molecular Modelling


euthymios_kotsialos
Dr. Euthymios Kotsialos

Research Computing Analyst


Daniel Mikolajczyk 

Senior Research Infrastructure Developer


werner_van_niekerk
Werner van Niekerk

Principal Research Infrastructure Systems Administrator


Carter Quinn

Research Infrastructure Developer


Ben Thomas
Dr. Ben Thomas

Principal Research Infrastructure Developer

brian_alston
Brian Alston

Research Computing Analyst

 


dan_bretherton
Dan Bretherton 

Research Computing Applications and Support Team Leader


Fatima Chami

Research Research Developer


William Hay
William Hay

Senior Research Systems Administrator - Research Platforms


Justin Hoggart

Research Infrastructure Developer


Thomas Jones

Research Computing Infrastructure Team Leader


Dr. Ian Kirker

 Research Computing Analyst


Donald Lai

Research Infrastructure Developer


James Legg

Senior Research Infrastructure Developer


Abdul Muhit

Analyst Developer - Research Applications


frank_otto
Dr. Frank Otto

Senior Research Infrastructure Developer


Dr. Alastair Smith

Senior Research Data Systems Engineer

Associate Staff

 

Graca Carvalho
Graca Carvalho

Centre Director - Engineering Science Faculty Office


Andy Gormanly
Andy Gormanly

Head of Faculty IT - Maps


Chris Gutschow
Christian Gutschow

Research Associate - Dept of Physics & Astronomy


Dr Benjamin Hall
Dr. Benjamin Hall

Principal Research Fellow - Dept of Med Phys & Biomedical Eng


Jason Mcewen
Prof. Jason Mcewen

Professor of Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics

Dr. Aida Sanchez
 Dr. Aida Sanchez

Senior Data Manager - IOE,  Social Research Institute


Niko Sirmpilatze
Dr. Nikoloz Sirmpilatze

Research Software Engineer - Behavioural and Neural Data 


Ben Waugh
Dr. Ben Waugh

IT and Computer Manager


Joseph Ziminski
Dr. Joseph Ziminski

Research Software Engineer - Behavioural and Neural Data

Chris Gutschow
Daniel Diaz Gonzalez

IT Support Officer - Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences


Niko Sirmpilatze
Steven Gray

Associate Professor - Teaching in Spatial Computation

Haider Shozeb
Prof. Haider Shozeb

Professor in Computational Biophysics

 


Janos Kriston-Vizi
Dr. Janos Kriston-Vizi 

Investigator Scientist - Bioinformatics


Joqualin Rapela
Dr. Joaquin Rapela

Research Fellow - Gatsby Computational Neurosci Unit

Matthew Scroggs
Matthew Scroggs

Research Fellow - Dept of Mathematics


Adam Tyson
Adam Tyson

Head Research Engineer - Head of Data Centre, The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre


Jeremy Yates
Dr. Jeremy Yates

Principal Research Fellow - Dept of Computer Science