People
CASA is inherently interdisciplinary. Among its staff are physicists, planners, geographers, data scientists, architects, mathematicians and computer scientists all working on the same projects.
The centre is comprised of academic staff, research staff, professional services staff, visiting academics, honorary staff and postgraduate (Doctoral and Masters) students.
Go straight to: Director | Programme Directors and Leads | Teaching Staff | Professional Services | Research Staff | Associated Staff
Director
- Jon Reades - Professor of Geographic Data Science and Head of Department for CASA
Programme Directors and Leads
- Claire Dooley - Programme Director, MSc Urban Spatial Science; Lecturer (Teaching) in Spatial Data Science
- Andrew Maclachlan - Programme Director, Urban Spatial Science Degree Apprenticeship MSc; Associate Professor in Spatial Data Science; Visualisation and Careers and Alumni Liaison Officer
- Neave O'Clery - Director of Research; and Professor of Cities and Networks
- Duncan Smith - Programme Director, MRes Urban Spatial Science; Associate Professor, GIS and Visualisation
- Duncan Wilson - Director of Enterprise and Partnerships; Programme Director, MSc Connected Environments; Professor of Connected Environments
Teaching Staff
- Elsa Arcaute - Professor of Complexity Science
- Ollie Ballinger - Lecturer (Teaching) in Geocomputation
- Michael Batty - Bartlett Professor of Planning, and Founder & Director (1995 – 2010)
- Huanfa Chen - Associate Professor in Spatial Data Science and Quantitative Methods
- Adam Dennett - Professor of Urban Analytics, and Director (2018 – 2023)
- Martin De Jode - Lecturer in Connected Environments (Hardware)
- Steven Gray - Professor (Teaching) in Big Data Analytics and Departmental Graduate Tutor (Taught)
- Duncan Hay - Associate Professor (Teaching) in Urban Science
- Andrew Hudson-Smith - Professor of Digital Urban Systems, and Director (2010 – 2018)
- Jens Kandt - Associate Professor in Urban Geography and Data Science
- Max Nathan - Professor of Economic Geography
- Thomas Oléron-Evans - Lecturer in Quantitative Methods; Departmental Graduate Tutor (Research)
- Valerio Signorelli - Lecturer in Connected Environments (Virtual)
- Esra Suel - Associate Professor, City Modelling
- Mark Tewdwr-Jones - Professor of Cities and Regions
- Sarah Wise - Associate Professor in Agent-Based Modelling
- Chen Zhong - Professor of Urban Analytics
Professional Services
Management, HR and Finance
- Riska Beer – Finance, HR and Research Administrator
- Susan Francis – Department Manager
- Sandra Starosta – Finance & HR Administrator
Marketing
- Van Anh Dang - Marketing Officer (maternity leave)
- Dhanesh Rathod - Marketing Officer (maternity cover)
- Desart Ismaili - Outreach Manager
- Hannah Maguire - Senior Marketing Manager
- Saralyn White - Marketing Manager
Communications
- Srijana Gurung - Senior Communications Manager
- Abi Luter - Events Manager (maternity leave)
- Yossie Olaleye - Communications Manager
- Dana Sousa-Limbu - Events Manager (maternity cover)
- Gen Williams - Communications Officer
Teaching and Learning
- CASA Teaching - bartlett.pg-casa@ucl.ac.uk
- Sophie Busby – Education Administrator (Postgraduate Research)
- Francesca Harrison-Quah - Education Coordinator (Postgraduate Taught), Connected Environments MSc
- Robert Heller - Education Manager
- Satinder Kundhi – Education Coordinator (Postgraduate Research)
- Zoe Lau - Education Coordinator
- Mae Oroszlany – Education Manager (Postgraduate Research)
- Valentina Riverso - Education Administrator
- Afroditi Tampakopoulou - Education Administrator
Research
- Kasia Tomczyk - Research Manager & Departmental Safety Officer
Technical support
- Simon Gosling - Connected Environments Technician
Research Staff
- Boyana Buyuklieva - Research Fellow (OS funded) - UCL Department of Information Studies
- Sukankana Chakraborty - Research Fellow
- Adham Enaya - Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence for Collective Intelligence – Smart Cities
- Philyoung Jeong - Research Assistant
- Leah Lovett - Research Fellow (Impact, Engagement and Outreach)
- Laura Mazzarino - Research Fellow
- Ruth Neville - Research Fellow in Computational Social Science
- Robert Manning Smith - Research Fellow in Agent-based Modelling for Ebola Risk Reduction
- Richard Milton - Senior Research Fellow (QUANT)
- Dr Changwha Oh - Research Fellow in Spatial Data Science (Public Health)
- Dr Yanbo Pang - Research Fellow in GeoAI (urban mobility)
- Clara Peiret-Garcia - Research Fellow in Urban Analytics
- Mateo Sere - Research Assistant / Research Fellow (Computational Social Scientist)
- Sameera Siddiqui - Research Assistant
- Beatrice Taylor - Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence for Collective Intelligence – Smart Cities
- Dr Bowen Zhang - Research Fellow in Urban Mobility
Staff associated with CASA
Boyana Buyuklieva - Research Fellow (OS funded) - UCL Department of Information Studies