UCL Bartlett staff promotions announced for 2025–26

This news item is from the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment.

Celebrating promotions across the Bartlett faculty

We are proud to announce the promotion of several colleagues at UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, effective 01 October 2026.

These well-deserved promotions recognise the exceptional contributions our staff have made to research, teaching and leadership across the Faculty.

Our warmest congratulations to each of them on this milestone in their careers. See the full list of promotions below:

Professors

Name	Department	Promoted to
Dr Evangelia Chrysikou	Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction	Professor of Healthcare Architecture and Planning
Dr Teresa Domenech Aparisi	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Professor of Industrial Ecology and the Circular Economy
Dr Clare Heaviside	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Professor of Cities, Climate and Health
Dr Lorenzo Lotti	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Professor (Teaching) in Economics of Energy and the Environment
Dr Nishatabbas Rehmatulla	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Professorial Research Fellow in Energy and Transport
Dr Konstantinos Grigoriadis	Bartlett School of Architecture	Professor of Multi-Material Architecture
Dr Claire Mcandrew	Bartlett School of Architecture	Professor of Participatory Practice
Dr James O’Leary	Bartlett School of Architecture	Professor of Architecture & Spatial Politics
Dr Luke Pearson	Bartlett School of Architecture	Professor of Architecture and Virtual Worlds
Ms Guang Yu Ren	Bartlett School of Architecture	Professor of Architecture and Transterritorial Praxis
Dr Juliana Borowczyk Martins	Bartlett School of Planning	Professor (Teaching) of Urban Design and Planning
Dr Jessica Ferm	Bartlett School of Planning	Professor of Planning and Urban Economies
Dr Armando Martins Brelaz De Castro	Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction	Professor of Law and Sustainable Management in the Built Environment
Dr Stergios Mitoulis	Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction	Professor of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Dr Daniel Oviedo Hernandez	Development Planning Unit	Professor of Urban Mobility and Development Planning
Dr Christopher Harker	UCL Institute for Global Prosperity	Professor of Global Prosperity
Dr Sertac Sehlikoglu	UCL Institute for Global Prosperity	Professor of Feminist Anthropology and Muslim Societies

Associate Professors / Principal Research Fellows

Name	Department	Promoted to
Dr Cecilia Bembibre Jacobo	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Associate Professor
Mr Oliver Broad	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Principal Research Fellow
Dr Valentina Marincioni	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Associate Professor
Dr Irene Pluchinotta	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Associate Professor
Dr Yair Schwartz	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Associate Professor
Dr Rui Tang	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Associate Professor
Dr Jemima Unwin Teji	Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources	Associate Professor
Dr Albert Brenchat Aguilar	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor
Dr Paul Dobraszczyk	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor
Miss Jessica In	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor (Teaching)
Dr Jan Kattein	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor
Dr Kimon-Vincent Krenz	Bartlett School of Architecture	Principal Research Fellow
Dr Lo Marshall	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor
Dr Thomas O’ Caollai	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor (Teaching)
Dr Maria Paez	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor (Teaching)
Ms Henrietta Williams	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor (Teaching)
Miss Barbara Zandavali	Bartlett School of Architecture	Associate Professor (Teaching)
Dr Sonia Freire Trigo	Bartlett School of Planning	Associate Professor
Dr Martina Manara	Bartlett School of Planning	Associate Professor
Dr Meredith Whitten	Bartlett School of Planning	Associate Professor
Dr Roya Derakhshanalavijeh	Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction	Associate Professor
Dr Ana Margarita Garfias Royo	Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction	Associate Professor
Dr Kell Jones	Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction	Associate Professor
Dr Nicola Moretti	Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction	Associate Professor
Dr Valerio Signorelli	Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis	Associate Professor
Dr Azadeh Mashayekhi	Development Planning Unit	Associate Professor
Dr Raktim Ray	Development Planning Unit	Associate Professor
Dr Yuan He	UCL Institute for Global Prosperity	Associate Professor (Teaching)

Several of our newly promoted colleagues also play a key role in leading the Bartlett’s taught programmes:

Evangelia Chrysikou, Course lead for Healthcare Facilities MSc
Konstantinos Grigoriadis, Course lead for Architecture MArch
Luke Pearson, Course lead for Cinematic and Videogame Architecture MArch
Juliana Martins, Course lead for City Planning MPlan

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