People
Our Group Leaders, Emerging Leaders, Lab Members, Professional Services Team and Affiliate Members are listed below:
Centre Director
Revealing the molecular causes and consequence of tauopathy in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
- Adnan Avdic-Belltheus - Senior Research Technician - a.avdic-belltheus@ucl.ac.uk
- Tim Birkle - Research Fellow - t.birkle@ucl.ac.uk
- Mathieu Bourdenx - Senior Research Fellow - m.bourdenx@ucl.ac.uk
- Paula Cauhy - PhD Student - paula.cauhy@ucl.ac.uk
- Luiza Damoc - Research Technician - l.damoc@ucl.ac.uk
- Hannah Davies - Research Technician - skgthd1@ucl.ac.uk
- Martha Foiani - Senior Research Fellow - martha.foiani.14@ucl.ac.uk
- Samantha Henry - EA to Prof Karen Duff - s.henry@ucl.ac.uk
- Nathasia Mudiwa Muwanigwa - Research Fellow - n.muwanigwa@ucl.ac.uk
- Izzie Prankerd - PhD Student - i.prankerd@ucl.ac.uk
- Saisha Patel - PhD Student - saisha.patel.19@ucl.ac.uk
- James Scott-Solache - Research Fellow - james.scott-solache.18@ucl.ac.uk
- Raquel Taddei - Research Fellow - raquel.taddei.20@ucl.ac.uk
- Eliona Tsefou - Research Fellow - e.tsefou@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Duff Lab click here.
Group Leader
Untangling protein structure to better understand function and treat neurodegeneration
- Angela Amador Benitez - Paid Intern - angela.benitez.23@ucl.ac.uk
- Lily Bowen - Research Technician - lily.bowen.24@ucl.ac.uk
- James Conway - Research Fellow - james.conway@ucl.ac.uk
- Marta Di Fabrizio - Honorary Research Fellow - m.difabrizio@ucl.ac.uk
- Marisa Edmonds - Research Technician -marisa.edmonds.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Viktoria Klein - Honorary Research Fellow - v.klein@ucl.ac.uk
- Rachel Mahoney - Master's Student - rachel.mahoney.25@ucl.ac.uk
- Ayan Mukherjee - Research Technician - ayan.mukherjee.@ucl.ac.uk
- Lenart Senicar - Research Technician -lenart.senicar.17@ucl.ac.uk
- Amber Wallis - Research Lab Manager amber.wallis@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Bartels Lab click here.
Group Leader
Understanding and repairing pathological neural circuits in Alzheimer's disease
- Josef Bitzenhofer - Visiting Student - j.bitzenhofer@ucl.ac.uk
- Suraya Bond - Research Fellow - suraya.bond.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Qichen Cao - Research Fellow - qichen.cao@ucl.ac.uk
- Robert Ellingford - Research Fellow - r.ellingford@ucl.ac.uk
- David Graykowski - Honorary Research Assistant - d.graykowski@ucl.ac.uk
- Jonathon Harris - PhD Student - jonathon.harris.23@ucl.ac.uk
- Sam Harris - Senior Research Fellow - samuel.harris@ucl.ac.uk
- Marten Kehring - Visiting Research Student -m.kehring@ucl.ac.uk
- Francesca Lam - Research Assistant - francesca.lam.19@ucl.ac.uk
- James Rowland - Research Fellow - james.rowland.12@ucl.ac.uk
- Jana Zuenkler - Visiting Research Fellow - kryiaki.sapidou.24@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Busche Lab click here.
Group Leader
Investigating the cellular reaction to amyloid beta and tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
- Lorena Arancia Carcamo - Principal Staff Scientist - l.carcamo@ucl.ac.uk
- Emily Blackburn - Research Fellow - emily.blackburn.18@ucl.ac.uk
- Cara Croft - Honorary Research Fellow - cara.croft@ucl.ac.uk
- Emma Davis - Data Research Assistant - emma.davis@ucl.ac.uk
- Perlina Desai - Research Fellow - perlina.desai.17@ucl.ac.uk
- Brendan Hajar - PhD Student - b.hajar@ucl.ac.uk
- Mark Fiers - Senior Research Fellow - m.fiers@ucl.ac.uk
- Amy Lloyd - Research Fellow - alloyd001@dundee.ac.uk
- Disha Shah - Senior Research Fellow - disha.shah@ucl.ac.uk
- Dominic Simpson - Research Fellow - dominic.simpson@ucl.ac.uk
- Millie Thackray - PhD Student - millie.thackray.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Amer Townsend - Senior Animal Technician - amer.townsend@ucl.ac.uk
- Sarah Wegmann - Research Assistant - s.wegmann@ucl.ac.uk
- Carlo Zanetti - Research Assistant - c.zanetti@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the De Strooper Lab click here.
Group Leader
Accelerating the development of effective therapies to make a difference to people living with dementia
- Emily Abel - Research Technician and PhD Student - emily.abel.17@ucl.ac.uk
- Tatiana Alvarez Giovannucci - Research Fellow - t.giovannucci@ucl.ac.uk
- Suzie Barker - Research Governance Manager - suzie.barker@ucl.ac.uk
- Millie Beament - Research Assistant - m.beament@ucl.ac.uk
- Erinna Bowman - Study Coordinator - erinna.bowman@ucl.ac.uk
- David Cash - Professorial Research Fellow - d.cash@ucl.ac.uk
- Christine Chow - Neurogenetic Therapies Programme Manager - c.chow@ucl.ac.uk
- Miguel Grilo - Clinical Research Fellow - m.grilo@ucl.ac.uk
- Moneeb Nasir - Clinical Research Fellow - moneeb.nasir@ucl.ac.uk
- Dilek Ocal - Postdoctoral Researcher - d.ocal@ucl.ac.uk
- Ross Paterson - Principal Clinical Research Fellow - r.paterson@ucl.ac.uk
- Llwyd Prosser - Research Fellow (Senior Imaging Technician) - l.prosser@ucl.ac.uk
- Helen Rice - Research Nurse - h.rice@ucl.ac.uk
- Natalie Ryan - Senior Clinical Research Fellow -natalie.ryan@ucl.ac.uk
- Philip Weston - UK DRI Emerging Leader - philip.weston@ucl.ac.uk
- Xin Zhang - PhD Student/Clinical Resarch Fellow - x.zhang.23@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Fox Lab click here.
Group Leader
Harnessing genetics to build a better understanding of dementia
- Melissa Barber - Research Fellow - m.barber@ucl.ac.uk
- Laura Caton - PhD Student - laura.caton.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Anupriya Dalmia - Senior Research Fellow - a.dalmia@ucl.ac.uk
- Krystel Fernandes - PhD Student - krystel.fernandes.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Xinran Hao - PhD Student - xinran.hao.24@ucl.ac.uk
- Manini Jain - Masters Student - manini.jain.23@ucl.ac.uk
- Dafni Kampitsi - MRes Student - dafni.kampitsi.24@ucl.ac.uk
- Silvia La Penna - Masters Student - silvia.penna.24@ucl.ac.uk
- Hannah Macpherson - PhD Student - hannah.macpherson.14@ucl.ac.uk
- Naciye Magulasi - PhD Student - n.magusali@ucl.ac.uk
- Sophie de Regnauld de Bellescize - Masters Student - sophie.bellescize.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Dervis Salih - Principal Research Fellow - dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk
- Maryam Shoai - Senior Research Fellow - m.shoai@ucl.ac.uk
- June Smalley - Personal Assistant to Prof. John Hardy - j.smalley@ucl.ac.uk
- Hannah Smith - RA/Bioinformatician - hannah.smith.23@ucl.ac.uk
- Doga Yorulmaz - Masters Student - doga.yorulmaz.25@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Hardy Lab click here.
Group Leader
Dissecting pathways by which microglia contribute to region-specific synapse dysfunction in neurodegeneration
- Gerard Crowley - Research Fellow - gerard.crowley.18@ucl.ac.uk
- Sebastiaan De Schepper - Visiting Researcher - s.schepper@ucl.ac.uk
- Aura Hare - Research Laboratory Manager - a.hare@ucl.ac.uk
- Jenny Lange - Senior Research Fellow - jenny.lange.10@ucl.ac.uk
- Russell Li - Visiting Student - russell.li.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Samuel Liu - Visiting Student - samuel.liu.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Christina Maat - PhD Student - christina.maat.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Phoebe Mak - MSc Student - ying.mak.24@ucl.ac.uk
- Francesca Puletti - PhD Student - francesca.puletti.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Maryam Rahim - Research Fellow - maryam.rahim@ucl.ac.uk
- Julie Rebejac - Research Fellow - j.rebejac@ucl.ac.uk
- Javier Rueda-Carrasco - Visitor - j.rueda-carrasco@ucl.ac.uk
- Dimitra Sokolova - PhD Student - dimy.sokolova.15@ucl.ac.uk
- Lais Sous da Silva Ferreira - PhD Student - l.ferreira@ucl.ac.uk
- Isabella Tugulu - PhD Student - isabella.tugulu.24@ucl.ac.uk
- Duo Wu - MRes Student - duo.wu.22@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Hong Lab click here.
Group Leader
Deciphering the fundamental molecular causes of frontotemporal dementia and ALS
- Rubika Balendra - Clinical Training Fellow - r.balendra@ucl.ac.uk
- Cristina Bautista - Research Assistant - cristina.bautista@ucl.ac.uk
- Alex Cammack - Senior Research Fellow - a.cammack@ucl.ac.uk
- Mireia Carcole Estrada - Senior Research Technician - m.estrada@ucl.ac.uk
- Alessia Fisher - Research Fellow - alessia.fisher@ucl.ac.uk
- Anastasia Garai - MSc Student - anastasia.garai.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Stanislaw Majewski - PhD Student - stan.majewski.19@ucl.ac.uk
- Paolo Marchi - Research Fellow - p.marchi@ucl.ac.uk
- Alla Mikheenko - Research Fellow (Bioinformatics) - a.mikheenko@ucl.ac.uk
- David Orsulik - PhD Student - david.orsulik.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Martha Roberts - Research Fellow - martha.roberts.16@ucl.ac.uk
- Georgina Starling - Research Fellow - georgina.starling@ucl.ac.uk
- Tommy Tang - MSc Student - c.tang.25@ucl.ac.uk
- Stephanie Taylor - PhD Student - s.taylor.24@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Isaacs lab click here.
Group Leader
Understanding early changes in neuron-glia circuits in Alzheimer’s disease
- Charlie Clarke-Williams - Research Fellow - c.clarke-williams@ucl.ac.uk
- Hinze Ho - Research Fellow/Imaging - sui-hin.ho.11@ucl.ac.uk
- Pauline Kerekes - Research Fellow - p.kerekes@ucl.ac.uk
- Hande Yuceer Korkmaz - Research Fellow - h.korkmaz@ucl.ac.uk
- Jenice Linde - Research Fellow - jenice.linde@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Krupic Lab click here.
Group Leader
Restoring axonal transport deficits as a therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases
- Jacqueline Casey - Research Fellow - jacqueline.casey.14@ucl.ac.uk
- Oscar Lazo - Honorary Research Fellow - oscar.lazo@ucl.ac.uk
- Anna Masato - Research Fellow - a.masato@ucl.ac.uk
- Alya Masoud Abdelhafid - PhD Student - alya.abdelhafid.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Edoardo Moretto - Honorary Researcher - e.moretto@ucl.ac.uk
- Melis Pisiren - Research Assistant - melis.pisiren.19@ucl.ac.uk
- James Sleigh - Principal Research Fellow - j.sleigh@ucl.ac.uk
- Louisa Snape - PhD Student - louisa.snape.23@ucl.ac.uk
- Sunaina Surana - Research Fellow - s.surana@ucl.ac.uk
- Kai Sun - Research Technician - kai.sun.21@ucl.ac.uk
- André Teixeira Lopes - andre.t.lopes@ucl.ac.uk
- Jobert Vargas - Research Fellow - jose.vargas.15@ucl.ac.uk
- David Villarroel Campos - Research Fellow - david.campos.15@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Schiavo Lab click here.
Group Leader
Clinical academic specialising in dementia, with a focus on early accurate diagnosis, detection of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, and promoting healthy cognitive ageing
- Ashvini Keshavan - Senior Clinical Research Fellow - a.keshavan@ucl.ac.uk
- Heidi Murray-Smith - Research Manager - h.murray-smith@ucl.ac.uk
- Sarah James - Senior Research Fellow - sarah.n.james@ucl.ac.uk
Group Leader
Modulating DNA repair and repeat instability for treating Huntington’s disease and related disorders
- Rose Hopkins - Executive Assistant - r.hopkins@ucl.ac.uk
- James Behagg - Research Coordinator - j.behagg@ucl.ac.uk
- Lucy Coupland - Research Assistant - l.coupland@ucl.ac.uk
- Jasmine Donaldson - Senior Research Fellow - jasmine.donaldson@ucl.ac.uk
- Florence Gidney - Senior Research Technician - f.gidney@ucl.ac.uk
- Marwa Elmasri - Senior Research Technician - m.elmasri@ucl.ac.uk
- Mena Farag - Clinical Research Fellow - mena.farag@ucl.ac.uk
- Kate Fayer - Research Coordinator - k.fayer@ucl.ac.uk
- Ross Ferguson - Senior Research Fellow - ross.ferguson@ucl.ac.uk
- Michael Flower - Research Fellow - michael.flower.14@ucl.ac.uk
- Robert Goold - Research Fellow - robert.goold@ucl.ac.uk
- Joe Hamilton - Research Fellow - joseph.hamilton.17@ucl.ac.uk
- Nicola Hobbs - Senior Research Fellow - n.hobbs@ucl.ac.uk
- Michaela Leocadi - Research Fellow - m.leocadi@ucl.ac.uk
- Michael Murphy - Clinical Research Fellow - michael.m@ucl.ac.uk
- Róisín-Ana Ní Chárthaigh - Senior Research Technician - r.nicharthaigh@ucl.ac.uk
- Jessica Olive - Research Assistant - j.olive@ucl.ac.uk
- Claire Pimblett - Research Assistant - c.pimblett@ucl.ac.uk
- Freja Sadler - Senior Research Technician - f.sadler@ucl.ac.uk
- Sangeeth Rajagopal - Clinical Research Fellow - srisangeerthana.rajagopal@ucl.ac.uk
- Rachael Scahill - Principal Research Associate - r.scahill@ucl.ac.uk
- Olivia Thackeray - Research Assistant - o.thackeray@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Tabrizi Lab click here.
Emerging Leader
Using advanced forms of MRI and PET brain scanning to identify and track the earliest signs of brain cell loss
- Sevda Boyanova - Research Fellow - s.boyanova@ucl.ac.uk
- Benedetta Dentone - Masters Student - benedetta.dentone.25@ucl.ac.uk
- Cliona Farrell - Research Fellow - cliona.farrell.20@ucl.ac.uk
- Fuuko Kammuri - PhD Student - fuuko.kammuri.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Paige Mumford - Research Fellow/PhD Student - paige.mumford.17@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Wiseman Lab click here.
Group Leader and Co-Lead, UK DRI Fluid Biomarker Factory Platform
Pioneering the development of fluid biomarkers for dementia
- Rosie Bell - Research Fellow - rosie.bell@ucl.ac.uk
- Eleanor Crispin - Research Assistant - e.crispin@ucl.ac.uk
- Amanda Heslegrave - Principal Research Fellow - a.heslegrave@ucl.ac.uk
- Sophie Hicks - Research Assistant - sophie.hicks@ucl.ac.uk
- Eleftheria Kodosaki - Research Fellow - r.kodosaki@ucl.ac.uk
- Rachel Mulvaney - Research Technician - r.mulvaney@ucl.ac.uk
- Ron Xia - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - zengjie.xia@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Zetterberg Lab click here.
Centre Director
Investigating how the brain's energy supply is reduce by a decrease of blood flow in both Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia
- Parisa Abbasi - PhD student - parisa.abbasi.22@ucl.ac.uk
- Silvia Anderle - Research Fellow - silvia.anderle.18@ucl.ac.uk
- George Sideris - Research Fellow - g.sideris@ucl.ac.uk
- Michael Dixon - Research Fellow - michael.dixon@ucl.ac.uk
- Harvey Davis - Research Fellow - harvey.davis@ucl.ac.uk
- Rebecca Lilley - Research Fellow - rebecca.lilley@ucl.ac.uk
- Meiting Mai - PhD student - m.meiting@ucl.ac.uk
- Ross Nortley - Senior Research Fellow - ross.nortley@ucl.ac.uk
- Tania Quintela Lopez - Research Fellow - t.lopez@ucl.ac.uk
- Jonathan Lezmy - Senior Research Fellow - j.lezmy@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the Attwell Lab click here.
Group Leader
Understanding how changes in blood flow drive onset of disease
- Albeshr Almasri - Visitor - albeshr.almasri.21@ucl.ac.uk
- Letitia McMullan - Research Fellow - t.mcmullan@ucl.ac.uk
- Harry Trewhitt - Research Technician - h.trewshitt@ucl.ac.uk
Co-Lead, UK DRI Biomarker Factory Platform and Principal Research Fellow
Enquiries to: ukdri.biomarker.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk
- Biomarker Factory Platform Co-ordinator - Barbara Fernandes Gomes - ukdri.biomarker.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk
- Biomarker Factory Platform Research Technician - Owen Swann - o.swann@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the UK DRI Biomarker Factory Platform click here.
Associate Director of Informatics
- Neo4J Developer (Informatics) - Sadegh Abadijou - s.abadijou@ucl.ac.uk
- Research Technician (Informatics) - Li Ling Lee - li.lee.20@ucl.ac.uk
- Data Research Assistant (Informatics) - Aaron Pangilinan - e.pangilinan@ucl.ac.uk
- Data Research Assistant (Informatics) - Dammy Shittu - i.shittu@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the UK DRI Data Science and Informatics Platform click here.
Platform Manager, UK DRI Single Cell and Spatial Omics Platform
Enquiries to: ukdri.scst@ucl.ac.uk
- Single Cell and Spatial Omics Platform Technician - Modesta Blunskytè-Hendley - ukdri.scst@ucl.ac.uk
For full details on the research taking place in the UK DRI Single Cell and Spatial Omics Platform click here.
Professional Services Team
- Centre Manager - Charlotte Grady - ukdri-admin@ucl.ac.uk
- Centre Research Administrator - Chloe Skillan - ukdri-admin@ucl.ac.uk
- Centre Research Administrator - Jessica Tingle - ukdri-admin@ucl.ac.uk
- Executive Assistant to Centre Director - Samantha Henry - s.henry@ucl.ac.uk
- Lab Manager - Dr Mireia Mato Prado - m.prado@ucl.ac.uk
- Deputy Lab Manager - Kevin Williams - kevin.williams@ucl.ac.uk
- Senior Animal Laboratory Technician - Hagen Schmidt - h.schmidt@ucl.ac.uk
- Animal Laboratory Technician - Phill Muckett - p.muckett@ucl.ac.uk
- Senior Reseach Scientist (Microscopy) - Dr Nic Cade - n.cade@ucl.ac.uk
- Data Infrastructure Manager - Eugeniu Dinu - e.dinu@ucl.ac.uk
Affiliate Members
- Prof. Fiona Ducotterd, Chief Scientific Officer, Alzheimer's Research UK UCL Drug Discovery Institute, Institute of Neurology, UCL
- Dr. Pietro Fratta, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, UCL
- Prof. Kenneth Harris, Professor of Quantative Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, UCL
- Prof. John O'Keefe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL
- Prof. Neil Ranson, Professor of Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds
- Prof. Jonathan Rohrer, Professor of Neurology, Institute of Neurology, UCL
- Prof. Selina Wray, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, UCL