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Senior Academic, Research and Teaching Fellow 2020-21 promotions
9 July 2021
38 academic staff from the Faculty of Brain Sciences have been awarded a promotion in this year's UCL academic promotions round.
Each year, UCL recognises and rewards the outstanding achievements of academics across the university. This year the Faculty achieved the following: 23 new Professors, five Associate Professors, four Principal Research Fellows and six Associate Professors (Teaching).
Promotions are effective from 1 October 2021.
Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, said: “A huge congratulations to all of our colleagues who have been promoted this year. These highly deserved promotions reflect the excellence of their work across research, education and enterprise and their major contribution to brain sciences, reinforcing the incredible academic strength of our Faculty. I am thrilled to congratulate the following academics for their well-deserved success.”
Professors
| Name | Department | Promoted to |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Christos Proukakis | Clinical and Movement Neurosciences | Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics |
| Dr Julian Childs | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Mental Health |
| Dr Leslie Gutman | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Developmental and Health Psychology |
| Dr Jean-Baptiste Pingault | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Genetics |
| Dr Lucy Serpell | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of the Psychology of Eating Disorders |
| Dr Nikolaus Steinbeis | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Developmental Neuroscience |
| Dr James Kirkbride | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Psychiatric and Social Epidemiology |
| Dr Karoline Kuchenbaecker | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Genetic Epidemiology |
| Dr Stephen Fleming | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Dr Lasana Harris | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Social Neuroscience |
| Dr Dominik Bach | Imaging Neuroscience | Professor of Cognitive-Computational and Clinical Neuroscience |
| Dr Vladimir Litvak | Imaging Neuroscience | Professor of Translational Neurophysiology |
| Dr Oliver Robinson | Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience | Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health |
| Mr Keith Barton | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Ophthalmology |
| Dr Pearse Keane | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence |
| Dr Omar Mahroo | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Retinal Neuroscience |
| Dr Carlos Pavesio | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Ocular Inflammation and Infection |
| Dr Jacqueline Van Der Spuy | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Dr Klaus Abels | Linguistics | Professor of Linguistics |
| Dr Jonathan Rohrer | Neurodegenerative Diseases | Professor of Neurology |
| Dr Patricia Adank | Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences | Professor of Speech Perception and Production |
| Dr Sally Dawson | The Ear Institute | Professor in Molecular Genetics of Hearing Loss |
| Dr Daniel Jagger | The Ear Institute | Professor of Cell Physiology |
Associate Professors
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Dr Natalie Marchant | Division of Psychiatry |
| Dr Lisa Wood | Division of Psychiatry |
| Dr Konstantinos Balaskas | Institute of Ophthalmology |
| Dr Alice Davidson | Institute of Ophthalmology |
| Dr Emmanuelle Vire | MRC Prion Unit at UCL |
Principal Research Fellows
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Dr Gabriele Lignani | Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy |
| Dr Rina Bandopadhyay | Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
| Dr Christian Lambert | Imaging Neuroscience |
| Dr Rebecca Samson | Neuroinflammation |
Associate Professors (Teaching)
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Dr Amit Batla | Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
| Dr Vanessa Putz | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology |
| Mr Christos Bechlivanidis | Experimental Psychology |
| Ms Rashmi Mathew | Institute of Ophthalmology |
| Dr Adam Liston | IoN Central Administration |
| Dr Tim Young | IoN Central Administration |