Professional Services and Technical
Our Professional Services and Technical Team manages a wide range of areas including teaching administration, technical, finance, research, HR and communications.
Department
| Name / Email | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Kati Massey (k.massey@ucl.ac.uk) | Department Manager | Kati works in partnership with the Head of the Department to ensure the practical and strategic needs of the department are met. On a day-to-day basis, this means making sure that everything within the PS team runs smoothly. |
| Fiona Rose-Clarke (f.rose-clarke@ucl.ac.uk) | Deputy Department Manager | Fiona is responsible for the operational elements of the Department's EAST-based activities including UCL EAST and the laboratories at Dagenham. She has particular oversight of the activities of the IFT. |
| Susie Emmett (susie.emmett@ucl.ac.uk) | Executive Assistant (Head of Department) | Susie is responsible for managing the diary of Jose Torero and is the main point of contact for meetings related to him. Contact Susie to arrange meetings with Jose and arrange meetings with Kati. |
| Abbey Spencer (abbey.spencer@ucl.ac.uk) | Facilities & Operations Manager | Abbey is responsible for ensuring the building facilities operate smoothly and also supporting the wider estates function of the department. Contact Abbey for facilities-related enquiries and building maintenance requests. |
| Facilities and estates support (cege-office@ucl.ac.uk) | For all enquiries relating to ensuring the building and facilities operate smoothly and also supporting the wider estates function of the department. Contact us for facilities-related enquiries, building maintenance requests, arranging courier and mail deliveries, discussing events support, and arranging visitor access to the building | |
| Roelle Santa Maria (r.maria@ucl.ac.uk | cege.communications@ucl.ac.uk) | Engagement & Communications Manager | Roelle is in charge of communications and marketing provision for the department, including social media and research dissemination, and provides GDPR, copyright, and CMA compliance advice as well as some website maintenance and development. |
| Simon Justin (cege-it-support@ucl.ac.uk) | IT Technician | Simon supports all departmental IT systems and resources (IT equipment and software procurement and customisation, local network and firewall administration, user desktop support, etc.) as well as backup support of centrally-provided IT resources (email, printers, teaching clusters, research computing, etc.). |
| Cerine Yudin (cege-it-support@ucl.ac.uk) | IT Administration | Cerine supports all departmental IT systems and resources (IT equipment and software procurement and customisation, local network and firewall administration, user desktop support, etc.) as well as backup support of centrally-provided IT resources (email, printers, teaching clusters, research computing, etc.). |
| Fiona Jamieson (Fiona.jamieson@ucl.ac.uk) | Strategic Partnerships Director | Fiona oversees the department’s relationships with industrial partners, seeking to embed them into our education and research activities whether via philanthropic or commercial routes. Fiona has particular responsibility for partnerships within the Controlled Active Ventilation Environment (CAVE) as well as leading the activities in Mechanical Engineering. |
| Lucy Browning (lucy.browning@ucl.ac.uk) | Strategic Partnerships Manager | Lucy leads on industrial partnerships at our East campuses (Marshgate and HereEast), the Institute of Finance and Technology (IFT) and the Integrated Design Programme (IDP) as well as supporting a wide-range of departmental partnerships, including with our alumni. |
Student Support
| Name/Email | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Fairweather (mark.fairweather@ucl.ac.uk) | Teaching & Learning Manager | Mark supports general teaching and learning in the department, with particular emphasis on MSc programmes. |
| Ewa Kedzierska (e.kedzierska@ucl.ac.uk) | Senior Teaching & Learning Administrator (Undergraduate) | Ewa is responsible for all matters relating to undergraduates' teaching and learning activities. These include teaching and learning support for UG students' lifecycle, including timetabling, induction, coursework submission, engagement monitoring, student records and student communication. |
| Pavlina Pyari (p.pyari@ucl.ac.uk | EC: cege.e-c@ucl.ac.uk) | Senior Teaching & Learning Administrator (Postgraduate) | Pavlina deals with Extenuating Circumstances applications and acts as a secretary to the EC panel. She supports MSc Transport, MRes and deals with all PG new students’ queries. |
| Victoria Edleston (v.edleston@ucl.ac.uk) | Teaching & Learning Administrator | |
| Lloyd Boman (l.boman@ucl.ac.uk) | Senior Teaching & Learning Administrator (Postgraduate Research and Undergraduate) | Lloyd supports the postgraduate research students including working with the Scholarship Committee. He also provides support to the wider teaching and learning team. |
Research, Finance & HR
| Name/Email | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Yannis Manolis (cege-hr@ucl.ac.uk) | Senior Staffing Officer | Yannis looks after all elements of HR for the department. This includes helping you recruit new or temporary staff, providing advice on general HR policies such as induction, probation and appraisal, and providing support around the HR systems (MyHR). He also works in partnership with the Director of Research on the Promotions Committee. Contact Yannis for recruitment (including PGTAs), HR payments (including guest lecturers and non-PGTA temporary workers, contract enquiries, certificates of sponsorship, and right to work checks |
| Elmira Barysevich (e.barysevich@ucl.ac.uk) | Senior Research Officer | Elmira is responsible for costing research proposals and seeking UCL approval on new research proposals. Liaising with UCL central teams including research services, research contracts and post-award finance to achieve the timely set up of successful awards and the approval of contracts for research funding. Monitoring research expenditure within the department and liaising with Principal Investigators to ensure funding and project resources are allocated effectively. |
| Julija Melesko (j.melesko@ucl.ac.uk) | Senior Finance and Resources Manager | Julija supports staff with issues related to finance. This includes queries regarding financial policies & systems, purchasing, expense claims, invoicing, individual project balances, budgets and transactions. |
| Timothy Yates (tim.j.yates@ucl.ac.uk) | UKCRIC Communications Manager | Tim is responsible for the Marketing, Communications and Events activities of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC). |
| Rodrigo Martins (cege-hr@ucl.ac.uk) | Staffing Administrator | |
| Isa Yiu (isa.yiu@ucl.ac.uk) | Front Office & HR Assistant | |
| Joanne Leach (joanne.leach@ucl.ac.uk) | UKCRIC Executive Manager |
Technical
| Name / Email | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Les Irwin (l.irwin@ucl.ac.uk) | Department Infrastructure and Technical Manager | Les is the technical services lead and is responsible for the management, development and strategic planning of all technical resources and technical service delivery within the department, across all sites - working in partnership with the Head of Department. He also manages the technical infrastructure across the departments laboratories and Prototype, Development & Fabrication Facility. |
| Dr Melisa Canales (e.canales@ucl.ac.uk) | Research Technician | Melisa is the lead technician for the Healthy Infrastructure Research Group (HIRG) laboratory within the Chadwick building and facilitates the effective and efficient day-to-day running of the laboratory. |
| Keith Harvey (keith.harvey@ucl.ac.uk) | Departmental Safety Officer | As Departmental Safety Officer, Keith is responsible for the health and safety within the department. |
| Raman Mangabhai (r.mangabhai@ucl.ac.uk) | Research & Teaching Support Technician – Advanced Materials Laboratory | Raman is a concrete technologist and supports academic research and teaching within the Advanced Materials Laboratory. |
| Tyler Metters (t.metters@ucl.ac.uk) | Apprentice Mechanical Workshop Technician | Tyler is a mechanical engineering apprentice training in the Prototype, Development & Fabrication Facility. |
| Faiszarn Riaz (f.riaz@ucl.ac.uk) | Research & Teaching Support Technician – Fluid Mechanics Laboratory | Faiszarn works within the Prototype, Development & Fabrication Facility supporting research and teaching activity. He also supports the Fluids Laboratory. |
| Dr Shi Shi (shi.shi@ucl.ac.uk) | Technical Officer in Materials | Shi Shi is the lead technician in the Advanced Materials laboratory and supports academic research and teaching within the Materials Laboratory. She facilitates the effective and efficient day-to-day running of the laboratory. |
| Charlie Waller (charles.waller@ucl.ac.uk) | Mechanical Workshop Technician | Charlie works within the Prototype, Development & Fabrication Facility supporting research and teaching activity. Design and manufacturing bespoke novel scientific devices. |
| Matthew Wilkinson (matt.wilkinson@ucl.ac.uk) | Civil Engineering Workshop Manager and Research & Teaching Support Technician (Geotechnics) | Matt is the lead technician for the Geotechnics Laboratory and within the Prototype, Development & Fabrication Facility supporting research and teaching activity. Design and manufacturing bespoke novel scientific devices. Facilitates the effective and efficient day-to-day running of the laboratory. |
| Dr Derrick Boampong (derrick.boampong@ucl.ac.uk) | Laboratory Manager | |
| Dr Judith Zhou (qizhi.zhou@ucl.ac.uk) | Environmental Laboratories Manager/ Departmental Chemical Protection Officer | Judith is the lead technician for the Environmental laboratory within the Chadwick building supporting academic research and teaching and facilitating the effective and efficient day-to-day running of the laboratory. Judith is the Department's chemical protection officer. |
| Dr Ena Canales | MELISA Research Technician | |
| Dr Tatsuto Suzuki (t.suzuki@ucl.ac.uk) | ||
| Mr Charlie Laybourn Waller (charles.waller@ucl.ac.uk) | Mechanical Workshop Technician |
Person Environment Activity Research Laboratory (PEARL)
Technical
| Name / Email | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Beky Stoddart (b.stoddart@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Technical Services Manager | Beky is a multi-skilled technician specializing in lighting, production and CAD. Beky has a background in theatre, opera, dance and theatre consultancy. Beky works closely with experiment leads to research, develop and mount experiments within the PEARL laboratory, as well as providing technical support for events and hires. |
| Ben Paveley (b.paveley@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Technician (Sound) | Ben works with the Sound and Acoustics team and providing technical support and assistance to all PEARL facility users. |
| Shane Gill (shane.p.gill@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Technician (Making and Production) | Responsible for providing technical support and assistance to all PEARL facility users as a member of the PEARL Making and Productions Teams. Assisting Specialists within the team; including sound, lighting, AV, and construction of sets for experiments. Specialising in programming Arduinos, Raspberry Pi’s and Python. Responsible for data acquisition in experiments. |
| Steve Mayo (steve.mayo@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Technician - Specialist Lead (Sound) | As the Specialist Lead for Sound at PEARL, Steve is responsible for the implementation, running and maintenance of the audio systems that are used for experiments within the Main Lab Space and Vibe sound preparation room. This comprises design (conceptual, scientific and/or artistic), field recording, rigging, programming and problem-solving experiments. |
| Ralph Stokeld (ralph.stokeld@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Technician – Specialist Lead (Lighting/Video) | As the Specialist Lead for Lighting and Video at PEARL, Ralph is responsible for the implementation, running and maintenance of the visual elements and systems that will be used in experiments within the Main Lab Space. Across Lighting this comprises design, rigging, programming and problem-solving and within Video includes composition, capture and editing. |
| Ayako Suzuki (a.suzuki@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Technician – Specialist Lead (Instrumentation) | As a Lead Technician at PEARL, Ayako is mainly responsible for some instrumentation management and data analysis including code writing (mainly in Matlab). Currently interested in eye trackers, fNIRS and OAE (otoacoustic emissions) devices. |
| Tatsuto Suzuki (t.suzuki@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL technician (Programming | As a PEARL technician – Specialist lead (Programming), Tatsuto's work mainly focuses on research/experiment design, data collection from measurement systems, data analysis, and writing reports for PEARL research including UCL student projects. |
| Matthew Vile (matthew.vile@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Technician (Making and Production) | Matthew is responsible for providing technical support and assistance to all PEARL facility users as a member of the PEARL Making and Productions Teams. Assisting Specialists within the team; including sound, lighting, AV, and construction of sets for experiments. Responsible for safety adherence and supervision of users. |
Partnerships and Operation
| Name/Email | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Fiona Rose-Clarke (f.rose-clarke@ucl.ac.uk) | Deputy Department Manager | Fiona is responsible for the operational elements of the Department's EAST-based activities including UCL EAST and the laboratories at Dagenham. She has particular oversight of the activities of the IFT. |
| Barbara Pizzileo (b.pizzileo@ucl.ac.uk) | PEARL Strategic Partnerships Manager | Barbara is responsible for developing partnerships with universities, charities and industry. |
| Helen King (helen.i.king@ucl.ac.uk) | Community Partnerships Manager, PEARL | Helen manages the PEARL Community Partnerships and Engagement Team to work with the local community, schools and various priority groups based on our experiments. Our main aim is to share our knowledge, resources, and opportunities with the wider community. We work as a team to develop community research, education, engagement and co-creation projects with individuals, external partners, and stakeholders. |
| Derrick Boampong (derrick.boampong@ucl.ac.uk) | Laboratory Manager | Derrick collaborates with researchers from various backgrounds who want to use the PEARL experimental facilities, schedule research activities and enable the provision of a high-quality scientific environment for research work. He also manages the administration of ethics applications and data archives for research activities at PEARL and helps promote the laboratory as a unique world leader in human-environment interactions research. Derrick is also responsible for the purchasing of laboratory and workshop equipment and consumables. |
| David Kwakye (d.kwakye@ucl.ac.uk) | Community Engagement Assistant, PEARL | As a Community Partnerships and Engagement Representative, David helps with linking PEARL to the community, particularly creating awareness of PEARL and what it does, especially with regard to experiments. David is also responsible for helping with administrative duties. |
| Nikolaos Papadosifos (n.papadosifos@ucl.ac.uk) | Deputy Safety Officer and Building Management | As CEGE deputy Safety Officer, Nikolaos is responsible for all of UCL's best Health & Safety practices are applied. Nikolaos looks after the maintenance operations of PEARL'S building infrastructure and takes care that UCL Security applications are active and in place for the facility. Lastly, Nikolaos ensures that all the GDPR practices are in place. |
Institute of Finance & Technology (IFT)
| Name/Email | Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Fiona Rose-Clarke (f.rose-clarke@ucl.ac.uk) | Deputy Department Manager | Fiona is responsible for the operational elements of the Department's EAST-based activities including UCL EAST and the laboratories at Dagenham. She has particular oversight of the activities of the IFT. |
| Akua Boakye (a.boakye@ucl.ac.uk) | Senior Teaching & Learning Administrator | Akua looks after all Teaching and Learning activities at IFT. |
