Meet our experts

Prof Sophie Acton studies how immune cells interact with support cells in lymph nodes and tumours. Her research explores how fibroblasts shape immune responses and their potential for cancer therapy.

Dr Joanne Littlefair is a researcher at the UCL People and Nature Lab, delving into the intersection of biodiversity, technology, and society.

Prof Sudax Murdan, a leading expert in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UCL School of Pharmacy, specialises in the formulation of drugs and vaccines for both humans and animals.

Prof Joanne Santini is a Professor of Microbiology in the Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, which is part of the Division of Biosciences.

Prof Tim Blackburn is a Professor of Invasion Biology in the Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment.

Dr Lucy van Dorp is a Senior Research Fellow in the UCL Genetics Institute.

Prof Andrea Townsend-Nicholson is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Department of Structural and Molecular Biology.

Dr Haran Shani-Narkiss joined the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre in 2022 as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Branco lab.

Prof Yanlan Mao is Professor of Developmental Biophysics at the Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology. She combines genetics, imaging, biophysics and mathematical modelling approaches.

Prof Matthew Todd is Professor of Drug Discovery in UCL’s School of Pharmacy. His research focuses on the development of new ways to make molecules - particularly in open science projects.

Dr Nadia Bukhari, Academic Pharmacist and Principal Teaching Fellow at UCL School of Pharmacy, is also a Global Pharmacy Ambassador for UCL.

Dr Claudia Manzoni is a Lecturer in Translational Neuroscience at the UCL School of Pharmacy and studies the complex nature of neurodegenerations.

Prof Mark Thomas is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics. He works on biological and cultural aspects of human evolution.

Dr Ann Duan is a Group Leader at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre. Her research group's goal is to understand how animals make flexible decisions under risk and social influence.

Dr Sara Mederos joined the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre in 2020 as a Research Fellow in the Hofer lab. She is focusing on neural pathways for regulating fear responses depending on previous experience.

An engineer by trade, Dr Maryam Parhizkar joined the UCL School of Pharmacy in 2019 as a Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Engineering and is the course director of the MSc programmes.

Prof Ahad Rahim is Professor of Translational Neuroscience at UCL’s School of Pharmacy. Ahad leads a research team that focuses on studying rare paediatric neurodegenerative disorders.

Prof Abdul Basit is Professor of Pharmaceutics at the UCL School of Pharmacy. Abdul's research focuses on drug delivery, the microbiome, 3D printing of pharmaceuticals and digital health.

Prof Kate Jones is Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity and the Director of the UCL People and Nature Lab.

Dr Michael Bukwich s a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, working under the supervision of Neil Burgess and Caswell Barry.

Prof Flemming Hansen was elected as a Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow in 2015 and is Professor and Chair of NMR Spectroscopy at UCL.

Dr Jim Labisko holds the position of Lecturer (Teaching) in Biodiversity at the Centre of Biodiversity and Environment Research.

Prof Seirian Sumner is a behavioural ecologist and entomologist in the Centre of Biodiversity and Environment Research.. Her research focuses on behavioural ecology, biodiversity and conservation.

Garrett Hellenthal is Professor of Statistical Genetics at the UCL Genetics Institute.

Mohadeseh Shafiei Kafraj is a PhD student at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, working on mathematical models of associative memory

Prof Mine Orlu advances pharmaceutical formulation design for older patients through innovative methodologies, to support better healthcare for the ageing population.

Giovanna is Head of Technical Services in the Faculty of Life Sciences.