Research support teams

Find out more and access contact details for our Research support teams and people.

About UCL Research, Innovation and Global Engagement (RIGE)

Our central research support teams sit within Research, Innovation and Global Engagement (RIGE), led by Professor Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost RIGE. RIGE oversees UCL’s research strategy to provide a supportive environment for world-leading research across UCL’s 11 faculties.

In addition to our central research support teams detailed below, RIGE also includes our teams in:

Global Engagement
Innovation & Enterprise
UCL Consultants
UCL Business (our commercialisation company).

Contact relevant teams or for general enquiries, contact rige@ucl.ac.uk.

Meet our UCL research support teams

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Leadership: Professor Geraint Rees
Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement)
Executive Assistant: Michelle Czechak
Sarah Chaytor
Director of Strategy & Policy, and Joint Chief of Staff
Executive Assistant: Blessed Amadasun
Nicholas Tyndale
Director of Strategy & Impact, and Joint Chief of Staff
Executive Assistant: Blessed Amadasun

Executive Assistants: Michelle Czechak
Executive Assistant to Prof Geraint Rees
Blessed Amadasun
Executive Assistant to Graeme Reid, Sarah Chaytor and Nicholas Tyndale
Toni Blunden
Executive Assistant to Paul Ayris, David Bogle and Ciaran Moynihan
Juliet Aghion
Executive Assistant to Kathryn Walsh and Henriette Bruun
Victoria Grey-Edwards
Executive Assistant to Matt Davis

Research Strategy, Policy, Impact & Communications: Nicholas Tyndale
Director of Strategy & Impact, and Joint Chief of Staff
Sarah Chaytor
Director of Strategy & Policy, and Joint Chief of Staff
Liz Almond
Head of Research Communications & Events
Flavie Belanco
Communications Officer
Simon Knowles
Head of Coordination – Sustainable Development Goals
Tadhg Caffrey
Head of Impact (Research & Institutional)
Dr Amy Beckett
Impact Manager (Social Sciences)
Steve Rolling
Impact Manager (Arts & Humanities)
George Bilitsis
Impact Manager (Natural Sciences & Engineering)
Dr Jayne Watson
Impact Manager (Life & Medical Sciences)
Grace Gottlieb
Head of Research Policy
Prof Graeme Reid
Chair of Science & Research Policy
Executive Assistant: Blessed Amadasun

Operations: Jeremy Barraud
Director of Operations
Piera Gerrard
Head of Planning
Mandy Crumley
Financial Planning Manager
Alison Williams
Committee Officer
Adnan Ali
Governance and Delivery Coordinator

UCL Public Policy: UCL Public Policy is UCL’s institutional initiative to support engagement between academic researchers and public policy professionals.
Sarah Chaytor
Director of Strategy & Policy, and Joint Chief of Staff
Executive Assistant: Blessed Amadasun
Dr Olivia Stevenson
Deputy Director of Public Policy
Katherine Welch
Deputy Director of External Partnerships
Dr Sinéad Murphy
Public Policy Engagement Coordinator
Dr Alice Tofts
Public Policy Fellowships Coordinator
Flavie Belanco
Communications Officer
Dr Robyn Parker
UCL CAPE Project Manager

Evaluation & Reporting: The team is responsible for coordinating the preparation and submission of UCL’s REF data. Information for UCL staff is available on the UCL REF Sharepoint (UCL login required).
Andrew Cooper
Director of Evaluation & Reporting
Adam Cresswell
Head of Reporting and Evaluation
Karen Wishart
Evaluation Support Manager

Research and Innovation Services (RIS)

Our Research and Innovation Services team provide dedicated, specialist support throughout the research and innovation lifecycle to help sustain and advance UCL’s position as a world-class, research-led university.

Awards Services

View all team members in Awards Services.

Daniela Amadio
Director of Award Services

Contract Services

View all team members in Contract Services.

Saniyah Testa
Director of Contract Services Transformation

Compliance and Assurance

View all team members in Compliance and Assurance.

Gail Adams
Director of Compliance and Assurance

Planning, Insight and Improvement

View all team members in Planning, Insight and Improvement.

Sinéad Kennedy
Director of Planning, Insight and Improvement

Departmental Contacts

Access the contact spreadsheet for departmental contacts (UCL login required).

Research Coordination Office for Life and Medical Sciences

The Research Coordination Office for Life and Medical Sciences works to support and promote cross-disciplinary research communities and collaborations, increase the success of research funding applications, and develop UCL’s health-related research strategies. View all key contact in the Research Coordination Office for LMS (UCL login required).

Matt Wakelin
Director of Research Coordination and Planning

Research Facilitation & Coordination Office for LASH and the IOE

The Research Facilitation & Coordination Office for LASH and the IOE supports researchers from across the UCL Faculties of Laws, Arts and Humanities, and Social and Historical Sciences, and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (LASH) and the UCL Institute of Education (IOE), UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, to identify potential funding sources for their research and develop strong applications with the best possible chances of success. View all key contacts in the Research Facilitation & Coordination Office for LASH and the IOE (UCL login required).

Dr Henriette Bruun
Director of Research Facilitation & Coordination

Research Coordination Office for BEAMS

The Research Coordination Office for BEAMS provide support to researchers within The Bartlett, Engineering, and Mathematical & Physical Sciences (BEAMS) community to identify research funding opportunities and develop strong research proposals. They also coordinate large-scale strategic bids. View all contacts in the Research Coordination Office for BEAMS.

Dr Matt Davis
Director of Research Facilitation & Coordination (BEAMS)
Executive Assistant: Victoria Grey-Edwards

UCL Doctoral School: The Doctoral School is the cross-university support platform for UCL's postgraduate research community, committed to enhancing UCL's early careers researchers experience. View all key contacts in the Doctoral School.
Prof. David Bogle
Pro-Vice Provost (Doctoral School)
Elizabeth Halton
Director

UCL Grand Challenges: UCL Grand Challenges convenes cross-disciplinary collaborations to explore interconnected solutions to a range of societal issues. View all key contacts in UCL Grand Challenges.
Dr James Paskins
Assistant Director, UCL Grand Challenges
Siobhan Morris
Assistant Director, UCL Grand Challenges