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Engineering and Physical Sciences - Executive Dean

Executive Dean:  Prof. Igor Guz — i.guz@hw.ac.uk

Deputy Executive Dean:  Professor Vicki Stone, V.Stone@hw.ac.uk

School Associate/Assistant Executive Deans

Associate Executive Dean, Research and Impact:  Prof. David Bucknall — David.Bucknall@hw.ac.uk

Deputy Associate Executive Dean, Research and Impact:  Prof. Nicholas Leslie — N.R.Leslie@hw.ac.uk

Associate Executive Dean, Education and Student Life:  Prof. Paul Dalgarno — P.A.Dalgarno@hw.ac.uk

Deputy Associate Executive Dean, Education and Student Life:  Dr. Barbara Keating — B.Keating@hw.ac.uk

Associate Executive Dean, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship:  Prof. George Goussetis — G.Goussetis@hw.ac.uk

Assistant Executive Dean, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:  Dr Farnaz Mohsenpour — S.Mohsenpour@hw.ac.uk

Assistant Executive Dean, Quality: Prof. Mehdi Nazarinia — M.Nazarinia@hw.ac.uk

Director of Internationalisation: Dr Jonathan Swingler — J.Swingler@hw.ac.uk

Head of Operations: Claire Porter — C.Porter@hw.ac.uk

Finance Business Partner: Jeanette Alexander — J.Alexander@hw.ac.uk

HR Business Partner: Linda Cooper — L.Cooper@hw.ac.uk

Heads of Research Institutes

Institute of Chemical Sciences: Prof. Martin Paterson — M.J.Paterson@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering:  Professor Nik Willoughby — N.A.Willoughby@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Sensors Signals and Systems: Prof. Yves Wiaux — Y.Wiaux@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering: Prof. Susana Garcia — S.Garcia@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences: Prof. Patrik Öhberg — P.Ohberg@hw.ac.uk

Global Heads of Disciplines - (Senior Programme Directors)

Chemistry: Dr Hendrik Nahler — N.Nahler@hw.ac.uk

Chemical Engineering: Dr Robin Westacott — R.E.Westacott@hw.ac.uk

Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering: Dr Matt Dunnigan — M.W.Dunnigan@hw.ac.uk

Mechanical Engineering:  Dr Alan Faulkner-Jones — Alan.Faulkner-Jones@hw.ac.uk

Physics: Dr Richard McCracken — R.A.McCracken@hw.ac.uk

Brewing and Distilling: Prof. Dawn Maskell  — D.L.Maskell@hw.ac.uk

EPS Combined Studies: Dr Euan Brown — Euan.R.Brown@hw.ac.uk

Biosciences:  Dr Jane White - J.White@hw.ac.uk 

Postgraduate Teaching

Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes:   Dr Fadi Gaith — F.Ghaith@hw.ac.uk

Deputy Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes: Dr Calum Holmes — C.Holmes@hw.ac.uk

Postgraduate Research

Director of Postgraduate Research in EPS:   Prof. Scott Dalgarno

If you are interested in undertaking a 'PhD Degree by Research' then here are the research coordinators for our various subjects:

Institute of Chemical Sciences: 
Dr Filipe Vilela — f.vilela@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering: 
Dr Anitha Devadoss - A.Devadoss@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems:
Dr Fernando Auat - F.Auat@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering: 
Dr Michael Crichton and Adam Stock - pgr.impee@hw.ac.uk

Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences:
Prof. Jonathan Leach — J.Leach@hw.ac.uk 

Or contact: pgr@eps.hw.ac.uk for general enquiries

Business Development Enquiries

Kevin McIver
Business Development Manager (Quantum & Photonics)
kevin.mciver@hw.ac.uk