Biosciences staff
Meet our team
Meet our team of expert biosciences staff who come from a wide range of research and industry backgrounds in the field.
We have a staff headcount of over 75 members across our teaching, research, technical and support teams. Over 40 of our academic staff are dedicated to teaching across our portfolio, working together to drive innovative methods of teaching and provide the excellent dedicated support students need during their time at Aston. All of these members are highly qualified; they are either a minimum of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy or training towards that qualification and represent a cohort of inspirational academic teachers and researchers.
Head of School of Biosciences: Professor Andrew Devitt
Andrew is a Professor of Biosciences, inflammatory cell biologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is an established researcher whose work focuses on the innate immune system and its role in protection and tissue repair through the study of phagocyte clearance of dying (apoptotic) cells and microbial challenge. He also teaches immunology and microbiology modules across undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the School.
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- Academic staff
- Dr Zita Balklava (Lecturer)
- Dr Amreen Bashir (Lecturer)
- Dr Srikanth Bellary (Reader)
- Professor Roslyn Bill (Associate Dean of Research College of Health and Life Sciences, Centre Director AMPL, Professor)
- Parbata Chauhan (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
- Charlie Clarke-Bland (ARCHA Advanced Imaging Facility Manager, Teaching Associate)
- Dr Russell Collighan (Programme Director BSc Biological Sciences, Lecturer in Molecular Biology)
- Dr Jonathan Cox (Programme Director Biomedical Science top-up, Lecturer In Microbiology)
- Katrina Durber-Stoneman (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
- Dr Alan Goddard (Associate Dean of Education and Quality Assurance, College of Health and Life Sciences and Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Joanne Gough (Teaching Fellow)
- Professor Martin Griffin (Professor)
- Dr Stephane Gross (Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Eric Hill (Programme Director MSc Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Senior Lecturer)
- Professor Anna Hine (College of Health and Life Sciences Associate Dean of Knowledge Exchange and Impact, Professor of Protein Engineering)
- Dr Jill Johnson (Lecturer)
- Dr Charlotte Law (Programme Director BSc Biomedical Science/Applied Biomedical Science, Teaching Fellow)
- Amelia Lawler (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
- Andrea Markou (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
- Ross Pallett (Teaching Associate)
- Karan Rana (Teaching Fellow)
- Dr Mariaelena Repici (Lecturer)
- Dr Ewan Ross (Lecturer in Immunology)
- Dr Alice Rothnie (Programme Director BSc Biochemistry, Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Steve Russell (Teaching Fellow)
- Dr John Simms (Lecturer)
- Dr Cathy Slack (Programme Director MRes Biosciences, Lecturer)
- Professor Corinne Spickett (Director of Biosciences Research Group, Professor)
- Dr Ann Vernallis (Programme Director Foundation Programmes, Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Zhuo Wang (Lecturer)
- Daniel Wiseman (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
- Dr Tony Worthington (Reader)
- Technicians
- Shammi Adatia
- Colin Banks
- Fathema Begum
- Susannah Derry
- Elisha Francis
- Megan Land
- Kamaljit Mckenzie
- Roy Mckenzie
- Dr Atif Saghir
- Steven Wells
- Naomi Wilkinson