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.
Our School of Biosciences employs more than 75 staff members across teaching, research, technical, and support roles. Over 40 of our academic staff focus on teaching within our diverse range of programmes, collaborating to implement innovative teaching methods and offer exceptional support to our students throughout their time at Aston. Our staff members are highly qualified, with many being at least Fellows of the Higher Education Academy or actively working towards this recognition. They form a dynamic group of inspiring educators and researchers.
Dean of School of Biosciences: Professor Andrew Devitt
Andrew is a Professor of Biosciences and an expert in inflammatory cell biology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, the Institute of Biomedical Science, and 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 challenges. He also teaches immunology and microbiology modules in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the School.
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- Academic staff
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- 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)
- Dr Douglas Browning (Biosciences lecturer)
- 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)
- Professor Andrew Devitt (Dean of School of Biosciences)
- Professor Alan Goddard (Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Joanne Gough (Teaching Fellow)
- Professor Martin Griffin (Professor)
- Dr Stephane Gross (Senior Lecturer)
- Professor Anna Hine (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)
- 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
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- Humaa Asif
- Colin Banks
- Fatehma Begum
- Rachel Caves
- Keith Jones
- Kamaljit McKenzie
- Roy McKenzie
- Dr. Alhaleem Mohamed
- Dr. Atif Saghir