Committees & supplementary roles
Meeting regularly to discuss matters of importance on an array of topics, the Department of Bioengineering has a number of working committees including:
- The Department Management committee,
- The Health and Safety committee,
- The Teaching Committee,
- The Postgraduate Research Committee and
- The Equality and Departmental Culture Committee (EDCC)
These committees derive solutions and take actions to ensure that the Department is continuously improving, growing and providing a positive experience for staff and students alike. Below is a list of members belonging to each one.
In addition to their research and teaching remit, academics have supplementary roles and these are detailed in the table below alongside committee responsibilities and Department Leadership.
Committees & supplementary roles
Department Management Committee (DMC)
| Academic | Role |
|---|---|
| Professor Rylie Green | Head of Department |
| Professor Manos Drakakis | Director of Teaching |
| Professor Dario Farina | Director of Research |
| Dr Choon Hwai Yap | Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research) |
| Professor Darryl Overby | Academic Staff Line Manager |
| Professor Claudia Clopath | Chair of Equality and Departmental Culture Committee |
| Mr Sam McKenney | Department Operations Manager |
| Professor James Moore Jr | Director of Translation |
| Professor Simon Schultz | Academic Staff Line Manager |
| Dr Reiko Tanaka | Academic Staff Line Manager |
| Professor Mengxing Tang | Academic Load Director |
| Professor Peter Weinberg | Academic Staff Line Manager |
| Dr David Labonte | Elected Department Representative |
Department Research Committee (DRC)
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Director of Research | Professor Dario Farina |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies, Research | Dr Choon Hwai Yap |
| Domain Expert in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering | Dr Ben Almquist |
| Domain Expert in Biotechnology |
Dr Firat Güder |
| Domain Expert in Synthetic Biology | Professor Tom Ellis |
| Equipment Champion | Dr Chris Rowlands |
| Fellowship Coordinator | Dr Naomi Nakayama |
| Industry Translation Coordinator | Professor Dario Farina and Dr Ben Almquist |
| Laboratory Manager | Mr Ken Keating |
| Network Coordinator | Dr Kalypso Charalambous |
| Research and Finance Manager | Mr Chris Sanders |
Department Teaching Committee (DTC)
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Chair and Director of Teaching | Professor Manos Drakakis |
| Senior Tutor | Dr Faraz Janan |
| Deputy Senior Tutor | Dr Warren Macdonald |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies (Taught) | Dr Neal Bangerter |
| MEng Molecular Bioengineering lead | Dr Maria Parkes |
| Intercalated BSc lead | Dr Firat Güder |
| Examinations Officer | Dr Parry Hashemi |
| Head of Student Programmes | Mrs Nicola Guirguis |
| Teaching Operations Manager | Miss Nicole Harbert |
| Admissions and Outreach Manager | Ms Jayne Shaw |
| Departmental Student Rep | Ms Rea Tresa |
Postgraduate Research Committee
Staff members:
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Chair and Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research) | Dr Choon Hwai Yap |
| Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research) | Professor Tom Ellis |
| Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies (MRes) | Dr Adam Celiz |
| Senior Tutor for Postgraduate Research | Dr Sylvain Ladame |
| GTA Coordinator | Dr Nicolas Newell |
| Head of Student Programmes | Nicola Guirguis |
| Postgraduate Research Student Programmes Manager | Raleigh Mangsat |
| Student Administrator (PhD and MRes programmes) | Deni Kalem |
| Postgraduate Research Administrator (interim) | Nicole Lewis |
Student members:
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| PhD Representative | Alba Martinez-Basalo |
| PhD Representative | Maria Nikolaidi |
| PhD Representative | Leah Redmond |
| PhD Representative | Andra Topan |
| PhD Representative | Leah Xu |
| MRes Medical Device and Entrepreneurship Representative | Aleah Eskin |
| MRes Cancer Technology Representative | Osian Jones |
| MRes Bioengineering Representative | Suzanna Song |
| MRes Neurotechnology Representative | Betty Wang |
| Departmental Academic Representative | Maegan Spiteri |
Safety Committee
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Chair and Head of Department | Professor Rylie Green |
| Chemical Safety | Professor Danny O'Hare |
| Buildings Manager | Mr Guy Fairhurst |
| Mechanical Safety | Dr Ian Radcliffe |
| Department Safety Officer | Mr Ken Keating |
| Electrical Safety | Mr Paschal Egan |
| College Safety Department Representative(s) | Mr Eddie Hartrick Ms Ana Pedrero-Llamas |
| Laser Safety | Dr Chris Rowlands |
| Tissue Use and Mechanical Safety | Dr Claire Higgins |
| Fire Safety Advisor | Mr Jon Ryan |
Equality and Departmental Culture Committee (EDCC)
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Chair (Academic representative) | Professor Claudia Clopath |
| Department Operations Manager | Mr Sam McKenney |
| Athena SWAN Coordinator | Mr Rob Bell |
| Academic representative | Dr Parry Hashemi |
| Academic representative | Dr Julien Vermot |
| Professional Services Staff representative | Ms Kemi Aofolaju |
| Admissions and Outreach Manager | Ms Jayne Shaw |
| Campus Champion | Dr Adam Celiz |
| Campus Champion | Dr Tom Ouldridge |
| PhD representative | Konstantinos Kalyviotis |
| PhD representative | Leah Xu |
| PostDoc & Fellows Development Advisor | Rachel Herries |
| Postdoc representative | Dr Jennifer Frattolin |
| Postdoc representative | Dr Muhsincan Sesen |
| Undergraduate representative | Alexis Morgan |
| Visiting Member (Materials) | Dr Andrew Cairns |
Academic Supplementary Roles
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head of Department | Professor Rylie Green |
| Academic Load Director | Professor Mengxing Tang |
| Academic Staff Line manager | Dr Reiko Tanaka Professor Darryl Overby Professor Simon Schultz Professor Peter Weinberg |
| BSc Degree Leader (Biomedical Technology Ventures) | Professor Anil Bharath |
| Campus Champion | Dr Adam Celiz Dr Tom Ouldridge |
| CBS management and strategy group and FoE CBS chair | Professor Simon Schultz |
| City and Guilds College Association Liaison Officer and Alumni Relations | Dr Ben Almquist |
| Chair of Equality and Departmental Culture Committee | Professor Claudia Clopath |
| Chair of Safety Systems working group | Dr Sam Au |
| College Activity - Department 'appointment': Centre/CDT leadership | Professor Aldo Faisal Professor Guy-Bart Stan Professor Simon Schultz |
| College Activity - Department 'appointment': Strategic | Dr Periklis Pantazis |
| Department Laser Safety Officer | Dr Christopher Rowlands |
| Department Seminars Coordinator | Dr Vicky Salem |
| Director of MRes Bioengineering | Dr Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro |
| Director of MRes Medical Device Design | Professor Danny O'Hare |
| Director of MRes Neurotechnology | Dr Andrei Kozlov |
| Director of MRes Cancer Technology | Dr Sam Au |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research) | Dr Choon Hwai Yap |
| ↳ Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research) | Dr Adam Celiz |
| ↳ Deputy Director Postgraduate Studies (PhD Research) | Professor Tom Ellis |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies (Taught) | Dr Neal Bangerter |
| Director of Prototyping Core | Dr Sam Au |
| Director of Research | Professor Dario Farina |
| Director of Teaching | Professor Manos Drakakis |
| Disability Liaison Advisor | Dr Sandra Roscoe |
| DRC Domain Expert | Dr Ben Almquist Professor Tom Ellis Dr Firat Guder Dr Periklis Pantazis |
| Elected Department Representatives | |
| Equipment Champion | Dr Chris Rowlands |
| Examinations Officer | Dr Parry Hashemi |
| ↳ Deputy Examinations Officer | Dr James Choi |
| Fellowship Lead | Dr Naomi Nakayama |
| Female Academic Network Coordinator | Dr Claire Stanley |
| Grant Writing Workshops | Professor Etienne Burdet |
| GTA Officer | Dr Nicolas Newell |
| Intercalated BSc Biomedical Engineering lead | Dr Firat Guder |
| Director of Translation, IP champion and IP panel for Faculty of Engineering | Professor James Moore Jr |
| LEICA Microsystems Centre of Excellence: Council of Operations member | Dr Periklis Pantazis |
| MEng Biomedical Engineering lead | Dr Maria Parkes |
| MEng Molecular Bioengineering lead | Dr Periklis Pantazis |
| MRI Institutional Lead | Dr Neal Bangerter |
| MSc new programme lead: Engineering for Biomedicine | Dr Nick Linton |
| PhD Cohort Mentors | 2021-22 Dr Naomi Nakayama Dr Choon Hwai Yap Dr James Choi 2020-21 Professor Holger Krapp Dr Huai-Ti Lin Dr Chris Rowlands Dr Claire Stanley 2019-20 Dr Neal Bangerter Dr Adam Celiz Dr Tom Ouldridge 2018-19 Professor Dario Farina Dr Reiko Tanaka Professor Mengxing Tang |
| Postdoc Champion | Professor Richard Kitney |
| Postgraduate Tutor (MRes and PhD) | Dr Sylvain Ladame |
| Prizes, Honours and Awards committee | Professor Richard Kitney |
| Projects Officer (final year) | Dr Julien Vermot |
| Projects Officer (group projects) | Dr Ben Almquist Dr David Labonte |
| Senior Tutor (Taught Courses) | Dr Faraz Janan |
| ↳ Deputy Senior Tutor (Taught Courses) | Dr Warren Macdonald |
| Societal Engagement Champion | Dr Juan Alvaro Gallego |
| Student Liaison Officer | Dr Tom Ouldridge |
| Translation Group Member | Dr Ben Almquist Dr Firat Guder Professor James Moore Jr Dr Spyros Masouros |
| UG Exchange Programme Coordinator | Dr Huai-Ti Lin |