Professional Services, Technical and Operations staff

Professional, Technical, and Operational staff


PhotoContact informationPlease contact regarding
  Sam McKenney
Department Operations Manager 
✉ Email Sam
  • Management of all aspects of the Department's administration, particularly including finance, HR, buildings and laboratories, research administration, and student support
Joel Eustaquio
Office Manager and IT Coordinator
Tel: +44 (0)75 9025 0640
✉ Email Joel
  • Desk allocations
  • Swipe card access approvals
  • Coordinating office moves
  • Phones, IT Software, managing printers and departmental computers
Kalypso Kalypso Charalambous
Research Development Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5183 
✉ Email Kalypso
  • Contact me regarding research development opportunities for the Department of Bioengineering
Qinglin Ke
Partnerships Development Manager
✉ Email Qinglin
  • Contact me regarding partnerships development opportunities

Kemi Aofolaju
Communications and Events Officer
✉ Email Kemi
  • Website management
  • Internal and external communications
  • Social media posts and enquiries
  • Departmental events management
  • PTO Staff Chair of the James West Scholarship scheme
Al-Yasa Ismail
Assistant Office Coordinator
Tel: +44 (0)7709 518 329
✉ Email Al-Yasa
  • Office setups and keys
  • Office moves
  • Equipment installation
  • Meeting room bookings
Geoff Hemsley
Assistant Building Technician 
Tel: +44 (0)7702 832 780
✉ Email Geoff
  • Office moves
  • Equipment installs
  • Minor adjustments in offices, meeting rooms, lecture theatres and communal spaces
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PhotoContact detailsPlease contact regarding
  Nicola Guirguis
Head of Student Programmes 
✉ Email Nicola
  • Management of student programmes
  • Teaching policies and procedures
  Raleigh Mangsat
Postgraduate Research Student Programmes Manager
✉ Email Raleigh
  • Management of MRes and PhD programmes 
 Nicole Harbert
Nicole Harbert
Teaching Operations Manager (Taught Programmes)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9296
✉ Email Nicole
  • Management of UG and MSc programmes and examinations
 Julie Hoang Julie Hoang
Learning Technologist
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9082 
✉ Email Julie
  • Professional learning technology support for staff and students in the Department
  • Promoting the use of e-learning across the Department
  • Assisting with the planning, design, and development of high-quality e-learning resources
  • Supporting the use of curriculum development tools for curriculum planning
 Sam Herbert Samantha Herbert
Senior Student Administrator (Taught Programmes)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9082
✉ Email Sam
  • UG and MSc programme administration
Emily Yillah
Senior Student Administrator (Taught Programmes)
✉ Email Emily
  • UG and MSc programme administration
 Mary Ewumi Mary Ewumi
Senior Student Administrator (Admissions)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 2259
✉ Email Mary
  • UG and PG admissions administration
  • Interview day organisation (on-campus and online)
  • Scholarship shortlisting support
Amy Smith 
Student Administrator (Admissions)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1438
✉ Email Amy
  • UG admissions administration
  • Interview day organisation (on-campus and online)
  • Bioengineering outreach events
  Deni Kalem
Student Administrator (Research Programmes - MRes and PhD)
✉ Email Deni
  • MRes, MD(Res) and PhD administration
  Callum Ellison
Student Administrator 
✉ Email Callum
  • UG and PG administration
  • Coursework and examinations
Robert Ferguson
Industrial Liaison Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6371
✉ Email Robert
  • Liaising with industry, careers and placement opportunities 
 Holloway Martin Holloway
Academic Tutor
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5176
✉ Email Martin
  • Administration of the UG and MSc courses
  • Pastoral care
  Jayne Shaw
Admissions and Outreach Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5146
✉ Email Jayne
  • Management of admissions
  • Outreach events
  • Schools liaison  
macdonald  Warren Macdonald
Senior Teaching Fellow
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6372
✉ Email Warren
  • Taught Courses
  • Admissions
Ian Radcliffe
Senior Teaching Fellow
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6498
✉ Email Ian
  • Admissions
  • Outreach
  • Design Engineering
  • Student projects
Maria Parkes Maria Parkes
Strategic Teaching Fellow
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9568
✉ Email Maria
  • Curriculum review
  • Taught courses
  • Outreach
  • Admissions
Faraz Janan
Senior Tutor and Senior Teaching Fellow
✉ Email Faraz		  
Sandra Roscoe Sandra Roscoe
Student Wellbeing Adviser
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5181
✉ Email Sandra
  • Wellbeing advice and mentoring for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.
  • Part-time (Monday to Thursday).
  • Departmental Disability Officer for all students covering reasonable adjustments and support related to their course.
Danny Lee
Student Wellbeing Adviser
✉ Email Danny
  • Wellbeing advice and mentoring for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.
  • Part-time (Fridays).
Edit Toth
Student Data Officer and Systems Developer
✉ Email Edit
  • Management of student data and systems throughout the student journey for all taught and research students within the department.
  • Support with analytical and technical challenges.
Dean Shipp
Senior Timetabling Officer
✉ Email Dean
  • Timetabling
  • Room bookings for teaching spaces
  • GTA allocations

For an entire team overview please visit our meet the team page

 

PhotoContact informationPlease contact regarding
  Ken Keating
Technical Operations Manager and Safety Officer
Tel: +44 (0)7590250478
✉ Email Ken
  • Bioengineering research and practical teaching spaces
  • Departmental technical staff
  • Departmental health and safety including faculty representative at college for CBS, GMO, and Biological use
Miguel Hermida Ayala
Deputy Technical Operations Manager and
Deputy Safety Officer
Tel: +44 (0)7594 510 961
✉ Email Miguel
  • Oversight of all Departmental Biosciences and Imaging Core Facilities.
  • Supporting the Technical Operations Manager.
  • Departmental Biosafety Adviser
 Marta Garcia Bellmunt Marta Garcia Bellmunt
Biosciences Core Facility Technician
Tel: +44 (0)7566 950 911
✉ Email Marta
  • Management of Core Genomics and Microbiology Facilities
  • Safety inspections
Sharad Patel
Biosciences Laboratory Technician 
Tel: +44 (0)7592 587 443
✉ Email Sharad
  • Tissue and cell culture
  • Microscopy
  • Biological safety
  • Laser safety
  • Cryostorage
  • Biological and GM waste
  Kaisheri Guthrie-Fenty
Core Facility Technician (Biosciences, Biocharacterisation)
Tel: +44 (0)7543 308 555
✉ Email Kaisheri
  • Biocharacterisation and analysis
  • HPLC
  • Mass Spec
  • Bioscience laboratory support 
  Elina Zalite
Molecular Bioengineering Teaching Technician
Tel: +44 (0)7450 839 949
✉ Email Elina
  • Technical Lead for the RCS1 108, Molecular Bioengineering Laboratory
  • Molecular Bioengineering undergraduate teaching support
  Morgan Edmonds
Bioengineering Technician (Teaching)
✉ Email Morgan
  • RCS1 108, Molecular Bioengineering Laboratory support
  • Molecular Bioengineering undergraduate teaching support 
  Olivier Dubois
Bioengineering Biological Services Technician 
Tel: +44 (0) 7729619227
✉ Email Olivier
  • Home Office designated work, labs and training
  • Uren Designated laboratories 
  • HTA work
  • Utilities and PPE stocks
  • Histology core
  Florent Seichepine
Bionanofabrication Suite and
Clean Room Technical Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 7395 248 415
✉ Email Florent
  • Bionanocharacterisation
  • Atomic Layer Deposition
  • Clean room
  • microfluidics 
  • Labcup
 
  Shahrzad Forouzanfar
Assistant Microfabrication Facility Manager
Tel: +44 (0)7923242043
✉ Email Shahrzad
  • Microfluidics
  • prototyping SU-8 and PDMS micro-devices 
  • 'Clean lab'
  • Photolithography
  • Lab-on-a-chip

  • Characterisation and post-process
 Egan Paschal Egan
Electronics Engineer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6497
✉ Email Paschal		 Departmental electronics laboratories: 

  • Undergraduate teaching laboratory
  • Undergraduate research projects
  • Postgraduate/research laboratory
  • Electronics design advice, electronics safety testing and advice (departmental safety committee member)
  • Departmental PAT testing, 3D printing including, imaker makerbots and Objet 3D printer
Tariq Malik
Electronics Engineer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6497
✉ Email Tariq
 Departmental electronics laboratories: 

  • Undergraduate teaching laboratory
  • Undergraduate research projects
  • Postgraduate/research laboratory
  • Electronics design advice
  • Electronics safety testing and advice
  • Departmental PAT testing
  • Faulty equipment diagnosis
  • Tensile testing
  • 3D printing including Ultimakers, Boplotter and Objet 30 
 Kanabar Niraj Kanabar
White City core Makerspace (Mech/Elec) Engineer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5188
✉ Email Niraj		 Departmental White City core makerspace:

  • Mechanics support and provision
  • Tensile testing
  • Electronics design advice
  • Electronics safety testing and advice
  • Departmental PAT testing
  • Faulty equipment diagnosis
  • Tensile testing
  • 3D printing and laser cutting
  Russell Stracey
RSM Mechanical Workshop Supervisor
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6773
✉ Email Russell
  • RSM Mechanical workshop enquiries
  • Technical workshop staff
  • Enquiries regarding available machinery
  • Trade union representative
Greg Casson
Core Facilities Technician
Tel: +44 (0)7752 971 322
✉ Email Greg
  • Technical support for Bioengineering laboratories,  researchers and Technical Operations Manager
  • Supporting infrastructure (including planned preventative maintenance, service contracts, defects, and minor laboratory works or upgrades), laboratory management systems of work and safety provision, PPE stores throughout all Bioengineering laboratories and workshops
  • Management of the Infrastructure minor works projects and Chemical Waste disposal 
  • Unison and Unison H/S representative.
  John Waldock
Departmental Mechanical Engineer
✉ Email John

 Support Teaching and Research: 
  • Mechanical engineering consultancy, design and manufacturing supporting undergraduate, postgraduate/research
  • Mechanical Workshop machining support
  • Advise on designing and building bespoke research equipment, outsourcing as required, machine prototypes and final equipment for use in research laboratories
  • Teaching and supporting BE2-HSDM Mechanics II Solids lab (MEng Biomedical Engineering module) and Design and professional practice (MEng Biomedical Engineering module)
Departmental Mechanical Laboratories: 
  • Student supervision in the RSM Workshop (LG04)
  • Overall technical support and oversight Mechanical Testing Facility (B120)
  • Comprehensive technical support and oversight of Bio Mechanical Laboratory (B220)
  • Departmental Mechanical H&S
Nana A. Asamoah-Danso 
Bioengineering Core Facility Technician
Tel: +44 (0)7894 329 366
✉ Email Nana
  • Synthetic Biology laboratories
  • Technical support for Bioengineering laboratories
  • Histology facility and departmental laboratory coat laundry services
  • PPMS booking systems
  • Autoclaving chemical solutions, laboratory equipment and biohazardous waste
  • Laboratory instrument servicing
  • Laboratory instrument and furniture transfers
Hamid Samivand
Multiskilled Engineering Technician 
✉ Email Hamid
  • Technical support & supervision for Makerspace (B220), and the RSM Workshop (LG04).
  • 3D printing and laser cutting.
  • CAD modelling and prototyping.
  • Tensile testing
  • Departmental PAT testing.
  Katie Giles
Laboratory Technical Apprentice
✉ Email Katie
  • Synthetic Biology specialism
  • Laboratory core facilities
  • Teaching support
  Adriana Lobosco
Laboratory Technical apprentice
Tel: +44 (0) 7807 695 141
✉ Email Adriana
  • Laboratory core facilities and teaching support
  • Part of our joint apprenticeship scheme with The Department of Chemistry 
  Jack Gehring
Laboratory Technical apprentice
(Currently based within The Department of Chemistry)
  • Laboratory core facilities and teaching support.
  • Part of our joint apprenticeship scheme with The Department of Chemistry 
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PhotoContact informationPlease contact regarding
Chris Sanders
Research and Finance Manager
✉ Email Chris		  
  • Research grant proposals and awards
  • Recruitment and personnel-related matters
  • Contracts
Duncan Walsh Duncan Walsh
Research Proposal Coordinator
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1500
✉ Email Duncan
  • Pre-award research support to academic staff
  • Research costing for grant submission
  • Checking, reviewing and approval of research applications and funder advice on all aspects of pre-award
  Sevgi Thompson 
Research Grants Officer 
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6353
✉ Email Sevgi
  • HR enquiries
  • Supporting post-award grant administration
  • Grant enquiries  
  Saffron Corbyn
Research Compliance Officer
✉ Email Saffron
  • Research project matters
  • Timesheets
  • Audit submissions
Portrtait of Yusra Vallimohamed Yusra Vallimohamed
Recruitment Administrator
✉ Email Yusra
  • Recruiting staff
  • Interview arrangements
  • Day-one inductions
  • Contract amendments 
  Ana-Maria Safta
Finance Assistant
✉ Email Ana-Maria
  • Processing purchase order requests
  • Account and invoice enquiries
  • Processing student bursaries and tuition fee payments. 
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PhotoContact informationPlease contact regarding
  Jayne Shaw
Admissions and Outreach Manager
✉ Email Jayne
  • Outreach events
  • Schools liaison  
Kemi Aofolaju
Communications and Events Officer
✉ Email Kemi
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PhotoContact informationPlease contact regarding
Emily Lumley (maternity cover for Lucy Foss)
Research Programmes Manager
Tel: +44(0)20 7594 2765
✉ Email Emily
  • Information about the Centre for Blast Injury Studies
  • Enquiries about trauma-related projects in the department, including the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Post Conflict Trauma and PrOTeCT. 
Hobson Kate Hobson
Neurotechnology Centre and Network Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5101  
✉ Email Kate
McKay Laura McKay
SynbiCITE Centre Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9902
✉ Email Laura
  • Enquiries about SynbiCITE
  • Enquiries about the London BioFoundry, including Proof of Concept projects, Business training courses, SynbioVEN and SynbiTECH conferences 

Anne Roques

 Anne Roques
Head of MedTech Accelerator
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6145
✉ Email Anne
  • Information or advice regarding research translation at the MSk MEC
  • Project support to inter-disciplinary research programmes in the biomedical engineering field. 
Immanuel Sebastine
 Translation Project Manager, MedTechONE
✉ Email Immanuel
  • Information or advice regarding research translation
  • Prototyping partner identification
  • Project support to inter-disciplinary research programmes in the Medical Technology area
  • Information on suitable grants, entrepreneurship, and training programmes
  • Guidance on product and technology development
Giovanni Milandri
QARA Manager, MedTechONE
✉ Email Giovanni
  • Supporting medical device and diagnostics projects
  • Quality management using an ISO13485-certified QMS
  • Assessment of risks to patients from new devices using ISO14971 processes
  • Developing regulatory pathways for new devices in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Qinglin Ke
Partnerships Development Manager
✉ Email Qinglin
  • Research translation
  • Industry partnership development
  • Mapping commercial potential of technologies
Gifty Tetteh Gifty Tetteh 
Engagement and Research Projects Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 2874
✉ Email Gifty
  • The Association of Biomedical Engineers, Medical Engineers, and Bioengineers (BioMedEng Association)
  • The UKRI Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Biology Consortium (AI-4-EB)
  • The LiSENUS NIHR multi-partner project, and other translational project leadership.
Mulenga Duodu
EU Project Administrator
✉ Email Mulenga
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PhotoContact informationPlease contact regarding
 Angela Glyes Angela Glyes
PA to Head of Department
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9794
✉ Email Angela
 Briggs Tania Briggs
PA to Professor Dick Kitney
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6226
✉ Email Tania
  Eva Myotin-Grant
PA and Research Group Administrator to Professor Anthony Bull 
✉ Email Eva
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