Directors and Operations
Directors and Operations
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Professor Washington Yotto Ochieng
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Biography
Professor Ochieng is the Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chair in Positioning and Navigation Systems at Imperial College London.
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Jane Lac
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Biography
Jane has overall responsibility for the operational and financial management of the Institute. She is responsible for financial planning, the implementation of the Institute’s strategy against its mission, the development of its education portfolio, and leads on the Security and Resilience MSc as Co-Director.
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Zarine Khurshid
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Biography
Zarine has been with the ISST since 2019 and has been instrumental in establishing the Innovation Ecosystem, a triple helix collective of industry, government, and academic partners. Zarine joined Imperial in 2012 and has extensive experience in staff development, research grants management and strategic projects.
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Eva Konstantara
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Biography
Eva joined the ISST as the Institute Coordinator in March 2023, supporting the core team from an operational standpoint across education, research, and innovation. She has a wealth of experience, working in a specialist NHS Trust during the COVID-19 pandemic and graduating with a BSc in Forensic Science from the University of West London in 2019.
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Catriona Noble
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Biography
Catriona is the MSc Coordinator for the MSc Security and Resilience: Science & Technology course, providing support for students whilst ensuring the smooth planning and delivery of the programme. She joined the ISST in 2022 and has worked in University administration since 2017.
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Max Swinscow-Hall
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Biography
Max has responsibility for communications, engagement and internal networks at the Institute. His work builds the internal connections and ensures Imperial’s capabilities in security, resilience and defence are effectively communicated to external stakeholders. Max has personal interests in technology and innovation and experience of the R&D and commercialization process.
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Jack Cooper
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Biography
Jack leads on communications and events, working with industry, government, and academic partners to promote the work of the Institute and its joint ventures. One such venture is The Zero Pressure Podcast, hosted by Helen Sharman. He joined the ISST in 2021, having spent several years in biomedical research.
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Furrah Hussain
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Biography
Furrah joined the Research Institute in Trustworthy Inter-connected Cyber-Physical Systems (RITICS) hosted within the ISST in August 2021. She formed part of the first cohort of the ISST's MSc programme in Security & Resilience, graduating in 2020.
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Anna Friman
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Personal details
Anna Friman Research Assistant in Security and Societal Resilience PolicyBiography
Anna supports the development of a new centre for thought leadership in Societal Resilience at Imperial. Prior to working at ISST, she graduated with a MSc in Political Science, International Security and War Studies from the Swedish Defense University and has a background working within security and defence.
