Senior Academic, Research and Teaching Fellow 2020-21 promotions
9 July 2021
38 academic staff from the Faculty of Brain Sciences have been awarded a promotion in this year's UCL academic promotions round.
Each year, UCL recognises and rewards the outstanding achievements of academics across the university. This year the Faculty achieved the following:23 new Professors, five Associate Professors, four Principal Research Fellows and six Associate Professors (Teaching).
Promotions are effective from 1 October 2021.
Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, said: “A huge congratulations to all of our colleagues who have been promoted this year. These highly deserved promotions reflect the excellence of their work across research, education and enterprise Ի their major contribution to brain sciences, reinforcing the incredible academic strength of our Faculty. I am thrilled to congratulate the following academics for their well-deserved success.”
Professors
Department | Promoted to | |
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Dr Christos Proukakis | Clinical and Movement Neurosciences | Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics |
Dr Julian Childs | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Mental Health |
Dr Leslie Gutman | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Developmental and Health Psychology |
Dr Jean-Baptiste Pingault | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Genetics |
Dr Lucy Serpell | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of the Psychology of Eating Disorders |
Dr Nikolaus Steinbeis | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Developmental Neuroscience |
Dr James Kirkbride | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Psychiatric and Social Epidemiology |
Dr Karoline Kuchenbaecker | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Genetic Epidemiology |
Dr Stephen Fleming | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience |
Dr Lasana Harris | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Social Neuroscience |
Dr Dominik Bach | Imaging Neuroscience | Professor of Cognitive-Computational and Clinical Neuroscience |
Dr Vladimir Litvak | Imaging Neuroscience | Professor of Translational Neurophysiology |
Dr Oliver Robinson | Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience | Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health |
Mr Keith Barton | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Ophthalmology |
Dr Pearse Keane | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence |
Dr Omar Mahroo | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Retinal Neuroscience |
Dr Carlos Pavesio | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Ocular Inflammation and Infection |
Dr Jacqueline Van Der Spuy | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Dr Klaus Abels | Linguistics | Professor of Linguistics |
Dr Jonathan Rohrer | Neurodegenerative Diseases | Professor of Neurology |
Dr Patricia Adank | Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences | Professor of Speech Perception and Production |
Dr Sally Dawson | The Ear Institute | Professor in Molecular Genetics of Hearing Loss |
Dr Daniel Jagger | The Ear Institute | Professor of Cell Physiology |
Associate Professors
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Dr Natalie Marchant | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Lisa Wood | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Konstantinos Balaskas | Institute of Ophthalmology |
Dr Alice Davidson | Institute of Ophthalmology |
Dr Emmanuelle Vire | MRC Prion Unit at 911 |
Principal Research Fellows
Name | Department |
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Dr Gabriele Lignani | Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy |
Dr Rina Bandopadhyay | Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
Dr Christian Lambert | Imaging Neuroscience |
Dr Rebecca Samson | Neuroinflammation |
Associate Professors (Teaching)
Name | Department |
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Dr Amit Batla | Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
Dr Vanessa Putz | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology |
Mr Christos Bechlivanidis | Experimental Psychology |
Ms Rashmi Mathew | Institute of Ophthalmology |
Dr Adam Liston | IoN Central Administration |
Dr Tim Young | IoN Central Administration |