Senior academic, research and teaching fellow promotions announced for 2017-18
12 July 2018
Huge congratulations to the 37 members of Faculty staff who have been awarded a promotion in this year's promotions round, an increase of almost 20 percent on last year.
Every year, UCL recognises and rewards the outstanding achievements of non-professorial academic staff through an annual promotions cycle. Promotions are awarded to staff showing exceptional talent and commitment to UCL's mission.
We now have 19 new professors, 2 new professorial research fellows, 10 new associate professors and six new principal research fellows. The success of our staff represents the huge amount of talent they share and their commitment to furthering the field of brain sciences.Ìý
The Dean, Professor Alan Thompson commented:
" "Congratulations to all 36 colleagues promoted from across the Faculty - fantastic achievement"
Professors
Name | Department | Promoted To |
Mr David Choi | Brain Repair and Rehabilitation | Professor of Neurosurgery |
Dr Patrick Luyten | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Psychodynamic Psychology |
Dr Aimee Spector | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology | Professor of Old Age Clinical Psychology |
Dr Elvira Bramon | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Mental Health Neuroscience |
Dr Claudia Cooper | Division of Psychiatry | Professor of Psychiatry of Older Age |
Dr Joseph Devlin | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience |
Dr Daniel Richardson | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Experimental Psychology |
Dr Tali Sharot | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience |
Dr Hugo Spiers | Experimental Psychology | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience |
Dr Jennifer Crinion | Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience |
Dr Antonia Hamilton | Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience | Professor of Social Neuroscience |
Dr Jeremy Chataway | Institute of Neurology | Professor of Neurology |
Dr Timothy Levine | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Cell Biology |
Dr Mandeep Sagoo | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology |
Dr Patrick Turowski | Institute of Ophthalmology | Professor of Vascular Signalling |
Dr James Kilner | Institute of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders | Professor of Human Motor Neuroscience |
Dr Ludvic Zrinzo | Institute of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders | Professor of Functional Neurosurgery |
Dr Jennifer Bizley | The Ear Institute | Professor of Auditory Neuroscience |
Dr Nicholas Lesica | The Ear Institute | Professor of Neuroengineering |
Professorial Research Fellows
Name | Department |
Dr Kirill Volynski | Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy |
ÌýDr Antonia Spinazzola | ÌýInstitute of NeurologyÌý |
Associate Professors
Name | Department |
Dr Julian Childs | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology |
Dr Jean-Baptiste Pingault | Clinical, Education and Health Psychology |
Dr Nicola Morant | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Vasiliki Orgeta | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Sam GilbertÌý | Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience |
Dr Jacqueline Van Der Spuy | Institute of Ophthalmology |
Dr Caroline Newton | Language and Cognition |
Dr Andrea Santi | Linguistics |
Dr Yasutada Sudo | Linguistics |
Mr Peter Andrews | The Ear Institute |
Principal Research Fellows
Name | Department |
Dr Bella Vivat | Division of Psychiatry |
Dr Aman Saleem | Experimental Psychology |
Dr Rickie Patani | Molecular Neuroscience |
Dr Pietro Fratta | Institute of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders |
Dr Sonia Gandhi | Institute of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders |
Dr David Cash | Neurodegenerative Diseases |