Academic promotions from 1 October 2012

Wednesday, 03 October 2012

The following members of staff have been promoted to either Professor, Reader or Senior Lecturer as of 1 October 2012. This was decided by the Joint Standing Committee of Council and Senate on the Personal Title of Professor, Reader and Senior Lecturer.

Professors

Dr Matthew Almond	Professor of Chemistry Education
Dr Janet Barlow	Professor of Environmental Physics
Dr Victor Becerra	Professor of Automatic Control
Dr Chris Collins	Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Dr Alison Donnell	Professor of Modern Literatures in English (with effect from 1 January 2012)
Dr Timothy Duff	Professor of Greek
Dr Wayne Hayes	Professor of Polymer Chemistry
Dr Andy Kempe	Professor of Drama Education
Dr Ioannis Kokkoris	Professor of Law and Economics
Dr Slawomir Nasuto	Professor of Cybernetics
Dr Beatrice Pelloni	Professor of Mathematics
Dr Patricia Riddell	Professor of Applied Neuroscience
Mr Alun Rowlands	Professor of Art
Dr John Russell	Professor of Art
Dr Phiroze Vasunia	Professor of Classics
Dr Matt Worley	Professor of Modern History

Readers

Dr Che Connon	Reader in Tissue Engineering and Cell
Dr David Grimes	Reader in African Meteorology (with effect from 21 December 2011)
Dr Chris Harty	Reader in Design and Construction Innovation
Dr Christina Hellmich	Reader in International Relations and Middle East Studies (with effect from 1 June 2012)
Dr Mark Nixon	Reader in Modern Literature
Dr Fiona Ross	Reader in Non-Latin Type Design

Senior Lecturers

Dr Alison Bailey	Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Business Management
Dr Rob Banham	Senior Lecturer in Graphic Communication (with effect from 1 January 2012)
Dr Stephen Banks	Senior Lecturer in Law
Dr Berry Billingsley	Senior Lecturer in Science Education
Dr Dimitris Charalampopoulos	Senior Lecturer in Food Biotechnology
Dr Andre Cobb	Senior Lecturer in Organic Chenistry
Dr Joanne Elliott	Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Dr Francesca Greco	Senior Lecturer in Drug Delivery
Dr Robert Hosfield	Senior Lecturer in Palaeolithic Archaeology
Dr Fiona Knott	Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
Dr Daniela La Penna	Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies
Dr Stephen Langdon	Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans	Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Matthew Nicholls	Senior Lecturer in Classics
Ms Tina O'Connell	Senior Lecturer in Art
Dr Carol Padgett	Senior Lecturer in Finance
Dr Sara Poole	Senior Lecturer in French
Dr Lisa Purse	Senior Lecturer in Film
Dr Rebecca Rist	Senior Lecturer in History
Dr Lisa Sampson	Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies
Dr Graham Schafer	Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Development
Dr C. Srinivasan	Senior Lecturer in Agricultural and Development Economics
Dr Katja Strohfeldt-Venables	Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Dr Simone Varotto	Senior Lecturer in Finance
Dr Carol Wagstaff	Senior Lecturer in Crop Quality for Health
Dr Hong Wei	Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

In addition:

Dr Len Shaffrey (from 1October 2011) and Dr Steve Woolnough (from 1 October 2012) have become Principal Research Fellows (School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences)
Dr Patricia Bossons, Director of the Henley Centre for Coaching and Facilitation has been accorded the personal title of Associate Executive Professor
Dr Jean-Anne Stewart, Director of Corporate Qualification Programmes and Facilitation Services, Henley Business School, has been accorded the personal title of Associate Executive Professor