N8 Directory of Contacts

N8 Directorate Team

Durham: Lorna Wilson, Managing Director, Research & Innovation Services
Lancaster: Dion Williams, Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation
Leeds: Rachel Curwen, Director of Research and Innovation Development
Liverpool: Sarah Jackson, Director of Research, Partnerships and Innovation
Manchester: Andrew Walsh, Director of Research and Business Engagement and Sarah Albutt, Head of Research Strategy
Newcastle: David Hill, Director of Research Strategy and Development
Sheffield: Deborah Lodge, Director of Research Services
York: Justine Daniels, Director of Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange

N8 Lead: Kelly Burgess, Communications and Engagement Manager
Durham: Claire Whitelaw, Director of Communications and Engagement
Lancaster: Victoria Tyrell, Head of Communications
Leeds: David Rose, Assistant Director for Communications and Engagement
Liverpool: Sabina Frediani, Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Manchester: Jamie Brown, Head of Communications
Newcastle: Jen Middleton, Director of Communications
Sheffield: Lindsey Wilson, Deputy Director of Communications
York: Alistair Keely, Head of Media Relations and Joan Concannon, Chief Reputation and Stakeholder Relations Officer

N8 Lead: Nick Goldspink, Senior Research Partnership Manager
Durham: Jane MacNaughton, Deputy Vice-Provost (Research) and Andrew Moss, Research Culture Manager
Lancaster: Nicholas Race, Professor of Networked Systems, Helen Brace, Acting Head Research Quality and Policy and Becky Gordon, Head of Research Quality and Policy
Leeds: Emma Spary, Associate Director for Researcher Development and Research Culture and Emily Ennis, Research and Impact Manager
Liverpool: Saneeya Qureshi, Head of Researcher Development and Culture
Manchester: Melissa Westwood, Associate Vice President for Research and Cathal Rogers, Research Culture Manager
Newcastle: Candy Rowe, Dean of Research Culture and Strategy and Nicola Simcock, Research Associate
Sheffield: John Flint, Deputy Vice-President for Research and Meera Warrier, Assistant Director, Researchers and Research Culture
York: Sarah Thompson, Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Megan McLoughlin, Research culture & Researcher Development

Durham: Liz Waller, Director of University Library and Collections, University Librarian
Lancaster: Andrew Barker (Co-Chair), Director of Library Services & Learning Development
Leeds: Josh Sendall, University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection
Liverpool: Matt Greenhall, Director of Libraries, Museums and Galleries, University Librarian
Manchester: Professor Christopher Pressler (Co-Chair), John Rylands University Librarian and Director of The University of Manchester Library
Newcastle: Jill Taylor-Roe, Director of Academic Services and University Librarian
Sheffield: Anna Clements, Director of Library Services and University Librarian
York: Kirtsy Lingstadt, Director of Library, Archives and Learning Services

N8 Lead: Stephen Parkinson, Research Partnership Manager
N8 PRP Project Manager: Helen Gordon-Smith
Durham: Donna-Marie Brown, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Michelle Addison, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Lancaster: Sophie Nightingale, Lecturer in Psychology
Leeds: Graham Farrell, Professor of Crime Science
Liverpool: Fiona Measham, Chair in Criminology
Manchester: Catherine Robinson, Professor of Social Care Research
Newcastle: Jenny Johnstone, Senior Lecturer in Law
Sheffield: Layla Skinns, Centre for Criminological Research (Interim N8 PRP Academic Co-Director)
York: Geoff Page, Lecturer, School for Business and Society

N8 Lead: Stephen Parkinson, Research Partnership Manager
N8 CIR Programme Manager: Emma Finch
Durham: Stewart Clark, Professor, Department of Physics
Lancaster: Chris Jewell, Professor of Epidemiology
Leeds: David Baldwin, Director of Digital Research
Liverpool: Elizabeth Simcox, Associate Director Strategy, Partnerships and Projects
Manchester: Lee Margetts, UKAEA Chair of Digital Engineering for Fusion Energy
Newcastle: Umair Ahmed, Lecturer in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Thermofluids
Sheffield: Saul Cozens, Head of Research and Innovation IT
York: Matt Probert, Professor of Physics and N8 CIR Director and Steven Wright, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science