
125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs

Shape your future at Birmingham
At Birmingham, you’ll join a global community of researchers working across disciplines to address the world’s biggest challenges.
- We are a Russell Group university ranked in the global top 100, with 92 percent of research rated world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021).
- We have invested £1 billion over the past decade in research and infrastructure to support excellence.
- We are one of only 12 leading UK institutions delivering the Government’s £54m fund to attract top international researchers.
- Our 2030 strategy aims to double research income and position Birmingham among the world’s top 50 universities.
Begin your next chapter
Applications are currently open and will close on Sunday 11 January 2026.
125th Anniversary Fellow
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Meet the new Fellows and Chairs
Explore the outstanding academics appointed as 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs and their world-leading research driving global impact.
Discover our researchers

Why global talent matters
Professor Rachel O’Reilly, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), outlines why attracting global talent is essential for the UK to innovate, compete, and lead in a changing world.
Read Rachel’s perspective

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Our anniversary researchers
Our anniversary researcher community is vibrant and accomplished. Read their stories and discover how Birmingham has helped shape their research and careers.

Dr Mary Zhang
Mary’s research investigates the inequalities that shape people’s quality of life to develop more robust social systems.

Professor Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos’ work focuses on adaptive motivation, and explores the barriers and enablers of behavioural changes across different populations.

Dr Hiroki Shin
Hiroki’s research explores the history of energy, and connects this with policymakers, businesses and communities to embed sustainable practices.

Dr Claire Dancer
Claire’s research explores advanced ceramic manufacturing to create new metamaterials from recycled materials that help tackle climate change.

Professor Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani
Cecilie’s research aims to strengthen the fields of motivation and behavioural science, advance theory, encourage interdisciplinarity, and shape public health guidelines.

Professor Richard Hastings
Richard researches learning and developmental disabilities to develop ways to support young people and their families.
We are investing in people in line with our ambition to be a top 50 global university, recruiting a diverse mix of talent to add strength in critical areas of research.



