Interim Institute Director

Head of School of Computer Science
Chair in Decentralised Systems
School of Computer Science
- Email
- a.vanmoorsel@bham.ac.uk
Aad van Moorsel is Professor and Head of the School of Computer Science at University of Birmingham. He is the Principal Investigator of UKFin, the UKRI EPSRC Network in Financial Services, which kicks off September 2022 to provide an interface between academia and industry.
Turing Fellows
Since joining the Turing Institute in 2018, the University's Turing Fellows have been working on data science and AI projects covering a wide variety of academic themes and practical applications.
Professional Services staff
Professional Services staff
Ms Jessica Mylchreest
Head of Operations, IIDSAI
j.mylchreest@bham.ac.uk
Jessica leads on the non-academic management of the Institute, enabling IIDSAI to undertake world-leading interdisciplinary research, develop strategic partnerships and deliver an exciting and innovative programme of education activities.
Jessica works alongside the IIDSAI Director to shape and influence the strategic direction of the Institute.
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Rosalind Hay
HDR UK Project & Training Manager
r.j.hay@bham.ac.uk
Rosalind (Roz) manages two key Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and IIDSAI initiatives; piloting new approaches to training in health data science in the UK, and investigating future training needs.
For more information, please visit - Health Data Training
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Ms Padmaja Reddy
Inter-disciplinary Research Facilitator, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS)
p.reddy@bham.ac.uk
Padma is the lead research support for IIDSAI. Padma supports grant applications to UK funders with an interdisciplinary component or international collaboration.
Padma also supports large and complex project proposals, such as programme grants for the EPS.
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Turing @ Birmingham
For support relating to all administrative aspects of the University’s partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, including all matters related to grants, contracts, and events.
turingliaison@contacts.bham.ac.uk
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Advanced Research Computing
The IIDSAI is also supported by the Advanced Research Computing Team.
For more information contact the team, or Dr Andrew Edmondson.
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Academic experts
The University of Birmingham is home to more than 140 data science and AI experts who are working together to address important challenges in areas such as sustainability, equality, health, and data-driven science. This group of interdisciplinary researchers bring together expertise in modelling, statistics, machine learning, linguistics, optimisation, behavioural sciences, ethics, law, and many other fields to advance data science and AI technologies, apply them in a broad range of applications, and understand their legal and ethical implications.
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
English Language and Linguistics
English Literature

Lecturer in Contemporary Literature & Digital Cultures
Department of English Literature
- Email
- d.butchard@bham.ac.uk
Law
Modern Languages

Professorial Research Fellow in Cognitive Linguistics and Language Cognition
Department of Modern Languages
- Email
- d.divjak@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Psychology of Language and Language Learning
Director of Languages for All
Department of Modern Languages
- Email
- p.milin@bham.ac.uk
Theology and Religion
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Computer Science
Mathematics
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Metallurgy and Materials
Engineering
Civil Engineering

Reader in Railway and Civil Engineering
Convenor, UG Railway Engineering Program (BEng/MEng)
Coordinator, RISEN (www.risen2rail.eu)
Department of Civil Engineering
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 414 2670
- Email
- s.kaewunruen@bham.ac.uk
Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

Professor of Railway Systems
Deputy Head of School of Engineering
Director of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education Lead for the UK Railway Research and Innovation Network
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 414 4306
- Email
- c.roberts.20@bham.ac.uk

Chair in Electrical Power Systems
Director of Smart Grid, Birmingham Energy Institute
Co-Director, Birmingham Energy Storage Centre (sponsored by EPSRC)
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 4298
- Email
- x.p.zhang@bham.ac.uk
Mechanical Engineering
Physics and Astronomy

Professor of Astrophysics
Director, Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
School of Physics and Astronomy
- Telephone
- 44 (0)121 414 6447
- Email
- a.vecchio@bham.ac.uk

Director of Education, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Professor of Physics
School of Physics and Astronomy
- Telephone
- 44 (0)121 414 5053
- Email
- n.k.wilkin@bham.ac.uk
Life and Environmental Sciences
Biosciences
Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Psychology
Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Director of Graduate School of Sport & Professional Practice
Industrial Professorial Fellow
Business Engagement Champion
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Email
- b.drust@bham.ac.uk
Medical and Dental Sciences
Applied Health Research
Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Professor of Cancer Genetics & Surgery
Co-Lead - Molecular Oncology, Pathology and Genetics
Deputy Director – Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
- Email
- a.beggs@bham.ac.uk

Chair of Bioinformatics
Director of the Centre for Computational Biology
Programme Director, Online MSc in Bioinformatics
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
- Telephone
- +44(0)1214146480
- Email
- j.cazier@bham.ac.uk

Associate Professor in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
- Email
- d.gendoo@bham.ac.uk

Associate Director of Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), Programme Director Health Data Science
Chair of Clinical Bioinformatics
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 3882
- Email
- g.gkoutos@bham.ac.uk
Cardiovascular Sciences

Royal Society University Research Fellow and Birmingham Fellow
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences

School of Chemistry
Chair in Cell Biology of Membrane Proteins
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
- Email
- d.herten@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Cardiology & Cardiac Imaging
Consultant Cardiologist
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
Clinical Sciences

Professor of Analytical Pathology and Head of Oral Pathology Unit
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies, Institute of Clinical Sciences
School of Dentistry
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 466 5519
- Email
- g.landini@bham.ac.uk
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Inflammation and Ageing

Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group
Institute of Inflammation and Ageing
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 627 2000
- Email
- e.sapey@bham.ac.uk
Metabolism and Systems Research

Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
Co-Director of the Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE)
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow
Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 3928
- Email
- d.calebiro@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Machine Learning
Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research
- Email
- m.opper@bham.ac.uk

Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow
Director, Centre for Systems Modelling & Quantitative Biomedicine
Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 4066
- Email
- j.r.terry@bham.ac.uk
Microbiology and Infection
Birmingham Business School
Government