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Centre Directors
Prof. John Siddorn
Chief Executive Officer
Julie Pringle-Stewart
Chief Operating Officer; Chief Finance Officer
Prof. Penny Holliday
Chief Scientific Officer
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Dr Jon Blower
Director of Digital Science
Natalie Campbell
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Dr Maaten Furlong
Director of Engineering Science
Huw Gullick
Director of Applied Science
Joanna Lloyd-Jones
Director of People and Culture
Prof. Len Shaffrey
Director of Marine Science
Dr Eleanor Darlington
Deputy Director of Research Infrastructure
Prof. Jason Holt
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Andrew Lovett
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Prof. Alex David Rogers
Deputy Director of Strategic Science Programmes and Partnerships
Jo Thompson
Deputy Director of Engagement
Strategic Science
Dr Laurent Amoudry
Climate Mission Network Lead
Prof. Nicola Beaumont
Sustainable Marine Economy Mission Network Lead
Prof. Jennifer Brown
Hazards and Pollution Mission Network Lead
Dr Mike Clare
Hazards and Pollution Mission Network Lead
Prof. Chris Hewitt
Climate Mission Network Lead
Prof. Daniel Jones
Biodiversity Mission Network Lead
Marine Science
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Biological Carbon Cycles
Prof. Stephanie Henson
Group Head of Biological Carbon Cycles
Daniel Bangay
Dr Nathan Briggs
Dr Filipa Carvalho
Dr Elise Droste
Amanda Elineau
Aaron Ferderer
Dr Sari Giering
Hans Hilder
Dr Elisa Lovecchio
Will Major
Mojtaba Masoudi
Dr Francesco Mattei
Flavien Petit
Orlando Prugel-Bennett
Dr Thomas Ryan-Keogh
Dr Marika Takeuchi
Coastal Ocean
Dr Lucy Bricheno
Group Head of Coastal Ocean
Dr Chris Banks
Dr Paul Bell
Dr Michela De Dominicis
Dr Bin Guo
Dr Angela Hibbert
Prof. John Huthnance
Dr Dougal Lichtman
Dr Constantinos Matsoukis
Dr David McCann
Clive Neil
Dr Lyuba Novi (Ljuba)
Dr Marta Payo Payo
Dr Julia Rulent
Dr Ben Timmermans
Dr Xiaoyan Wei
Dr Joanne Williams
Dr Simon Williams
Global Climate
Dr Bablu Sinha
Group Head of Global Climate
Dr Chelsey Baker
Dr Archie Cable
Dr Steven Chan
Dr Richard Cornes
Dr Catia Domingues
Dr Agnieszka Faulkner
Dr Jeremy Grist
Dr Joel Hirschi
Dr Zoe Jacobs
Dr Fatma Jebri
Prof. Simon Josey
Dr Jules Kajtar
Dr Stephen Kelly
Dr Elizabeth Kent
Dr Alexandra Loveridge
Dr Alice Marzocchi
Dr Jenny Mecking
Prof. Adrian New
Dr Sophy Oliver
Dr Ekaterina Popova
Dr Joseph Siddons
Prof. Meric Srokosz
Dr Amber Walsh
Dr David Webb
Marine Biogeochemistry
Dr Christopher Pearce
Group Head of Marine Biogeochemistry
Dr Amani Becker
Sarah Bercovici
Claire Boteler
Dr Pete Brown
Dr Sophie Clayton
Dr Feifei Deng
Dr Claire Evans
Dr Anita Flohr
Dr Sara Fowell
Dr Susan Hartman
Dr Shubham Krishna
Rizky Muliawan
Dr Cathy Wimart-Rousseau
Marine Ecosystem Processes
Dr Anna Lichtschlag
Group Head of Marine Ecosystem Processes
Dr Mar Benavides
Dr Antony Birchill
Kassandra Dudek
Dr Elena García-Martín
Dr Alice Horton
Dirk Koopmans
Prof. Richard Lampitt
Dr Katsiaryna Pabortsava
Dr Stuart Painter
Dr Adam Sproson
Marine Geoscience
Dr Gaye Bayrakci
Group Head of Marine Geoscience
Prof. Mohammad Belal
Dr Ismael Himar Falcon Suarez
Dr Emma Gregory
Dr James Hunt
Dr Maria-Daphne Mangriotis
Prof. Bramley Murton
Dr Jonas Preine
Dr Sourav Sahoo
Hamid Shiri
Dr Carl Spingys
Hanif Sutiyoso
Dr Jennifer Ward Neale
Dr Isobel Yeo
Ocean-Shelf Processes
Dr Jeff Polton
Group Head of Ocean-Shelf Processes
Dr Christian Buckingham
Prof. Christine Gommenginger
Dr W. John Gould
Dr James Harle
Dr Joanne Hopkins
Jennifer Jardine
Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva
Dr Anna Katavouta
Afroosa Malik
Dr André Palóczy
Dr Ryan Patmore
Prof. Peter Thorne
Dr Parvathi Vallivattathillam
Dr Sarah Wakelin
Dr Charlotte Williams
Dr Anthony Wise
Dr Melissa Wood
Open Ocean Physics
Dr Ben Moat
Group Head of Open Ocean Physics
Dr Holly Ayres
Dr Matt Clark
Dr Louis Clément
Dr Dafydd Gwyn Evans
Dr Yvonne Firing
Dr Brian King
Dr Elaine McDonagh
Dr Tillys Petit
Darren Rayner
Dr Alejandra Sanchez-Franks
Dr Tiago Segabinazzi Dotto
Dr David Smeed
Dr Chris Wilson
Emma Worthington
Isadora Zampol
Seafloor Ecosystems
Dr James Strong
Group Head of Seafloor Ecosystems
Dr Brian Bett
Dr Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras
Dr Anieke Brombacher
Dr Jennifer Durden
Dr Dara Farrell
Dr Helen Ford
Dr Andrew Gates
Andrea Giulia Varzi
Prof. Andrew Gooday
Dr Veerle Huvenne
Dr Tim Le Bas
Dr Adrian Martin
Dr Lisa Skein
Dr Loïc Van Audenhaege
Catherine Wardell
Digital Science
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Data Services
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Dr Helen Snaith
Group Head of Data Services
Jordan Atherton
James Ayliffe
Katy Baldwin
Dr Clare Bellingham
Dominic Benson
Samantha Blakeman
Elizabeth Bradshaw
Donna Cockwell
Dr Julie Collins
Alice Cunningham
Dr Louise Darroch
Charlotte Dempster
Dr Gaynor Evans
Emma Gardner
Polly Hadžiabdić
Louis Hajimitsis
Monica Hanley
Mark Hebden
Dr Richenda Houseago-Stokes
Jak Jones
Arwen Bargery
Chanmi Kim
Dr Alexandra Kokkinaki
Dr Andrew Matthews
Charlotte Miskin-Hymas
Dr Gwenaelle Moncoiffé
Robyn Owen
Olivia Pampaloni
Dr Anouska Panton
Dr Clare Postlethwaite
Alice Rysiecki
Dr Kamila Walicka
Colm Walsh
Pauline Weatherall
Rhianna Wheatley
Roseanna Wright
Danielle Wright
Ocean Modelling
Dr Kalli Furtado
Group Head Ocean Modelling
Dr Yevgeny Aksenov
Dr Prima Anugerahanti
Dr Benjamin Barton
Dr Adam Blaker
Dr Andrew Coward
Dr Alex Megann
Dr Simon Mueller
Dr George Nurser
Dr Julien Palmieri
Shailee Patel
Dr Thomas Prime
Dr Stefanie Rynders
Igor Shevchenko
Dr Oliver Tooth
Dr Andrew Yool
Scientific and Technical Specialist
Dr Suzanne Maclachlan
Group Head of Scientific and Technical Specialist Group
Miros Charidemou
Mike Edwards
Christopher Feltham
Rebecca Garnett
Dipin Ghosh
Rudolf Hanz
Dr Tammy Horton
Dr Edward Mawji
Dr Laurence North
Dr Kate Peel
Dr Carla Sands
Amanda Serpell-Stevens
Dr Annika Simpson
Alycia Smith
Mark Stinchcombe
Georgina Valls Domedel
Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Alberto Arribas Herranz
Group Head of Software Engineering and AI
Alex Baldwin
Andrew Broderick
Matthew Cazaly
James Clare
Jonathan Coney
Dr Richard Downer
Dr Sean Gaffney
Thomas Gardner
Matthew Hopson
Stephen Irvine
Henry James
Magda Juarez
Vidya Krishnan
Steve Loch
Quyen Luong
Ramit Magan
Matthew McCormack
Paul McGarrigle
Shreyash Musale
Dr Eric Orenstein
Nkenchor Osemeke
George Perera
Ola Podgorska
Tobias Ramalho Dos Santos Ferreira
Cavan Robinson
Dr Colin Sauze
Sarah Sidders
Adriana Szubryt
Christopher Thompson
Esther Turner
Adam Ward
Engineering Science
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Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems
Dr Alexander Phillips
Head of MARS
Rory O’Brien
Associate Head of MARS
Adeniyi Adenaya
Chatrapathi Akula
Ben Allsup
Enrico Anderlini
Chloe Baker
Julia Bonat
Leon Bowring
Natalie Brett
Dr Justin Buck
Tia Burden
James Burris
Robert Camp
Eduardo Caudet Menendez
Alexander Cerra
Ed Chaney
Kevin Chaplin
Konrad Ciaramella
Alberto Consensi
Alex Downer
Callum Duguid
Stewart Fairbairn
Francesco Fanelli
Dr Davide Fenucci
Oksana Hagen
Dr Catherine Harris
Neil Harrison
Aakash Jadhav
Patryk Januszewski
Alexis Johnson
Dan Jones
Owain Jones
Izzat Kamarudzaman
Matthew Kingsland
Peter Lambert
Russell Locke
Alvaro Lorenzo Lopez
Rachel Marlow
Felipe Marques Dos Santos
Achille Martin
Daniel Matterson
Ashley Iceton-Morris
Amy Mullins
Emre Mutlu
Eoin O’Hobain
Emily Pruc
Shivan Ramdhanie
Roland Rogers
Dr Daniel Roper
Trishna Saeharaseelan
Dr Georgios Salavasidis
Owain Shepherd
Beth Siddle
Michael Smart
Dr Alex Smith
Sam Smith
Sara Stanton
Rob Templeton
Dave Turner
Dr Yaomei Wang
Ollie Williams
Val Williams
Stephen Woodward
Martin Yeomans
Ocean Technology and Engineering
Dr Julie Robidart
Group Head of Ocean Technology and Engineering
Dr Martin Arundell
Dr Alexander Beaton
Dr Wahida Bhuiyan
Oliver Bright
Robin Brown
Chris Cardwell
Karina Cardwell
Daniele De Corte
Dr Susan Evans
Reuben Forrester
Owen Foster
Dr Panagiotis Galanis
Joel Hedges
Dr Nathan Hubot
Dr Rand Ismaeel
Minyong Li
Dr Patricia Lopez-Garcia
Dr Socratis Loucaides
Dr Anthony Lucio
Jake Ludgate
Dr Jonathan McQuillan
David Miall
Dr Andrew Morris
Dr Efstathios Papadimitriou
Dr Matthew Patey
David Paxton
Daniel Rogers
Kevin Saw
Dr Allison Schaap
Stephen Shorter
Fabrizio Siracusa
Jonathan Starr
Dr Sebastian Steigenberger
Dr Daisy Tong
Pablo Trucco Pignata
John Walk
James Wyatt
Scientific Engineering
Helen Oldridge
Head of Scientific Engineering
Jack Arnott
Dr Christopher Balfour
Thomas Ballinger
Edward Beardsall
Jeff Benson
Martin Bridger
Dean Cheeseman
David Childs
John Clarke
Dr Richard Cooke
Andrew Cotmore
Christian Crowe
Basem Drawil
Jade Garner
Craig Grosscurth
Geoff Hargreaves
Richard Hayes
Paul Henderson
Simon Jones
Howard King
Andrew Leadbeater
Dr Stephen Mack
Mark Maltby
Emmy McGarry
Rob McLachlan
Andrew Moore
Dougal Mountifield
Zoltan Nemeth
Joshua Pedder
Dr Daniel Phillips
Richard Phipps
Billy Platt
Ben Poole
Tim Powell
Dr Paul Provost
William Richardson
Finnegan Sougioultzoglou
Tina Thomas
Ellis Thompson
Josue Viera Rivero
Juan Ward
Applied Science
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Commercial Development
email
nocbusiness@noc.ac.uk
Philip Bishop
Head of Commercial Development
Jill Burgess
Sara Driscoll
Gus Fordyce
Rhory Lester
Guillaume Michel
Sam Monk
Zoe Morrall
Hannah Muir
Dr Talicia Pillay
Dr Samuel Stanton
Jordan Thomas
David Wallington
Matthew Warner
Daniel Woods
Alan Wright
Commercial Software and Data
email
dataproducts@noc.ac.uk
Layton Quinton
Head of Commercial Software and Data
Jane Black
Lisa Eastwood
Innovations Hub and Catalyst
email
innovationcentre@noc.ac.uk
Mark Hamson
Group Head Innovation Centre and Events
Charmaine Richardson
Philanthropy
email
giving@noc.ac.uk
Holly Evans
Head of Strategic Relationships
Jo Cole
Charlotte Fletcher
Dr Hannah Symons
Research Infrastructure
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Marine Facilities Programme
Matt Tiahlo
Head of Marine Facilities Programmes
Dan Comben
Colin Day
Jez Evans
Jason Scott
Jon Short
Project Management
Hannah Sait
Programme Manager (Research and Development)
Tom Cassidy
Thomas Fabian
Anton George
Ines Lopez
David McKenna
Fope Opeola
Naomi Roche
Dr Kristian Thaller
Jennifer Thomas
Heather Wilkins
Richard Wiseman
Research Ships Engineering
Sean Chambers
Head of Research Ship Engineering
Charles Fisher
Research Ships Management
Guy Dale-Smith
Head of Research Ship Operations
Fiona Stuart
Deputy Head of Research Ship Operations
Loic Poirier
Sarah Scanlan
Jane Thompson
Engagement
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Communications
email
communications@noc.ac.uk
Jess Allen
Simon Beasley
Daniel Bourne
Will Dixon
Eleanor Frost
Lloyd Gofton
Lauren Noakes
Peter Ware
Lana Young
Events
email
NOCevents@noc.ac.uk
Alice Banet
Ian Folger
Ryan McGarvey
Partnerships and Public Affairs
Sarah Taylor
Head of Public Affairs
Alan Evans
Head of Marine Policy
Eleanor Ashton
Jackie Pearson
Vita Zaporozcenko
Public Engagement
Alice Kloker
Vicky Warren
Operations
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Business Support
Louise O’Shea
Business Support Team Manager
Louise Allen
Patsy Beckerleg-Radouan
Helen Carroll
Jane Goswell
Stacey Greenwood
Becky Holmes
Louise O’Shea
Sarah Rickards
Samantha Robinson
Elizabeth Rowlands-Spriggs
Lorraine Taylor
Megan Whitlock
Estates
email
estates@noc.ac.uk
Ged Heeley
Head of Estates Transformation
Jon Ashley
Michael Barks
Jeff Barr
Glyn Bennett
Nathone Bowden
Darren Byrne
Brandon Callaway
Nadia Casula
Jan Cawte
James Coombes
Scott Culshaw
Neal Drury
Paul Edwards
Robert Emery
Richard Ferris
John Fullbrook
Stephen House
Derek Johnson
Kelly Judd
Sultan Khan
Sarah Knapp
Michael Limburn
Paige McKenna
Suzanne Milner
Ivy Moore
Sally Murdoch
Stephen Perkins
Terrence Prosser
Sean Roles
Robert Shields
Simon Stone
Tracy Thomas
Jonathan Tusler
Ben Van-Pottelsberghe
Derek Vince
Jack West
Neil Wooldridge
Mark Wright
Funding Assurance and Corporate Responsibilty
Stephanie Walsh
Head of Funding Assurance and Corporate Responsibility
Dr Nealy Carr
Nikki Clews
Lynda Haller
Beth Lowe
Rosie Masters
Dr Holly Pelling
Jennifer Willis
Information Technology
email
servicedesk@noc.ac.uk
Sean Barrett
Head of IT Transformation
Vincent Andrews
Ailia Ashworth
Alan Auckland
Stuart Baker
Adrian Brown
David Bucke
John Capon
Craig Corbett
Graham Davies
Michael Doswell
Caroline Gameson
Gergely Garai
Scott Harvey-Ross
David Hill
Richard Howell
Gwyneth Jones
Robert Jones
Andrew Lane
Paige Langdon
Maggie Mahon
Chris Martin
Isabella Matthews
Andrew McGuinness
Vikas Nagaraj
Ayomide Osineye
David Plant
Craig Rose
Paul Senfuma
Sean Slater
Dr Philip Stanford
Mikael Suominen
Ben Westall
Carl Whale
Martyn Whichello
Josh Whiteside
Aaron Wyatt
Legal and Governance
email
noc_governance@noc.ac.uk
Mohammad Alhashimy
Head of Legal and Governance
Sara Alerr
Emma Aveson
Catherine Beckett
Miwa Bound
Sarah Bourne
Sasha Brine
Channa Etiellage
Susil Manamperige
Danny McCarthy
Anna Meredith
Rob Nieves
Daniyal Sheikh
Edward Whyte
Annie Witt
People and Culture
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Culture
Amy Oliver
Head of Culture (Transformation)
Ruth Devadason
Carolyn Myers
People and Skills
email
askhr@noc.ac.uk
Charlotte Ball
Martin Batten
Sara Binns
Kerry Boardman
Sarah Buckley
Cavelle Curran
Megan De Silva
Heather Fleming-Williams
Angela Garrett
Beth Hinton-Miles
Jennifer James
Amy Morris
Maddison Pinkstone
Jackie Rapson
Alice Roberts
Kezia Walsh
Natalie Warren
Daniel Zeff
Strategic Finance
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Finance
email
nocfinance@noc.ac.uk
Ben Allen-Hutin
Head of Finance
Scott Ashmore
Jordon Bains
Rocio Bates
Kasia Chaciej
Russell Coleman
Debbie Duncan
Liam Gray
Suzanne Hauton
Becky Hickman
Ben Hull
Kathryn Kemble
Tammy Klaasen
Kerry Lovett
Keira Carr
Jacob Moss
Charlotte Mugridge
Kirsty Plumbley
Tobi Reading
Aiden Reidy
Nicola Scammell
Charlotte Starkey
Kimberley Stott
Supply Chain
Alastair McClement
Head of Supply Chain
Rob Arnell
Julian Bond
Peter Diaper
Laurence Gate
Richard Harfield
Keith Holloway
Marisa Kellett
Rachel Laufer
Holly Miller
Andrew O’Doherty
Zoe Richards
David Ryder
Adam Towgood
Matt Trenwith
Matthew Wallis
Debbie Yarrow