Research staff

Dr Islah Ali-MacLachlan

Associate Professor

Dr. Islah Ali-MacLachlan is a leading academic and researcher at Birmingham City University, where he heads the Acoustics and Audio Analysis research cluster. With a strong background in Product Design Engineering and Audio Engineering, Dr. Ali-MacLachlan is known for his innovative approach to integrating industry partnerships...

Professor Cham Athwal

Associate Head of School (Research)

Cham Athwal is Associate Head of Computing (Research) at Birmingham City University. He teaches on the BSc (Hons) courses for Digital Media Technology , and Sound Engineering and Production . An experienced lecturer and researcher, Cham has led numerous technology transfer projects, as well as working as an experienced...

Professor Chris Creed

Professor of Human-Computer Interaction

Professor Creed specialises in the area of Human-Computer Interaction and has extensive experience in leading collaborative technical projects exploring the use of innovative technologies. His core research interest is around the design and development of assistive technology for disabled people across a range of impairments....

Lianne Forbes

Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in BA Visual Effects

Lianne is a Senior Lecturer with 14 years of high-end VFX film industry experience. Her focus is on forging strong links between the University and industry. She plans to develop student awareness of industry practices and produce more opportunities for them to engage with industry professionals. Lianne has worked on a long...

Dr Maite Frutos-Pascual

Lecturer in Digital Media Technology

Dr Maite Frutos-Pascual is a senior lecturer and active researcher at DMT Lab. She specialises in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), immersive technologies (Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality AR/VR), usability, user analysis, interactive systems and sensor data analysis and integration. She oversees research and industry...

Dr Carlo Harvey

Associate Professor, Director of Future Games and Graphics

Dr Carlo Harvey is an Associate Professor in Computer Games Technology at Birmingham City University. He teaches C++ for Games, Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning. He is the Director of Future Games and Graphics overseeing the research arm for Games and Graphics within the DMTLab at BCU. He...

Zeeshan Khattak

Lecturer in Digital Media Technology (BIFCA)

Zeeshan has been a lecturer for BCU and BIFCA at the Wuhan Textile University, China since 2018. His expertise lies in teaching media technology and digital video and audio production to levels 5 and 6 students of DMT at BIFCA, while also leading the final year technology project module. Prior to working as a lecturer, since...

Jake O'Connor

Assistant Lecturer

Jake O’Connor works as an Assistant Lecturer in Computer Games Technology, he specialises in game programming and the development of game engines, including graphics rendering and network programming. Jake is also interested in Virtual Reality, and serious games. He has collaborated with Sandwell Trust City...

Jay Patel

Senior Lecturer

Jay had been involved with the delivery of ERDF projects such as Regional Innovation Network, Media Vault and MarketMaker. Since the successful completion of these projects he has moved in the teaching. He currently delivers a variety of modules such as Audio Visual Technology, Moving Image Technology and Mathematics for Media....

Mathew Randall

Senior Lecturer

Dr Mathew Randall is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University in the UK, where he lectures in visual effects and computer graphics. He is a member of the Graphics and Vision Research group, specializing in real-time analysis and manipulation of motion captured performances and applications of virtual production...