Research staff

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  • Michael Grace

    Senior Research Fellow

    Mike Grace is a chartered town planner and has extensive experience in land use planning and place making through working in UK local authorities and national government agencies. He was Head of Planning Services at Carlisle City Council and Head of Profession for Sustainable Land Use at Natural England. Mike’s research...

  • Florimond Gueniat

    Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering and Course Leader for MSc Automotive Engineering

    Florimond Guéniat has a PhD in fluid mechanics and computer science from Univ. Paris Sud.    He then spent two years in the Department of Mathematics, at Florida State University researching on the control of fluid flows. Before joining BCU, he also spent  two more years in the department of Mechanical Engineering at...

  • Professor Silvia Gullino

    Professor of City Making

    Silvia is a Professor of City Making and a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI). With an interdisciplinary background in Architecture and Urban Planning, her academic ethos centres on understanding cities as complex socio-economic, physical, environmental, and political systems. Addressing urban...

  • Professor Peter Larkham

    Professor of Planning

    Peter Larkham is Professor of Planning at the University’s College of the Built Environment. He teaches planning-related issues such as conservation and urban design on the College’s BSc and MSc courses and leads its Postgraduate Certificate in Research Practice. Peter studied for his PhD in Urban Geography at the University...

  • Laura Leyland

    Head of the College of Engineering (interim)

    Laura Leyland is Interim Head of the College of Engineering and has been innovating in engineering education for over 10 years, teaching materials based modules and practical project focussed delivery with a specific interest in developing humanitarian engineering. This module delivery incorporates the Engineering for People...

  • Dr Andy Lim

    Lecturer in Civil Engineering

    Andy is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. Prior to joining Birmingham City University, Andy was a Research Officer in the ”Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE)" project in the College of Engineering at Swansea University. He was also a Teaching...

  • Dr Lynsey Melville

    Director of the Global Environmental Challenges Research Group, Lead of Bioresource and Bioeconomy Research Group (BBRG), Senior Researcher

    Dr Lynsey Melville is Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Built Environment. She leads the Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering research group whose focus is on accelerating the adoption of environmentally sustainable and commercially viable energy from biomass. Lynsey is...

  • Dr Noel Perera

    Associate Professor and Director of Innovation and Enterprise

    Noel graduated with the BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering degree in 1997 and awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 both with Northumbria University. He joined Northumbria University as an academic in 2003 after a period of employment as a TCS (KTP) Associate at the National Centre...

  • Dr Khondokar Mizanur Rahman

    Teaching and Research Fellow (Environmental Engineering)

    Khondokar Mizanur Rahman is a Teaching and Research Fellow for Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. He has been involved in the field of environmental research since 2004. He has been a member of the Waste and Energy Research Group (WERG) since 2007, working in the field of...

  • Nicki Schiessel Harvey

    Senior Lecturer in Built Environment & Director of Student Recruitment

    Nicki is an environmental planning professional-turned-academic. Her research focuses on changing values of inland waterways and how values are incorporated into policy decision-making. She also has a passion for supporting student transition into Higher Education and leads on student recruitment and induction within the...

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