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Jessica Agnew-Blais

Dr Jessica Agnew-Blais

Senior Lecturer

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/jessica-agnew-blais.html

Psychiatric epidemiology, ADHD, Women's mental health, Developmental psychology

Akram Alomainy

Prof Akram Alomainy

Professor of Antennas and Applied Electromagnetics
Deputy Dean for Postgraduate Research in Science and Engineering

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
+44 (0)20 7882 3324

www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~akram/

Antenna Engineering, Applied Electromagnetics, Biomedical and Healthcare, Communication Engineering, Radio Propagation, Wearable Technology

Annemieke Apergis-Schoute

Dr Annemieke Apergis-Schoute

Lecturer in Psychology
Psychology Ethics Committee Member & 2nd Year Tutor for Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-annemieke-apergis-schoute.html

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Preoccupied Thinking, Procrastination, Student Mental Health, Prefrontal Mechanisms, Cognitive Flexibility

John Apergis-Schoute

Dr John Apergis-Schoute

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/john-apergis-schoute-.html

Cognition, Motivation, Neural Circuits, Functional Connectivity, Appetite, Memory

Roman Arguello

Dr Roman Arguello

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

arguellolab.org

evolutionary genomics, sensory neurobiology, evo-devo, behaviour

Maria Bada

Dr Maria Bada

Lecturer in Cyberpsychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/maria-bada.html

Online behaviour, Cyberpsychology, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity

Rachael Bedford

Prof Rachael Bedford

Professor in Biological and Experimental Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/rachael-bedford.html

Autism, Neurodevelopment, Mental health, Screen Time, Infancy

Andrea Benucci

Prof Andrea Benucci

Professor in Visual Neuroscience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

benuccilab.net/

visual perception, visual cortex, optogenetics, optical imaging, animal behavior, artificial neural networks

Frederike Beyer

Dr Frederike Beyer

Senior Lecturer
Interim Head of The Department of Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/beyer-frederike.html

Social Cognition, Stress, Aggression, Sense of Agency, Reward Processing

Daniel Bor

Dr Daniel Bor

Senior Lecturer (& Wellcome Trust Fellow)

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/daniel-bor.html

dementia, ageing, neuroimaging, consciousness, information theory, Alzheimer's Disease

Caroline Brennan

Prof Caroline Brennan

Professor of Molecular Genetics
Interim Head of The School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 8888

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/carolinebrennan.html

zebrafish, development, comparative cognition, addiction, neurobiology

Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich

Dr Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich

Senior Lecturer in Organismal Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

buschlab.org

Functional Genomics, Disease Modeling, Developmental Biology

Lucie Charles

Dr Lucie Charles

Lecturer

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

sites.google.com/site/luciecharlesneuro/home

Cognitive Neuroscience, Metacognition, Decision-making, Consciousness, Introspection, Action Awareness

Guifen Chen

Dr Guifen Chen

Senior Lecturer in Neurobiology
EDI co-Lead at SBBS

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/guifen-chen.html

Spatial navigation, Virtual reality, Sensory integration

Lars Chittka

Prof Lars Chittka

Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 3043

chittkalab.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/

animal cognition, sensory systems, pollination ecology, social insects, animal consciousness, animal welfare

Laura Crucianelli

Dr Laura Crucianelli

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-laura-crucianelli.html

Interoception, Body perception, Affective touch, Temperature, Multisensory integration, Mental health

Maurice Elphick

Prof Maurice Elphick

Professor of Animal Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/mauriceelphick.html

Neuropeptide, Evolution, Neurobiology, Echinoderm, Physiology

Paul J. Hurd

Dr Paul J. Hurd

Reader in Genome Regulation and Epigenetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/labs/hurd/

Honey bee, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Phenotypic plasticity

Janelle Jones

Dr Janelle Jones

Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology
Director of Graduate Studies

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/janellejones.html

Social Connections, Identity, Health & Well-being, Older adults, The Arts, Technology

Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne

Dr Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne

Lecturer In Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/katarzyna-kostyrka-allchorne-.html

Digital parenting interventions, Adolescent mental health, Digital activity, Child development

Nadine Lavan

Dr Nadine Lavan

Lecturer in Biological Psychology
Co-lead for EDI

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/nadine-lavan.html

voice perception, identity perception, person perception, first impressions, face perception, emotion perception

Margherita Malanchini

Dr Margherita Malanchini

Senior Lecturer

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.codelab.science/

Child development, Learning, Non-cognitive skills, Gene-environment interplay, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Behavioural Problems

Isabelle Mareschal

Prof Isabelle Mareschal

Professor of Visual Cognition

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/isabellemareschal.html

emotion, gaze, social interaction, adversity, global health

Giorgia Michelini

Dr Giorgia Michelini

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/giorgia-michelini-.html

ADHD, Neurodiversity, Depression, Transdiagnostic, EEG, Development

Alex Mielke

Dr Alex Mielke

Lecturer in Psychology
Open Science Lead

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/alexander-mielke.html

Primates, Cooperation, Communication, Sequences, Grooming, Play

Bosiljka Milosavljevic

Dr Bosiljka Milosavljevic

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Neurodevelopment, Cognitive Development, Infancy, Child development, Global Health

Eda Mizrak

Dr Eda Mizrak

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-eda-mizrak.html

human memory, cognition, computational modeling, cognitive neuroscience

Rani Moran

Dr Rani Moran

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/rani-moran.html

Decision Making, Reinforcement Learning, Cognitive Maps, Human memory, Exploration Exploitation Dillema, Metacognition

Valdas Noreika

Dr Valdas Noreika

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Head of The Centre for Brain and Behaviour

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/valdas-noreika.html

Sleep and dreaming, Consciousness, Inter-brain synchronisation, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Time processing, Environmental psychology

Isabel M Palacios

Dr Isabel M Palacios

Lecturer of Cell Biology
Deputy Director of Research Nanchang

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com/research

Drosophila, human organoids, human iPSCs, organogenesis, cell biophysics, cytoskeleton

Khalid Rajab

Dr Khalid Rajab

Lecturer

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/people/profiles/rajabkhalid.html

Millimetrewave radar, Sensing for health & wellbeing, IoT sensors, Ambient sensing, Machine learning & AI

Emma Stewart

Dr Emma Stewart

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-emma-stewart.html

visual perception, eye movements, object and shape perception, peripheral vision, visual prediction, visual inference

Angelika Stollewerk

Dr Angelika Stollewerk

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/angelikastollewerk.html
Petra Ungerer

Dr Petra Ungerer

Technical Facilities Manager

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/petraungerer.html
Elisabetta Versace

Dr Elisabetta Versace

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.preparedmindslab.org/

animal cognition, predispositions, experimental evolution, early cognition, crossmodality, dance science - positive psychology

John Viles

Dr John Viles

Reader in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/johnviles.html

Amyloids, Protein Misfolding, Alzheimers, Prions, Bioinorganic Chemistry

Yannick Wurm

Prof Yannick Wurm

Professor of Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/yannickwurm.html

genome evolution, bioinformatics, ants, pollinators, pollinator health, social insects