Immunology and Infection

Staff profiles

List of all academic, research, technical and administrative staff.

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Immunology and Infection Research staff list

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Co-Heads of Institute

NameEmail AddressTelephone
BUCK, Amy Prof iiirhead@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 3375
MATTHEWS, Keith Prof iiirhead@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 3639

Institute Administrator

NameEmail AddressTelephone
SHIELDS, Roz SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5464
ARMITAGE, Emma SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5464

Building Manager

NameEmail AddressTelephone
GIBSON, Steve Stephen.Gibson@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 8691

Administrative Staff

NamePositionEmail AddressTelephone
DAVIES, Beverley Project & Grant Manager bdavies3@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 0000
GORJANC, Romana Project Support Officer Romana.Gorjanc@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 9123
HURST, Jennifer Administrative Assistant jennifer.hurst@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 3685
THOMPSON, Gabrielle Research Communications Intern gthomps4@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 8661

Academic Staff and Principal Investigators

NameResearch InterestEmail
BUCK, Amy Prof Small RNAs in host-pathogen interactions a.buck@ed.ac.uk R
COWAN, Graeme Dr B- and T- cell responses in immunity and disease Graeme.Cowan@ed.ac.uk R
IVENS, Alasdair Dr Bioinformatics for genome analysis Al.Ivens@ed.ac.uk R
KAUFMAN, Jim Prof Jim.Kaufman@ed.ac.uk
MACIAS RIBELA, Sara Dr Nucleic acids & Immunity Sara.Maciasribela@ed.ac.uk R
MATTHEWS, Keith Prof Developmental biology of African trypanosomes keith.matthews@ed.ac.uk R V
MOONEY, Jason Dr Immunology, Parasitology, Bacteriology Jason.Mooney@ed.ac.uk
MOULE, Madeleine Dr Maddie.moule@ed.ac.uk
MUTAPI, Francisca Prof Immunoepidemiology of human schistosomiasis F.Mutapi@ed.ac.uk R V
MWANGI, Samuel Dr thumbi.mwangi@ed.ac.uk
PERONA-WRIGHT, Georgia Prof gperona@ed.ac.uk
PHILIP, Nisha Dr Immunology and Infection Research Nisha.Philip@ed.ac.uk R
REGAN, Jennifer Dr Innate immunity, sex and ageing Jenny.Regan@ed.ac.uk R
ROWE, Alex Prof Cell biology of malaria infection and disease Alex.Rowe@ed.ac.uk R V
SAVILL, Nick Dr Epidemiology and evolution of infectious diseases nick.savill@ed.ac.uk R
SCHNAUFER, Achim Prof Mitochondrial biology of trypanosomatid parasites Achim.Schnaufer@ed.ac.uk R
SHAW, Tovah Dr tshaw2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
SPENCE, Phil Dr Plasmodium virulence and immunity to malaria Philip.Spence@ed.ac.uk R
SZOOR, Balazs Dr Phosphatases in parasite biology Balazs.Szoor@ed.ac.uk R
TAYLOR, Matthew Dr Priming and maintenance of regulatory and effector T cell responses during chronic helminth infections Matthew.Taylor@ed.ac.uk R V
THOMPSON, Joanne Dr Molecular biology of malaria parasites Joanne.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
VOHRA, Prerna Dr Prerna.Vohra@ed.ac.uk
YOUNG, Joanna Dr Determining how Toxoplasma secreting proteins facilitate the chronic stage of parasite infection JC.Young@ed.ac.uk
ZAISS, Dietmar Dr Regulation of local immune responses Dietmar.Zaiss@ed.ac.uk R

Honorary and Visiting Staff

NamePositionEmail Address
ALLEN, Judith Professor Honorary Professor J.Allen@ed.ac.uk
BABIKER, Hamza Dr Honorary Fellow H.Babiker@ed.ac.uk
BARTLEY, David Dr Honorary Lecturer -
GRAY, David Professor Emeritus Professor of Immunology D.Gray@ed.ac.uk
MAIZELS, Rick Professor Honorary Professor Rick.Maizels@ed.ac.uk
NISBET, Alasdair Dr Honorary Fellow -
RILEY, Eleanor Professor Emeritus Professor of Immunology & Infection Research eleanor.riley@ed.ac.uk
ZAMOYSKA, Rose Professor Emerita Professor of Immune Cell Biology Rose.Zamoyska@ed.ac.uk

Research Staff

NameGroup / PositionEmail
BERMUDEZ BARRIENTOS, Jose Roberto Dr Buck Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate jose.bermude@ed.ac.uk
BONDARENKO, Kseniia Young lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate kbondare@exseed.ed.ac.uk
DEL RIO CUBILLEDO, Cristina Mooney Lab / Research Assistant cdelrio@ed.ac.uk
GORDON, Katrina Dr / Senior Researcher K.Gordon@ed.ac.uk R
GRABOWSKI, Katharina Spence Group / Research Assistant s1812597@ed.ac.uk
HALABI, Samer Dr / Postdoctoral Research Associate Samer.Halabi@ed.ac.uk
LARCOMBE, Stephen Dr Matthews Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate Stephen.Larcombe@ed.ac.uk R
LEE, Kim Cowan Group / Malaria Reagent Repository Research Assistant Kim.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
MCWILLIAM, Kirsty Dr Matthews Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate kmcwill5@exseed.ed.ac.uk
MILLAR, Scott Dr Philip Research Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate smillar4@exseed.ed.ac.uk
NAHRENDORF, Wiebke Dr Spence Group / Research Fell Wiebke.Nahrendorf@ed.ac.uk R
NEOFYTOU, Kyriaki Dr Buck Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate (mat cover) Kyriaki.Neophytou@ed.ac.uk
OLDRIEVE, Guy Matthews Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate goldriev@exseed.ed.ac.uk
OTOBOH, Stanley Dr Rowe Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate sotoboh2@ed.ac.uk
PEKAR, Jonathan Dr Rambaut Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate jpekar@ed.ac.uk
PFAVAYI, Lorraine Dr Mutapi Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate lpfavayi@ed.ac.uk
SHAW, Tovah Dr Buck Group / BBSRC Discovery Fellow tshaw2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
SHEARER, Patrick Dr / Postdoctoral Research Associate pshearer@ed.ac.uk
VENTER, Frank Matthews Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate fventer@exseed.ed.ac.uk
WATERFALL, Martin Dr Zamoyska Group / Head of Flow Cytometry Martin.Waterfall@ed.ac.uk R
WITTEVELDT, Jeroen Dr Macias-Ribela Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate Jeroen.Witteveldt@ed.ac.uk R
WOJTUS, Joanna Macias-Ribela Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate jwojtus@ed.ac.uk

Technical Research Staff

NameGroup / PositionEmail
DANYSZ, Maria / Research Technician Maria.Danysz@ed.ac.uk
DORNELL, Johanna Young lab / Research Technician jdornell@ed.ac.uk
DUNCAN, Neil Mutapi Group / Research Technician Neil.Duncan@ed.ac.uk
FREILE VINUELA, Paz Dr Macias-Ribela Lab / Research Technician paz.freile@ed.ac.uk
MOONEY, Ronnie Reece Group / Research Technician Ronnie.Mooney@ed.ac.uk
ROBERTSON, Elaine Buck Group / Research Technician Elaine.Robertson@ed.ac.uk R
WALTERS, Jessica Dr Macias-Ribela Lab / Research Technician jwalter3@ed.ac.uk
WRIGHT, David / Research Technician David.Wright@ed.ac.uk
YOUNG (WILSON), Julie Matthews Group / Research Technician Julie.Anne.Young@ed.ac.uk
ZOU, Xiaoyan Zamoyska Group / Research Technician yan.zou@ed.ac.uk

PhD Students

NameGroup / PositionEmail Address
CALDWELL, Flora Thomson Group / PhD Student f.c.caldwell@sms.ed.ac.uk
CAVE, Roo / PhD Student Roo.Cave@ed.ac.uk
CHEN, Zihao Savill Group / PhD Student Z.Chen-85@sms.ed.ac.uk
DE ANGELIS, Federico PhD Student Federico.deangelis@ed.ac.uk
DE QUEIROZ MONTEIRO BLACK, Barbara Jennifer Regan Group / PhD Student Barbara.Black@ed.ac.uk
DIALLO, Nouhoum Rowe Group / PhD Student N.Diallo@sms.ed.ac.uk
DOYLE, Rose / PhD Student Rose.doyle@ed.ac.uk
EGGLESTON, Rachael / PhD Student Rachael.Eggleston@ed.ac.uk
FORESTIER, Oscar Young lab / PhD Student s1503231@ed.ac.uk
HARDING, Adam Spence Group / PhD Student s1341373@ed.ac.uk
HARTMANN, Elena Young lab / PhD Student elena.hartmann@ed.ac.uk
JAYARAMAN, Vignesh / PhD Student v.jayaraman-1@sms.ed.ac.uk
JOHNSON, Nila Philip Research Group / PhD Student Nila.Johnson@ed.ac.uk
JUNGELS, Jessie Rowe Group / PhD Student jessie.jungels@ed.ac.uk
KIDAMBASI, Kevin Matthews Group / PhD Student kevin.kidambasi@ed.ac.uk
KNOL, Lisanne Macias-Ribela Lab / PhD Student s1584602@sms.ed.ac.uk
KRISHNANKUTTY, Neelima Philip Research Group / PhD Student s2408029@ed.ac.uk
LIM, Rivka Pedersen Group / PhD Student rivka.lim@ed.ac.uk
MARARO, Enock PhD Student Enock.mararo@ed.ac.uk
MüLLER, Felix Macias-Ribela Lab / PhD Student F.Mueller@sms.ed.ac.uk
MCDONALD, Katy Jennifer Regan Group / PhD Student K.McDonald-13@sms.ed.ac.uk
NEOPHYTOU, Kyriaki Buck Group / PhD Student s1215094@sms.ed.ac.uk
NEWMAN, Annis / PhD Student A.F.G.Newman@sms.ed.ac.uk
OMONDI, Brian Rowe Group / PhD Student brian.omondi@ed.ac.uk
PUTRA, Matteo Spence Group / PhD Student Matteo.Putra@ed.ac.uk
SCAIFE, Rebecca / PhD Student Rebecca.Scaife@ed.ac.uk
SCOTT, Alistair / PhD Student S1711029@ed.ac.uk
SWANN, Olivia Rowe Group / PhD Student s0198216@sms.ed.ac.uk
VARMA, Neelakshi Philip Research Group / PhD Student N.Varma-2@sms.ed.ac.uk
WADSWORTH, Elizabeth Savill Group / PhD Student E.S.Wadsworth@sms.ed.ac.uk
WRIGHT, David Zamoyska Group / PhD Student D.J.Wright-6@sms.ed.ac.uk