News archive 2005

College makes over 55 new appointments

11 Oct 2005, PR 85/05

In January, to enhance further its academic standing, the College took out three full pages in The Times Higher to advertise more than 60 posts – including some replacements for existing vacancies – across all the College's schools.

This followed a thorough strategic review of King's research profile. A new strategic investment fund was agreed to enable the College to build upon areas of strength and comparative advantage. Particular emphasis was placed on reinforcing King's ability to work across traditional academic boundaries and exploit the practical applications of research.

Professor Rick Trainor, Principal, comments: ‘The recruitment of this considerable number of new staff – not only in science and medicine but across the full range of subjects offered at King's – clearly demonstrates the College's commitment to providing outstanding research and teaching. I have every expectation that recruitment to these posts will make King's a truly global player.'

Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Vice-Principal (Research), says: ‘This investment is the latest stage in a process of restructuring in the College that began four years ago. We expect to be continuing to invest in key areas. We are not thinking just of the next Research Assessment Exercise but are seeking to ensure that we sustain and improve our strong research performance over the long-term.'

The majority of the posts have now been filled but in a few areas the recruitment process is not quite over.

King's is delighted to welcome these new colleagues and the enormous contribution they will make to the College's academic life.

School of Biomedical & Health Sciences
Dr Lea Ann Dailey             Lecturer in Drug Delivery
Dr Franca Fraternali         Lecturer in Structural Bioinformatics
Dr Marzia Malcangio         Lecturer in Molecular/Cellular Neurobiology
Dr Lindsay McDermott     Lectureship in Molecular Biophysics
Dr Irene Nobeli                 Lecturer in Bioinformatics
Dr Sandra O'Dell             Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences

Dental Institute
Dr Nora Donaldson     Reader in Medical Statistics

Humanities
Professor Robert Archer                     Cervantes Chair of Spanish
Professor Richard Beacham             Chair of Digital Culture
Professor Francisco Bethencourt     Charles Boxer Chair of History
Professor Alexander Callinicos         Chair of European Studies
Dr Hugh Denard     Lecturer in the Centre for Computing in the Humanities
Professor Ludmilla Jordanova         Chair of History
Dr Michelle Pierson                             Lecturer in Film Studies
Professor Alan Read     Professor of Theatre in the Department of English
Professor Clemens Sedmak     FD Maurice Chair in Moral and Social Theology
Professor Ginette Vincendeau     Chair of Film Studies

Institute of Psychiatry
Dr Angela Hodges                        Lecturer in Old Age Psychaitry
Professor Gunter Schumann     Chair of Addiction Biology
Ms Michelle Tuohy     Mental Health Research Network Contracts Manager

Law
Professor Robert Chambers     Chair of Law
Mr Jonathan Garton                      Lecturer in Law
Professor James Penner           Chair of Law
Mr Gavin Phillipson                      Senior Lecturer in Law
Professor Genevra Richardson     Chair of Law
Dr Mary Vogel                                     Lecturer in Law

Medicine
Dr Simon Ameer-Beg     Lecturer, Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research
Dr Melanie Keppler     Research Associate, Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research
Professor Graham Lord     Chair of Medicine
Professor Frank Nestlé     Mary Dunhill Chair of Cutaneous Immunotherapy
Professor Arnie Puroshotham     Cancer Surgical Chair
Professor Richard Trembath     Chair of Medical Genetics

Nursing & Midwifery
Dr Ruth Young     Reader in Health Policy Evaluation

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Dr Manuel Breuning     Lecturer in Pure Mathematics
Dr Ian Buckley                 Lecturer in Financial Mathematics
Professor Fred Diamond     Professor of Number Theory
Dr Ignacio Ferreras         Lecturer in Astrophysics
Dr Payman Kassaei        Lecturer in Pure Mathematics
Dr Jeroen Keppens         Lecturer in Computer Science
Dr Hak-Keung Lam         Lecturer in Electronic Engineering
Dr Cong Ling                    Lecturer in Electronic Engineering
Dr Arne Lokka                   Lecturer in Financial Mathematics
Dr Irena Maravic               Lecturer in Signal Processing
Dr Patrick Mesquida        Lecturer in Materials
Dr Alexander Pushnitski     Lecturer in Mathematics (Analysis)
Dr Ingo Runkel                     Lecturer in Theoretical Physics
Dr Mairi Sakellariadou        Reader in Astrophysics
Professor William Shaw     Professor of Financial Mathematics

Social Science & Public Policy
Professor Keith Brouthers     Chair of Business Strategy
Ms Virginia Doellgast     Lecturer in Comparative Human Resource Management
Dr Theo Farrell                 Reader, War in the Modern World
Professor Naomi Fulop     Chair of Health and Health Policy
Professor Rob Imrie           Professor of Geography
Dr Paul Lewis                       Lecturer in Applied Economics
Dr Sarika Pruthi                    Lecturer in Business Strategy
Dr Mike Raco                        Lecturer in Human Geography
Professor Yediz Sayigh      Chair of Middle Eastern Studies
Professor Kenneth Young     Chair of Public Policy

Notes to editors

King's College London
King's College London is one of the two oldest and largest colleges of the University of London with over 13,800 undergraduate students and nearly 5,700 postgraduates in nine schools of study. It is a member of the Russell Group: a coalition of the UK's major research-based universities. The College has had 24 of its subject-areas awarded the highest rating of 5* and 5 for research quality, demonstrating excellence at an international level, and it has recently received an excellent result in its audit by the Quality Assurance Agency.

King's is in the top group of UK universities for research earnings, with income from grants and contracts of £100 million, and has an annual turnover of more than £348 million. In 2004 the College was once again awarded an AA- financial credit rating from Standard & Poor's.



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