Lidiya Talbot is the REF Impact Officer for Main Panel B within the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences at King's College London. As part of the College REF, KEF and Research Impact team, she supports the impact and engagement submission for REF 2029. This includes providing advice and administrative support to shortlisted academics for the development of impact case studies.

Before joining King’s, Lidiya held positions at Oxford Brookes University, first as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Molecular Genetics of Human Eye Development group and later as Research Impact Manager within the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Enterprise. These roles combined her research expertise with a growing focus on research impact and engagement.

Lidiya holds a PhD in Genetics from Oxford Brookes University.

The Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences is based in the heart of London with a long tradition of world-leading research and teaching in physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering. With nearly 5,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and around 350 academic and research staff, our ambition is to inspire, educate and innovate - fostering the next generation of scientists and future leaders.