The University of Sheffield
Information School

Staff

If you don't know who to contact for a particular query, have a look at our list of our Staff Academic and Pastoral Responsibilities.

The extension numbers detailed in the list below can be reached from outside the University by adding 22 to the front of the number i.e. 22644 becomes 2222644 when phoning locally and 0114 2222644 nationally. To phone these numbers internationally please use 00 44 114 22 followed by the extension.

Academic staff

Name Position (Room no.) Email Extension
Prof Val Gillet

Head of School, Professor of Chemoinformatics
(Room 233)

v.gillet@sheffield.ac.uk 22652
Mr Alastair Allan

Senior University Teacher / Senior Academic Liaison Librarian
(Room 306)

A.Allan@sheffield.ac.uk 22644
Dr Jo Bates

Lecturer in Information Studies and Society
(Room 236)

jo.bates@shef.ac.uk 22648
Prof Peter Bath

Professor of Health Informatics
(Room 225)

p.a.bath@sheffield.ac.uk 22636
Prof Micheline Beaulieu Emeritus Professor of Information Science m.beaulieu@sheffield.ac.uk  
Ms Briony Birdi

Lecturer in Librarianship
(Room 305)

b.birdi@sheffield.ac.uk 22653
Dr Paul Clough

Senior Lecturer in Information Systems
(Room 226)

p.d.clough@sheffield.ac.uk 22664
Dr Andrew Cox

Lecturer, Director of Learning and Teaching
(Room 222)

a.m.cox@sheffield.ac.uk 26347
Prof Nigel Ford

Professor of Information Science
(Room 306)

n.ford@sheffield.ac.uk 22637
Dr Jonathan Foster

Lecturer in Information Management
(Room 310)

j.j.foster@sheffield.ac.uk 22665
Mr Peter Holdridge

Associate University Teacher
(Room 227)

p.g.holdridge@sheffield.ac.uk 22698
Dr John Holliday

Senior Research Manager
(Room 319, located within Room 323)

j.d.holliday@sheffield.ac.uk 22685
Prof Philippa Levy

Professor of Higher Education Development
(Room 305)

p.levy@sheffield.ac.uk 22638
Dr Angela Lin

Lecturer
(Room 221)

a.lin@sheffield.ac.uk 22634
Prof Michael Lynch Professor Emeritus m.lynch@sheffield.ac.uk  
Mr Jorge Martins

Lecturer
(Room 304)

Jorge.Martins@sheffield.ac.uk 22667
Ms Pam McKinney

Lecturer
(Room 219)

p.mckinney@sheffield.ac.uk 22650
Dr Miguel Baptista Nunes

Senior Lecturer
(Room 211)

j.m.nunes@sheffield.ac.uk 22645
Dr Alex Peng

Lecturer
(Room 213)

g.c.peng@sheffield.ac.uk 22658
Dr Stephen Pinfield

Senior Lecturer
(Room 210)

s.pinfield@sheffield.ac.uk 22649
Ms Barbara Sen

Lecturer
(Room 234)

b.a.sen@sheffield.ac.uk 22635
Dr Peter Stordy 

University Teacher
(Room 220)

peter.stordy@sheffield.ac.uk 22668
Prof Elaine Toms

Professor of Information Science
(Room 232)

e.toms@sheffield.ac.uk 22659
Prof Bob Usherwood Professor Emeritus r.usherwood@sheffield.ac.uk  
Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos

Senior Lecturer in Corporate Information Management
(Room 309)

a.c.vasconcelos@sheffield.ac.uk 22643
Dr Robert Villa Lecturer
(Room 307)
r.villa@sheffield.ac.uk 22683
Dr Farida Vis Research Fellow in the Social Sciences
(Room 303)
f.vis@sheffield.ac.uk 22654
Ms Sheila Webber Senior Lecturer
(Room 212)
s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk 22641
Prof Peter Willett Professor of Information Science
(Room 229)
p.willett@sheffield.ac.uk 22633
Prof Tom Wilson Professor Emeritus t.d.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk  
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Research staff

Name Research Area (Room no.) Email Extension
Ms Paula Goodale Personalised Access to Cultural Heritage Spaces; PATHS
(Room 318)
p.goodale@sheffield.ac.uk  
Dr Mark Hall Personalised Access to Cultural Heritage Spaces (PATHS)
(Room 318)
m.mhall@sheffield.ac.uk  
Dr Andrew Madden a.d.madden@sheffield.ac.uk 22692
Ms Monica Lestari Paramita ACCURAT
(Room 326)
m.paramita@sheffield.ac.uk  
Dr Eddy Verbaan Research Data Management
(Room 224)
e.verbaan@sheffield.ac.uk 22675
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Professional Services staff

Name Position (Room no.) Email Extension
Ms Larah Arvandi Admissions and Administration Officer
(Room 217)
l.arvandi@sheffield.ac.uk 22660
Mr John Bennett Teaching and Learning Manager
(Room 230)
j.bennett@sheffield.ac.uk 26330
Mr Matthew Jones Research and Resources Assistant
(Room 217)
matthew.l.jones@sheffield.ac.uk 26346
Mr Tim Nadin Research and Resources Manager
(Room 230)
t.nadin@sheffield.ac.uk 22661
Mrs Julie Priestley Examinations and Records Secretary
(Room 217)
j.priestley@sheffield.ac.uk 22839
Mr Peter Rosenberg Departmental Manager
(Room 235)
p.rosenberg@sheffield.ac.uk 22647
Mrs Andrea Shaw Programmes Assistant
(Room 217)
andrea.shaw@sheffield.ac.uk 22640
Mrs Christine Shaw Admissions and Administration Officer (part-time)
(Room 217)
c.e.shaw@sheffield.ac.uk 22662
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Technical staff

Name Position (Room no.) Email Extension
Mr Paul Fenn ICT Manager
(Room 209)
p.fenn@sheffield.ac.uk 22695
Mr Andrew Stones Computer Technician
(Room 209)
a.d.stones@sheffield.ac.uk 22695
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Visiting Staff

Name Position
Mr Martin Molloy Visiting Professor, Strategic Director of Cultural and Community Services, Derbyshire County Council
Mr Martin White Visiting Professor, Managing Director, Intranet Focus Ltd
Prof Susan Williams Visiting Professor, Professor at University of Koblenz
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External Examiners

Name Position Programme
Prof Ian Ruthven Head of Department, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde Undergraduate Programmes
Prof G Petersson University of Kalmar, Sweden MSc Health Informatics
Dr Frank Ulbrich Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University MSc Information Management
Dr Mark Lee Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham MSc Information Systems
Dr Ann O'Brien Dep of Information Science, Loughborough University MSc Digital Library Management

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Former Colleagues

Name Position
Prof Wilfred L. Saunders Founding Director of the Postgraduate School of Librarianship
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 Advisory Panel

Name Position Role
Dr John Barnard Scientific Director
Digital Chemistry Ltd
External member
Mr Neil Beagrie Director & Principal Consultant
Charles Beagrie Ltd
External member
Mr Darron Chapman Managing Director
TFPL
External member
Mr Tim Gollins Head of Digital Preservation
The National Archives
External member
Ms Grace Kempster Library Services Manager
Northamptonshire Libraries and Information Services
External member
Dr Shirley Large National Research and Development Manager
NHS Direct
External member
Mr Robin Murray Vice-President, Global Product Development
OCLC
External member
Mr David A Smith Chief Knowledge Officer
Communities and Local Government & Department for Transport
External member
Ms Nicky Whitsed Director of Library Services
The Open University
External member
Mr Martin Lewis Director of Library Services and University Librarian
University of Sheffield
Ex-officio Member
Dr Christine Sexton Director, Corporate Information and Computing Services
University of Sheffield
Ex-officio Member
Mr Martin Molloy Strategic Director, Cultural and Community Services
Derbyshire County Council
Visiting Professor
Prof Susan P. Williams Institute for IS Research
University of Koblenz-Landau
Visiting Professor
Mr Martin White Managing Director
Intranet Focus Ltd
Visiting Professor