Leadership

Our talented scientists at the Neuroscience Institute are united under one goal – to unlock the mysteries of the nervous system and halt, prevent or reverse neurological conditions that can have debilitating effects on patients and their families. Get in touch to collaborate or find out more.

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Co-directors

Professor Oliver Bandmann

Professor of Movement Disorders Neurology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Zebrafish models of Parkinson’s Disease and related disorders

Email: o.bandmann@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2237

Professor Oliver Bandmann

Professor Walter Marcotti

Professor of Sensory Neuroscience
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: w.marcotti@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1098

Walter Marcotti

Executive team

Professor Jason Berwick

Professor in Neurophysiology
School of Psychology

Email: j.berwick@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6574

Professor Fiona Boissonade

Professor of Oral Neuroscience
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email: f.boissonade@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9314

Dr Simon Bell

Senior Clinical Lecturer
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: s.m.bell@sheffield.ac.uk

Simon Bell

Professor Mahnaz Arvaneh

Professor of Intelligent Human-Machine Interfaces
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Email: m.arvaneh@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Frederik Claeyssens

Professor in Polymer Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

polymer materials | Biomaterials | Emulsions | Photocurable biodegradable polymers

Email: f.claeyssens@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5513

Dr Chaona Chen

Lecturer in Robotics
School of Computer Science

Email: chaona.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1812

Chaona Chen

Professor Nathan Hughes

Professor of Adolescent Health and Justice
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations

Youth/young adult criminal justice policy
Childhood neurodevelopmental impairment
Developmental science & its applications to social sciences
Family-focused policy, practice & research methods

Email: nathan.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6439

A photo of Nathan Hughes

Professor Kate Taylor-Jones

Professor of Global Cinema and Media
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

East Asian gender/girlhood, sex work, colonial legacies, postcolonial cinema, women's screen labor, care ethics, global African cinema, environmental cinema, Women Filmmakers, Japan, Korea, East Asia

Email: k.e.taylor-jones@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Sheila Francis

Faculty Director of One University Strategy Delivery (FDOU)
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: s.francis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9501

Sheila Francis

Professor Richard Mead

Professor of Translational Neuroscience
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: r.j.mead@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2256

Richard Mead

Professor Ivana Barbaric

Professor of Stem Cell Biology
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: i.barbaric@sheffield.ac.uk

Photo of Ivana Barbaric, Senior Lecturer in Stem Cell Biology

Professor Frederik Claeyssens

Professor in Polymer Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

polymer materials | Biomaterials | Emulsions | Photocurable biodegradable polymers

Email: f.claeyssens@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5513

Professor Scott Weich

Professor of Mental Health
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: s.weich@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0856

Scott Weich

Professor Clare Howarth

Professor
School of Psychology

Email: c.howarth@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6511

Professor Nigel Hoggard

Professor of Neuroradiology
School of Medicine and Population Health

My research focuses on adult neuroadiology, mainly, the imaging of gluten related neurological disease and degenerative cerebellar diseases.

Email: n.hoggard@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9607

Professor Nigel Hoggard

Dr Johnathan Cooper-Knock

NIHR Clinical Lecturer
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: j.cooper-knock@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Nemanja Vaci

Lecturer
School of Psychology

Email: n.vaci@sheffield.ac.uk

Photo of Nemanja Vaci

Dr Carl Marincowitz

Senior Clinical Lecturer
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: c.marincowitz@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Peter Bath

Professor of Health Informatics
School of Information, Journalism and Communication

Email: p.a.bath@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2636

Wendy Lawley

Interim Knowledge Exchange Lead for Science & Health
Research, Partnerships and Innovation

Email: w.lawley@sheffield.ac.uk

Wendy Lawley

Professor Dame Pamela J Shaw

Director of the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: pamela.shaw@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2295

Pamela Shaw

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion lead

Dr Milena De Felice

Lecturer in Oral Neuroscience
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email: m.defelice@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9400

ECR leads in the executive team

Dr Charles Grellois

Lecturer in Verification
School of Computer Science

Email: C.Grellois@sheffield.ac.uk

Charles Grellois

Dr Katherine Wood

Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: katherine.wood@sheffield.ac.uk

Image of Dr Katherine Wood sat with some equipment