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Name	Telephone	Email	Office
Dr Lora Adair Senior Lecturer in Psychology (CCE) My research primarily focuses on topics within the domains of social and evolutionary psychology, ex... T: +44 (0)1895 265131 E: lora.adair@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265131	lora.adair@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 121
Dr Elena Antonova Reader in Psychology I obtained the BSc in Psychology from the University College London, UK, in 2000 and the PhD in... T: +44 (0)1895 266641 E: elena.antonova@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266641	elena.antonova@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 134
Dr Stephanie Baines Associate Dean (Quality Assurance) / Senior Lecturer (Education) in Psychology I joined the Division of Psychology as a lecturer (education) in 2021. After completing my D.Phil at... T: +44 (0)1895 267633 E: stephanie.baines@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267633	stephanie.baines@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 106
Dr Sofia Barbosa Boucas Reader (Education) in Psychology Dr Sofia Barbosa Bouças is a Reader (Education) in Psychology at ��Ҵ�ý, kn... T: +44 (0)1895 267970 E: sofia.barbosaboucas@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267970	sofia.barbosaboucas@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 101
Dr Rachel Bennetts Senior Lecturer in Psychology I am a lecturer in Psychology. My research interests focus mainly on face processing and disorders o... T: +44 (0)1895 265410 E: rachel.bennetts@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265410	rachel.bennetts@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 155
Dr Martina Bocchetta Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Dr Annie Chan Senior Lecturer in Psychology Throughout my research career, I have worked with many exceptional scientists. At Bangor, as a PhD s... T: +44 (0)1895 265101 E: annie.chan@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265101	annie.chan@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 146
Dr Byron Creese Senior Lecturer in Psychology I am a translational neuroscience researcher whose research focuses on neuropsychiatric symptoms in ... T: +44 (0)1895 265623 E: byron.creese@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265623	byron.creese@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 146
Dr Micheal De Barra Senior Lecturer in Psychology My research is concerned with health and behaviour, and it often takes an evolutionary approach. I h... T: +44 (0)1895 265359 E: micheal.debarra@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265359	micheal.debarra@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 129
Dr Bianca De Haan Associate Dean (Student Experience) / Senior Lecturer Cognitive neuroscientist, who studies selective attention in various populations. I completed a comb... T: +44 (0)1895 265797 E: bianca.dehaan@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265797	bianca.dehaan@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 102
Dr Matteo De Marco Senior Lecturer in Psychology I work as lecturer within the Division of Psychology, contributing to teaching and research act... T: +44 (0)1895 267642 E: matteo.demarco@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267642	matteo.demarco@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 132
Dr Caroline Di Bernardi Luft Senior Lecturer in Psychology I joined ��Ҵ�ý in November 2022 as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the Divisio... T: +44 (0)1895 267384 E: caroline.dibernardiluft@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267384	caroline.dibernardiluft@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 123
Dr Nelli Ferenczi Senior Lecturer in Psychology I am a Lecturer in Psychology. As a cross-cultural social psychologist, I am interested in applying ... T: +44 (0)1895 266685 E: nelli.ferenczi@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266685	nelli.ferenczi@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 121
Dr Kathryn Ford Research Fellow I am the Post doctoral research fellow and field site manager on the John Templeton Foundation funde... E: kathryn.ford2@brunel.ac.uk		kathryn.ford2@brunel.ac.uk
Dr Stanley Gaines Senior Lecturer in Psychology Research interests span aceoss the fields of relationship science (e.g., impact of traits, values, a... T: +44 (0)1895 265485 E: stanley.gaines@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265485	stanley.gaines@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 128
Dr Matthew Gervais Lecturer in Psychology I'm an evolutionary and cultural psychologist with a background in anthropology. My research takes a... T: +44 (0)1895 267772 E: matthew.gervais@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267772	matthew.gervais@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 133
Dr Will Gervais Reader in Psychology I'm a cultural and evolutionary psychologist who studies what people believe about the world. I'm cu... T: +44 (0)1895 267808 E: will.gervais@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267808	will.gervais@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 126
Dr Francisco Gomez Jimenez Lecturer in Psychology Francisco Gómez Jiménez is a Lecturer in Psychology at the Centre for Culture and... T: +44 (0)1895 268939 E: francisco.gomezjimenez@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 268939	francisco.gomezjimenez@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 128
Dr Jo Holmberg Honorary Research Fellow I am a developmental psychologist & cognitive neuroscientist researching resilience and risk fac... T: +44 (0)1895 266732 E: jo.holmberg2@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266732	jo.holmberg2@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 155
Dr Toshie Imada Senior Lecturer in Psychology I received my PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan in 2008, where I also participated ... T: +44 (0)1895 267684 E: toshie.imada@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267684	toshie.imada@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 132
Dr Ben Jennings Senior Lecturer in Psychology My research is based in the field of human visual perception and predominately employs psychophysica... T: +44 (0)1895 266491 E: ben.jennings@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266491	ben.jennings@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 130
Dr Michelle Kline Senior Lecturer in Psychology Dr Kline studies human behavior and development through the lens of cultural evolutionary theory. He... T: +44 (0)1895 267806 E: michelle.kline@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267806	michelle.kline@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 129
Professor Veena Kumari Professor - Psychology Professor Veena Kumari obtained a PhD in Psychology from Banaras Hindu University, India in 1993 pri... T: +44 (0)1895 268053 E: veena.kumari@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 268053	veena.kumari@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 148
Dr Elena Makovac Senior Lecturer in Psychology T: +44 (0)1895 2667655 E: elena.makovac@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 2667655	elena.makovac@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 132
Dr Riccardo Manca Research Fellow I obtained by BSc in Psychology from the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy, in ... T: +44 (0)1895 268073 E: riccardo.manca@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 268073	riccardo.manca@brunel.ac.uk	Gaskell 263
Dr Jordan Moon Lecturer in Psychology I'm a social psychologist and lecturer in psychology at the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brun... T: +44 (0)1895 267071 E: jordan.moon@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267071	jordan.moon@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 124
Professor Dany Nobus Professor - Psychology Clinical and Developmental Psychologist, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. Head of the School of Socia... T: +44 (0)1895 265944 E: dany.nobus@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265944	dany.nobus@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 105
Dr Ray Norbury Senior Lecturer in Psychology I joined the Department of Psychology at ��Ҵ�ý as a Senior Lecturer in January 20... T: +44 (0)1895 266529 E: ray.norbury@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266529	ray.norbury@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 149
Dr Justin O'Brien Senior Lecturer in Psychology Developmental visual neuroscience, studying the autism spectrum, face perception and psychophysics. ... T: +44 (0)1895 265475 E: justin.obrien@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265475	justin.obrien@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 144
Dr Pauldy Otermans Reader (Education) in Psychology I am a Reader (Education) in Psychology in the Division of Psychology. I am the Employabil... T: +44 (0)1895 266341 E: pauldy.otermans@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266341	pauldy.otermans@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 142
Dr Abigail E Page Lecturer in Psychology (CCE) Dr Page studies human reproduction, parenting, childrearing and early child development from an evol... T: +44 (0)1895 266671 E: abigail.page@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266671	abigail.page@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 130
Dr Andrew Parton Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs) / Senior Lecturer in Psychology Having worked for 4-years as a programmer in a clinical chemistry research unit I returned to higher... T: +44 (0)1895 267326 E: andrew.parton@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267326	andrew.parton@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 124
Dr Nicholas Pound Divisional Lead / Senior Lecturer in Psychology Biological and Evolutionary Psychology (Centre for Culture & Evolution) &nbs... T: +44 (0)1895 266311 E: nicholas.pound@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266311	nicholas.pound@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 122
Dr Michael Price Senior Lecturer in Psychology I conduct research in evolutonary psychology, a synthesis of cogntive psychology and evolutionary bi... T: +44 (0)1895 266974 E: michael.price@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266974	michael.price@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 124
Dr Ignazio Puzzo Senior Lecturer in Psychology I graduated in Experimental Psychology at the University of Padua (Italy) in 2004. Then obtain... T: +44 (0)1895 265991 E: ignazio.puzzo@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265991	ignazio.puzzo@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 134
Dr Julio Rodriguez Larios Lecturer in Psychology I joined the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at ��Ҵ�ý in November 2023. I ... T: +44 (0)1895 268016 E: julio.rodriguezlarios@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 268016	julio.rodriguezlarios@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 111
Dr Noam Sagiv Senior Lecturer in Psychology Since my undergraduate studies, my interests have gradually shifted from physics and chemistry to ne... T: +44 (0)1895 265341 E: noam.sagiv@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265341	noam.sagiv@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 155
Dr Rebecca Sear Professor - Psychology Interdisciplinary evolutionary behavioural scientist Founder member and currently President of the&n... E: rebecca.sear@brunel.ac.uk		rebecca.sear@brunel.ac.uk
Dr Andre J. Szameitat Reader - Psychology Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience. Brief CV: After my general study of Psychology I conducted my PhD ... T: +44 (0)1895 267387 E: andre.szameitat@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 267387	andre.szameitat@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 104
Professor Annalena Venneri Professor of Psychology (CCN) Professor Venneri has obtained a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, UK and an MD from the Universi... T: +44 (0)1895 266923 E: annalena.venneri@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 266923	annalena.venneri@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 145
Dr Nicole Wen Lecturer in Psychology Dr Nicole Wen is a Lecturer in Psychology in the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel Universi... T: +44 (0)1895 265782 E: nicole.wen@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265782	nicole.wen@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 133
Dr Aiyana Willard Reader in Psychology Aiyana Willard is a Lecturer (psychology) in the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel Un... T: +44 (0)1895 265151 E: aiyana.willard@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265151	aiyana.willard@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 126
Dr Adrian Williams Senior Lecturer Cognitive neuroscientist with broad interests in human vision and perception. My background is varie... T: +44 (0)1895 265452 E: adrian.williams@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265452	adrian.williams@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 144
Dr James Winters Lecturer in Psychology I’m a cognitive and behavioural scientist working in the domains of cultural evolution, techno... T: +44 (0)1895 268583 E: james.winters@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 268583	james.winters@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 126
Professor Taeko Wydell Emeritus Professor Having completed my ESRC funded PhD in 1991 as a mature student, I worked on my research as a&n... T: +44 (0)1895 265473 E: taeko.wydell@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265473	taeko.wydell@brunel.ac.uk	Quad North 131