We are a team of professional software developers based in the College’s Research Computing Service (RCS). We have extensive experience in computational science and high-performance computing and have supported research across all of Imperial’s faculties. 

Meet the RSE Team

Mr Adrian D'Alessandro

Mr Adrian D'Alessandro
Senior Research Software Engineer

Dr Alex Dewar

Dr Alex Dewar
Senior Research Software Engineer

Dr Chris Cave-Ayland

Dr Chris Cave-Ayland
Research Software Engineering Technical Lead

Dr Daniel Cummins

Dr Daniel Cummins
Research Software Engineer

Dr Diego Alonso Álvarez

Dr Diego Alonso Álvarez
Head of Research Software Engineering

Dr Jack Coker

Dr Jack Coker
HPC and RSE Experience Programme

Dr James Turner

Dr James Turner
Senior Research Software Engineer

Dr Ryan Smith

Dr Ryan Smith
Senior Research Software Engineer

Mr Sahil Raja

Mr Sahil Raja
Junior Software Developer

Ms Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal

Ms Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal
Research Software Engineer

Dr Stephanie Wills

Dr Stephanie Wills
HPC and RSE Experience Programme

Dr Tom Bland

Dr Tom Bland
Research Software Engineer

Former members of the team

As time passes, we welcome new people into the team but we also need to say goodbye to others who, for whatever reason, have move on to other places. A big thanks for their contribution to the RSE Team and their help shaping it.

  • Benjamin J Scharpf (2025) - Research Software Engineer - HPC and RSE Experience Programme
  • Travis Gordon (2024) - Research Software Engineer - HPC and RSE Experience Programme
  • Callum West (2024) - Junior Software Developer
  • Dan Davies (2023) - Senior Research Software Engineer
  • Mayeul d'Avezac de Castera (2020) - Senior Research Software Engineer
  • Marc Woodbridge (2020) - RSE Team Lead