The Faculty of Engineering Research Strategy and Development team provides support and guidance to colleagues in the Faculty in the development and funding of their research activities, to increase our research success. Activities include, building and maintaining strategic relationships with funders, sharing opportunities, managing the processes for various internal and external funding initiatives, and organising events and workshops such as townhall meetings and roundtable discussion. We support the Faculty’s contributions to delivering the university strategy, Science for Humanity, and support the Faculty’s Vice-Dean for Research and the Faculty Research Committee. The team is also responsible for coordinating the Faculty’s Research Excellence Framework submission

Meet the team

  • Professor Daniele Dini

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    Professor Daniele Dini Vice-Dean (Research)

    Location

    669
    City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Responsibilities

    Daniele plays a central role in the development and delivery of the Faculty’s research strategy, leads major research initiatives and Chairs the Faculty Research Committee.

  • Professor Julian Jones

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    Professor Julian Jones Associate Dean (REF)

    Location

    207
    Goldsmith
    South Kensington Campus

    Responsibilities

    In his role as Associate Dean (REF) Julian will lead Engineering’s submissions to REF2029. REF is the Research Excellence Framework exercise that evaluates the quality of research in UK higher education institutions.

  • Dr Andrew Wright

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    Dr Andrew Wright Director of Research Strategy and Development

    Location

    Faculty Building, Level 2
    South Kensington Campus

    Responsibilities

    Andrew is responsible for supporting the Faculty in the development of its research strategy and provides support to academic staff, departments and centres in the development and funding of their research activities, working with the Faculty Research Committee and Faculty Vice-Dean for Research.

  • Yangna Li

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    Yangna Li Head of Research Coordination and Evaluation

    Location

    Faculty Building, Level 2
    South Kensington Campus

    Responsibilities

    • Supporting Faculty Committees inc. Faculty Research Committee (FRC), Faculty Research Computing Committee (FRCC) and Directors of Postgraduate Studies (DPS) group.
    • Facilitating internal reviews and demand management of research funding/Fellowships/PhD Scholarships, e.g. Imperial College Research Fellowships (ICRF), President PhD Scholarships (PPhD), UKRI FLFs and RAEng Fellowships.
    • Supporting research funding bids through mock interviews, townhalls, roundtables, funder visits and regular funding bulletins.
    • Managing Doctoral training funding allocations, monitoring and reporting.
    • Managing Faculty’s preparations for Research Excellence Framework (REF) submissions.
  • Dr Alex Berry

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    Dr Alex Berry Research Strategy Manager

    Location

    Faculty Building, Level 2
    South Kensington Campus

    Responsibilities

    Alex is responsible for providing advice and guidance to staff on research funding; supporting research bid activities by coordinating townhall meetings, roundtable discussions and funders’ visits and identifying funding; engaging with strategic initiatives such as the Schools of Convergence Science, supporting Early and Mid-Career Researchers in the Faculty; and supporting the development of the Faculty’s research strategy. 

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