The EDI committee
The EDI committee
The Grantham Institute EDI committee established itself in 2019. The committee meets on a monthly basis and comprises the following people:
EDI Committee
Sarah Achaichia
Sarah Achaichia
Project Officer at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation
Rosa Salazar Benazar
Rosa Salazar Benazar
Communications Coordinator at the centre for climate change innovation
Emma Bowman
Emma Bowman
Director of Operations at the Grantham Institute
Naveed Chaudhry
Naveed Chaudhry
Co-Founder & Head of The Greenhouse at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation
Anne Houston
Anne Houston
Project Manager - Education
Gosia Gayer
Gosia Gayer
Institute Administrator and Personal Assistant to Grantham Co-Directors
Simon Levey
Simon Levey
Communications Manager
Christiane Morgan
Christiane Morgan
Doctoral Training Coordinator
Dr Madeleine Morris
Dr Madeleine Morris
Research Associate (EnergyREV)
Katrine Petersen
Katrine Petersen
Campaign Manager - Climate Change Narratives
Dr Yves Plancherel
Dr Yves Plancherel
Grantham Lecturer in Geochemistry
Dr Laila Read
Dr Laila Read
Project Manager
Dr Joeri Rogelj
Dr Joeri Rogelj
Director of Research and Lecturer in Climate Change and the Environment
Rhea Samra
Rhea Samra
Personal and Administrative Assistant: Business and Policy
Dr Bonnie Waring
Dr Bonnie Waring
Senior Lecturer
Postgraduate researchers
Georgina Charnley
Georgina Charnley
Research Postgraduate
Rebecca Murray-Watson
Rebecca Murray-Watson
Research Postgraduate
Paloma Ortega Arriaga
Paloma Ortega Arriaga
Research Postgraduate
Lily Peck
Lily Peck
Research Postgraduate
Upcoming meetings and minutes
Minutes from previous meetings (available to Grantham Institute staff only):
- EDI Committee meeting minutes 26 May 2021
- EDI Committee meeting minutes 23 June 2021
- EDI Committee meeting minutes 21 July 2021
- EDI Committee meeting minutes 22 September 2021
- EDI Committee meeting minutes 27 October 2021
Upcoming committee meeting dates will be added soon.
If you would like to attend one of our monthly committee meetings please get in contact with the committee chair, Emma Bowman at e.bowman@imperial.ac.uk.
Individual commitments by staff and students
- Professor Martin Siegert is co-Chair of the UK Diversity in Polar Science Initiative (DiPSI).
- Professor Richard Templer is Chair of the Chemistry Department’s Recruitment working group.
- Dr Andreas Kafizas is Chair of the EDI board for the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN).
- Dr Bonnie Waring is a mentor through the Women In Soil Ecology program.
- Dr Yves Plancherel is a member of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering Mental Health Awareness Team.
- Gosia Gayer is a Mental Health First Aider.
- Rosa Salazar Benazar is a member of Able@Imperial, Imperial as One, and a member of Chevening alumni alliance Sustainability Network.
- Simon Levey helped the Imperial600 LGBT+ Staff Network to establish a reverse mentoring programme whereby senior staff can benefit from regular meetings with someone from a minority group at the College. Simon is co-investigator of a project to establish stakeholder mapping and relationships with groups that cross-sect environmental interests and minority characteristics, which won funding from Imperial’s EDI Centre Seed Fund.
- Anne Houston attended UKCGE International Conference on Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers.
- Professor Sir Brian Hoskins spoke at an LGBT+ History Month 2021 event about climate change for the Imperial600 LGBT+ Staff Network, as part of a panel discussion “The other big issue in the room (Imperial access only)” that focused on climate change and workplace inclusivity for LGBT+ people.
- Dr Neil Jennings is on the Trustee Board of the Reach Foundation that is trying to improve educational and life opportunities for those from the Feltham community.
Contact us
If you would like to get in touch, please email our EDI committee Chair Emma Bowman at e.bowman@imperial.ac.uk