Institute Staff

Institute leadership



	Professor Chris Hankin Co-Director c.hankin@imperial.ac.uk	Chris is a Co-Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology and a Professor of Computing Science. He was Deputy Principal of the Faculty of Engineering from September 2006 until October 2008, Pro Rector (Research) from June 2004 until September 2006, and Dean of City and Guilds College from 2000-2003. His research is in cyber security, data analytics and semantics-based program analysis.
	Professor Bill Lee Co-Director w.e.lee@imperial.ac.uk	Bill is a Co-Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology, Chair in Ceramic Science and Engineering and President of the American Ceramic Society. Previous positions at Imperial include Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering, Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Energy (with Cambridge and The Open Universities), and Director of the Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics. Bill has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers and has also been awarded research grants totalling over £55M.
	Dr Deeph Chana Deputy Director d.chana@imperial.ac.uk	Deeph currently splits his time between the Institute, where he is Deputy Director, and consulting on technology development and strategy – particularly with SMEs. He's recently been involved with developing innovative products ranging from explosives detection devices for airports, crowd analytics software for smart cities, and consulting on security of autonomous transport. Prior to this, Deeph worked as a senior UK government science policy adviser on critical infrastructure security in Whitehall.
	Professor Emil Lupu Associate Director e.c.lupu@imperial.ac.uk	Emil leads the Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research at Imperial College London and is the Deputy Director of the PETRAS IoT Security Research Hub. He serves as Associate Director with the Institute for Security Science and Technology, and heads the Resilient Information Systems Security Group.
	Dr Bill Proud Associate Director w.proud@imperial.ac.uk	William is Reader in Shock Physics at the Department of Physics, and Associate Director at the Institute. His main research interest is into high strain rate properties of a wide range of materials, both inert and energetic.
	Dr John Hassard Associate Director j.hassard@imperial.ac.uk	John is Reader in Physics and Associate Director at the Institute. His research interests are varied with particular interest in heavy quark decays. John has started companies in a range of areas, including renewable energy, air pollution analysis and biotechnology.
	Dr PJ Beaghton Associate Director p.beaghton@imperial.ac.uk	PJ is a Professor of Practice in Computing and Associate Director at the Institute. His work at the ISST focuses on security of financial systems (FinSec). He previously managed a global statistical arbitrage hedge fund for 12 years and before that was a Managing Director and senior quant trader at Salomon Brothers.

Academic investigators



	Dr Peter Biggins Visiting Professor		Paul Forman Honorary Principal Research Fellow
	Dr Jordan Giddings Honorary Principal Research Fellow		Dr Giles Graham Honorary Senior Research Fellow
	Dr Mark Lavelle Honorary Senior Research Fellow		Dr Paul Martin Distinguished Research Fellow
	Sir Keith O'Nions Distinguished Research Fellow		Robin Pitman Distinguished Research Fellow
	Dr Andrew Powell Honorary Principal Research Fellow		Dr Margaret Wilson Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Researchers



	Dr Andrew Fielder Research Associate		Dr Tingting Li Research Associate
	Nicholas Thapen Research Associate		Dr Ovidiu Serban Research Associate

Operations



	Jane Lac Institute Manager		Denise McGurk Institute Administrator
	Max Swinscow-Hall Communications and Policy Outreach Officer

Affiliates

We draw upon a wide pool of affiliated researchers, from various disciplines across Imperial College.

Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board comprises senior figures from the field of security and innovation, drawn internally and externally from both industry and academia.