You can access support in your academic department from a number of different sources and you can choose the one that is right for you. Sometimes these roles might differ, depending on whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate student. This page gives an overview of the different types of support available to you and lists some of the relevant staff contact details for your department.

Who's who?

Personal Tutors and Supervisors

All undergraduate students and some postgraduate (taught) students, dependant on department, are assigned a Personal Tutor for the duration of their studies.

Your Personal Tutor is an academic member of staff in your department who is there to help you develop academically, personally and professionally throughout your studies. Personal Tutors can offer you support and signpost you to one of the College’s specialist services if you are experiencing any difficulties.

All postgraduate (research) students and some postgraduate (taught) students are assigned a Supervisor who is there to provide academic guidance, and support with the transition into research-led work.

Your Supervisor is an academic member of staff in your department, who is there to support you during your studies and provide feedback on your work. Supervisors can offer you support and signpost you to one of the College’s specialist services if you are experiencing any personal difficulties.

Smiling female staff member

Senior Tutors

Your academic department will have one or more Senior Tutors, usually one for each different level of study.  Your Senior Tutor is an academic member of staff who has overall responsibility for the pastoral care of students in your department. They support Personal Tutors and Supervisors in fulfilling their roles and provide additional guidance and oversight in more complex situations.

If you’re not comfortable talking to your Personal Tutor about a problem you are facing, whether it’s academic or personal, you can speak to your Senior Tutor. You can find out who your Senior Tutor is below.

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Faculty Senior Tutors

Faculty Senior Tutors are responsible for ensuring the delivery of consistent, high quality support for students in the departments that sit within their faculty. They work closely with the College’s specialist support services and support Senior Tutors in fulfilling their roles. They also provide support directly to students who have more complex concerns or situations. The Faculty Senior Tutors are:

 
Students talking in lecture theatre

Student Representatives

Each degree course cohort elects student representatives who work with College staff to shape and improve the student experience. If you have feedback about your course, or another aspect of life in your department, make sure you talk to your student representative. They have regular opportunities to provide student feedback to departmental staff (anonymously where appropriate). Find out who your student representatives are.

Professional Services Staff

Each department has one or more members of staff in the professional services team who are able to provide information, signposting and support to students who are experiencing difficulty. This typically includes the following roles (although specific roles vary between departments):

  • Undergraduate/Postgraduate Administrators
  • Office Managers
  • Liaison Officers/Student Wellbeing Advisors

If you have any questions or concerns about your course, your department or just need some advice on where to get the right support, members of your departmental professional services team will be able to help you.

Your Senior Tutor contacts

Faculty of Engineering (undergraduate)

DepartmentNameEmail
Aeronautics

Dr Siti Ros Shamsuddin (Years 1 and 2)

Dr Yongyung Hwang (Years 3 and 4)

aero.seniortutor@imperial.ac.uk
Bioengineering

Dr Faraz Janan

Dr Warren Macdonald (Deputy Senior Tutor)

f.janan@imperial.ac.uk 

w.macdonald@imperial.ac.uk

Chemical Engineering Dr Andreas Kogelbauer a.kogelbauer@imperial.ac.uk 
Civil and Environmental Engineering Dr Margaret Szabo m.szabo@imperial.ac.uk 
Computing

Dr Maria Valera-Espina

 m.valera-espina@imperial.ac.uk

Dyson School of Engineering

Dr Talya Porat

t.porat@imperial.ac.uk 
Earth Science and Engineering

Professor Dominik Weiss

Dr Valentin Laurent

d.weiss@imperial.ac.uk

v.laurent@imperial.ac.uk 

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr Zahid Durrani

Professor Kristel Fobelets

z.durrani@imperial.ac.uk

k.fobelets@imperial.ac.uk 

Materials 

Professor David Dye

Dr Priya Saravanapavan

david.dye@imperial.ac.uk

p.pavan@imperial.ac.uk

Mechanical Engineering 

Professor Bamber Blackman

b.blackman@imperial.ac.uk 

 
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Faculty of Engineering (postgraduate)

Department Name Email
 Aeronautics

Dr Urban Fasel (PGT

Professor Joaquim Peiro (PGR)

 u.fasel@imperial.ac.uk 

 j.peiro@imperial.ac.uk 

 Bioengineering

Dr Faraz Janan (PGT)

Dr Warren Macdonald (PGT)

Dr Sylvain Ladame (PGR

f.janan@imperial.ac.uk 

 w.macdonald@imperial.ac.uk

 s.ladame@imperial.ac.uk 

 Chemical Engineering Professor Martin Trusler (PGT and PGR m.trusler@imperial.ac.uk 
 Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr Adam Sadowski (PGT

Dr Ana M Ruiz-Teran (PGR)

s.sadowski@imperial.ac.uk 

 a.ruiz-teran@imperial.ac.uk

 Computing

Dr Thomas Lancaster (PGT)

Dr Nicholas Wu (PGR)

 t.lancaster@imperial.ac.uk

 n.wu@imperial.ac.uk 

 Dyson School of Engineering

Dr Stephen Green (PGT - Innovation Design Engineering)

Dr Leila Sheldrick (PGT - Global Innovation Design)

Dr Pelin Demirel (PGR)

 stephen.green@imperial.ac.uk

 l.sheldrick@imperial.ac.uk

 p.demirel@imperial.ac.uk

 Earth Science and Engineering

Dr James Percival (PGT)

Dr Sam Krevor (PGR

 j.percival@imperial.ac.uk 

 s.krevor@imperial.ac.uk

 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dr Imad Jaimoukha (PGT and PGR)  i.jaimoukha@imperial.ac.uk
 Materials

Professor Alexandra Porter (PGT)

Professor Aron Walsh (PGR)

 a.porter@imperial.ac.uk

 a.walsh@imperial.ac.uk

 Mechanical Engineering

Dr Ulrich Hansen (PGT)

Dr Amir Kadiric (PGR)

Dr Monica Marinescu (PGR Deputy Senior Tutor)

u.hansen@imperial.ac.uk

a.kadiric@imperial.ac.uk

monica.marinescu@imperial.ac.uk 

PGT = Postgraduate Taught

PGR = Postgraduate Research

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Faculty of Medicine (undergraduate)


DepartmentNameEmail
 School of Medicine (MBBS Phase 1)

Prof Mark Nelson (Phase 1a)

Dr Anabel Varela Carver (Phase 1b)

Prof Debbie Jarvis (Phase 1c)

Dr Saira Hameed (Deputy Senior Tutor, all Phase 1)

mark.nelson@imperial.ac.uk 

a.varela@imperial.ac.uk

d.jarvis@imperial.ac.uk

s.hameed@imperial.ac.uk 

 School of Medicine (MBBS Phase 2)

Miss Roshni Patel (pathways A-H)

Dr Louise Fleming (pathways I-T)

roshni.patel@imperial.ac.uk 

l.fleming@imperial.ac.uk 

School of Medicine (MBBS Year 5)

Dr Emma Hatfield (surnames A-L)

Dr Priyamvada Tripathi (surnames M-Z)

e.hatfield@imperial.ac.uk 

priyamvada.tripathi@imperial.ac.uk 

 School of Medicine (MBBS Year 6)   Dr Lucy Bingham   l.bingham@imperial.ac.uk
 School of Medicine (BMB Year 1) Miss Rahila Zakir r.zakir@imperial.ac.uk 
 School of Medicine (BMB Year 2) Dr Laura Canevari l.canevari@imperial.ac.uk 
 School of Medicine (BMB Year 3) Dr James Gardiner j.gardiner@imperial.ac.uk 
School of Medicine (Director of Student Support) Dr Rebecca Salter  r.salter@imperial.ac.uk 
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Faculty of Medicine (postgraduate)


Department(s)NameEmail
 Institute of Clinical Sciences

 Dr Christian Speck

 chris.speck@imperial.ac.uk

 Department of Brain Science

 Department if Metabolism

 Dr Wayne Mitchell (PGT)
 
 Dr Maggie Trela (PGT) 
 

 Dr Kevin Murphy (PGR)

 w.mitchell@imperial.ac.uk

 m.trela@imperial.ac.uk

 k.g.murphy@imperial.ac.uk

 Department of Infectious Disease

 Department of Immunology and Inflammation

Dr Toby Andrew (PGT)

Dr Stefano Sandrone (PGT)

Dr Kevin Murphy (PGR)

t.andrew@imperial.ac.uk

stefano.sandrone@imperial.ac.uk

k.g.murphy@imperial.ac.uk

 National Heart and Lung  Institute

 Dr Duncan Rogers (PGT)

 Dr Charlotte Dean (PGR)

 duncan.rogers@imperial.ac.uk 

 c.dean@imperial.ac.uk

 School of Public Health  Jenny Husbands (PGT and PGR)  j.husbands@imperial.ac.uk
 Department of Surgey and  Cancer

 Dr Christos Kontovounisios

 Jennifer Simeon (PGR)

 c.kontovounisios@imperial.ac.uk

 j.simeon@imperial.ac.uk

PGT = Postgraduate Taught

PGR = Postgraduate Research

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Faculty of Natural Sciences (undergraduate)

DepartmentNameEmail
 Chemistry Dr Nick Brooks n.brooks@imperial.ac.uk 
 Life Sciences

Dr Stuart Haslam (Biochemistry)

Prof Stephen Brickley (Biological Sciences)

s.haslam@imperial.ac.uk

s.brickley@imperial.ac.uk

 Mathematics

Dr Christopher Ford

Dr Pietro Siorpaes

c.ford@imperial.ac.uk 

p.siorpaes@imperial.ac.uk 

 Physics

Dr Derek Lee

Dr Sebastien Guenneau (Deputy Senior Tutor)

ph.stutor@imperial.ac.uk 

 
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Faculty of Natural Sciences (postgraduate)

Department Name Email
 Centre for Environmental Policy Dr Alexandra Collins alexandra.collins@imperial.ac.uk 
 Chemistry

Dr Phil Miller

philip.miller@imperial.ac.uk 

 Life Sciences

Dr Tony Southall (South Kensington)

Dr Will Pearse (Silwood)

Dr Emma Ransome (Silwood)

t.southall@imperial.ac.uk 

will.pearse@imperial.ac.uk 

e.ransome@imperial.ac.uk 

 Mathematics Dr Gunnar Pruessner  g.pruessner@imperial.ac.uk
 Physics

Dr Robert Forsyth (teaching)

Prof Jeremy Chittenden (research)

r.forsyth@imperial.ac.uk

j.chittenden@imperial.ac.uk 

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Business School & Educational Development Unit

AreaNameEmail

BSc Economics, Finance and Data Science

Doctoral and MRes Suite

Specialised Masters Suite

Professional Development

Dr William Cox

w.cox@imperial.ac.uk 

MBA Suite

Finance Suite

Joint Hnours and iBSc Suite

Dr Baggy Cox b.cox@imperial.ac.uk 

 Management Suite

Summer School

Mr Colin Love

c.love@imperial.ac.uk 

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Your Wellbeing Advisors

Faculty of Engineering

DepartmentNameEmail
 Aeronautics  Amy Picton a.picton@imperial.ac.uk 
 Bioengineering

 Sandra Roscoe

Geethma Aponsu

s.roscoe@imperial.ac.uk

g.aponsu@imperial.ac.uk 

 Chemical Engineering Eghosa Atti e.atti@imperial.ac.uk 
 Civil and Evironmental Engineering  Michelle Langan m.langan@imperial.ac.uk
 Computing  Caroline Gilchrist c.gilchrist@imperial.ac.uk
 Design Engineering Danny Lee danny.lee@imperial.ac.uk 
 Earth Science and Engineering  Anita Murphy anita.murphy@imperial.ac.uk
 Electronics and Electrical Engineering  Kelly Greenwood k.greenwood@imperial.ac.uk
Materials Olly Swanton o.swanton@imperial.ac.uk  
Mechanical Engineering Naomi Jackson-Macfarlane n.jackson-macfarlane@imperial.ac.uk
 
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Faculty of Medicine

DepartmentNameRoleEmail
 School of Medicine Fran Bertolini   Student Services Manager f.bertolini@imperial.ac.uk
 School of Medicine  Hannah Behague  Welfare Officer h.behague@imperial.ac.uk
 School of Medicine  Carly Line  Welfare Administrator c.line@imperial.ac.uk
 School of Medicine Juliet Wiredu  Welfare Assistant j.wiredu@imperial.ac.uk
Please note the School of Medicine is responsible for UG students only. If you are a PG student, please contact your relevant department contact or your Faculty Senior Tutor. 
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Faculty of Natural Sciences

 
DepartmentNameEmail
Chemistry Gabriella Emmanuel fonsstudentwellbeing@imperial.ac.uk

Life Sciences Ella Robson
Mathematics Rothna Akthar
Physics Syeda Razzak
 
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Business School

 
DepartmentNameEmail
Business School 

 Sophie Cutforth

Anna Goodwin

 s.cutforth@imperial.ac.uk

anna.goodwin@imperial.ac.uk