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| Dr Angie Page | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests focus on the behaviours linked to childhood obesity and the determinants of children’s physical activity... |
| Keywords: | childhood obesity | obesity | physical activity | eating behaviour | mobility | children |
| Dr Daniel Page | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested mainly in practical aspects of cryptography; roughly speaking this covers implementation of cryptographic... |
| Keywords: | cryptography | cryptographic primitives | physical security | novel processors | processors | compilers | programming languages |
| Dr Jennifer Palmer | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I studied for a Degree in Biochemistry at Southampton University. Following my graduation in 2005, I moved to Bristol to... |
| Keywords: | dementia | endothelin converting enzymes in Alzheimer’s disease |
| Professor Rich Pancost | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Biogeochemistry, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a member of the Organic Geochemistry Unit (OGU), based in the School of Chemistry. My research interests include molecular... |
| Keywords: | organic geochemistry | molecular proxies | isotopic proxies | biogeochemical processes | sediments | geomicrobiology |
| Ms Christina Pantazis | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Zemiology (Studies in Social Harm), School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | Currently looking into the impact of counter-terrorism legislation and policy - particularly on Muslim communities and minority... |
| Keywords: | counter-terrorism powers | counter-terrorism policing | terrorism | policing | counter-terrorism | Muslim communities |
| Professor Christos Paraskeva | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Experimental Oncology and Head of School, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | -Regulation of cell growth, differentiation and cell death; how this is deregulated during carcinogenesis; genes promoting... |
| Keywords: | experimental oncology |
| Professor In-Uck Park | |
| Post(s): | Leverhulme Professor of Industrial Organisation, Department of Economics |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interests are in the areas of contract theory; industrial organisation (theoretical approach); game theory... |
| Keywords: | contract theory | industrial organisation | game theory | information | dynamic formation of networks | communication | corporate organisations |
| Dr Justin Park | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Experimental Psychology |
| Areas of expertise: | I study social psychological processes from an evolutionary perspective. Topics include person perception, moral attitudes,... |
| Keywords: | evolutionary social psychology |
| Dr Richard Parker | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, Farm Animal Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a member of the Animal Welfare and Behaviour research group. I am interested in the welfare of working horses and donkeys... |
| Keywords: | animal behaviour |
| Professor John Parkin | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow in French, Department of French Emeritus Professor, Department of French |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Professor of French Literary Studies. I lecture on various aspects of literature and culture especially, sixteenth-century... |
| Keywords: | humour | aggressive humour | satiric incongruity | unreality | comradely glee | French literature |
| Professor Mair Parry | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, Department of Italian Senior Research Fellow in Italian, Department of Italian |
| Areas of expertise: | The main focus of my research is on the syntax of the dialects of Italy, both early and modern, but I also publish on the... |
| Keywords: | dialects | Italy | syntax of dialects | sociolinguistics | minority languages | linguistics |
| Professor Julian Partridge | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research tackles aspects of animal vision ranging from photoreceptor physiology (particularly measurement of visual pigment... |
| Keywords: | animal vision | ecology of vision |
| Professor Julian Paton | |
| Post(s): | Professorial Research Fellow in Physiology, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Using a multidisciplinary approach we are studying the central nervous system control of cardiovascular and respiratory systems.... |
| Keywords: | central nervous system | cardiovascular system | respiratory system | central nervous circuits | autonomic dysfunction | hypertension | sleep apnoea | neuronal mechanisms |
| Dr Demi Patsios | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Health and Social Care. I have maintained a primary interest in the effects... |
| Keywords: | health and social care | ageing population | policy development | health and social systems | older people | poorer pensioners |
| Dr Dominique Paul | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Key areas include low-profile antennas in particular soft textile antennas for wearable electronics, antennas for MIMO systems... |
| Keywords: | conformal antenna arrays | wearable antennas | electromagnetics | Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Technique | MIMO | Schumann resonances |
| Dr Liz Paul | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, Farm Animal Science |
| Areas of expertise: | My research concerns the relationship between information processing and emotion in humans and animals, and the use that... |
| Keywords: | cognition-emotion interactions in human and non-human animals. | the structure, functions and evolution of subjective emotion in human and non-human animals. | empathy with and attitudes towards the welfare of animals. | the psychology of human-animal interactions. |
| Professor Martyn Pavier | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Mechanics of Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Composite materials; fracture and fatigue; residual stress; the finite element method. |
| Keywords: | composite materials | fracture & fatigue | residual stress | finite element method |
| Professor Sarah Payne | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Health Policy and Gender, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My main interests are sex and gender influences on the health of men and women, and gender equity in health policy and the... |
| Keywords: | gender equity in health policy | women's health | men's health |
| Professor Tony Payne | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Glaciology, School of Geographical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in the flow and dynamics of ice sheets, in particular those of Antarctica and Greenland. My early work was... |
| Keywords: | glaciology | Greenland | Antarctica | ice sheets | glaciers | numerical modelling | climate change | sea level rise |
| Dr Giles Pearson | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy |
| Areas of expertise: | I work on ancient philosophy (especially Plato and Aristotle), metaethics, ethics, and the philosophy of mind. My published... |
| Keywords: | ancient philosophy | metaethics | philosophical psychology | Aristotle | ethics | aesthetics | metaphysics | desire |
| Dr Matthew Peel | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer in Solid Mechanics/Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Metallurgy; thermo-mechanical processing; synchroton x-ray & neutron diffraction; residual stress. |
| Keywords: | metallurgy | thermo-mechanical processing | synchroton x-ray and neutron diffraction | residual stress |
| Dr Suman Peel | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, School of Biochemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | My research group's interests comprise the following: -Understanding the dynamics of ESCRT-III assembly on membranes using... |
| Keywords: | Protein aided membrane remodeling and scission | cytosolic proteins, escrt-iii |
| Dr Hugh Pemberton | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Contemporary British History, Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in British political history since 1945. My work focuses on economic and social policy. I am currently researching... |
| Keywords: | British political history | pensions | pensions crisis | contemporary British history | post-war economic policy | post-war social policy |
| Dr Simon Pemberton | |
| Post(s): | Visiting Fellow, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | After completing my PhD, 'The Production of Harm in the UK: A social harm analysis', I was awarded an ESRC Post Doctoral... |
| Keywords: | social harm | rural poverty | social exclusion | whistleblowing | organisational harm | counter terrorism legislation | human rights |
| Professor Hua-Xin Peng | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Aerospace Materials, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My research lies in the engineering of composite/multiphase materials by tailoring their structures at the nano-, micro-... |
| Keywords: | multifunctional composite materials | aerospace materials and composites | magnetic microwire composites | nanocomposites coatings | microstructural design | metal-ceramic composites |
| Dr Wen-Jung Peng | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | I am researcher at the Graduate School of Education in the University of Bristol. My current research focuses on aspects... |
| Keywords: | school effectiveness and educational quality | educational methodology (including use of multilevel modelling) |
| Professor Ian Penton-Voak | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology |
| Areas of expertise: | I study human behaviour in the context of our evolutionary history. My work has concentrates on perception of social properties... |
| Keywords: | human behaviour | evolutionary history | social properties of faces | attractiveness | sexual selection | perception of emotion | social perception of personality |
| Dr Columba Peoples | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in International Relations, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My primary research interests are in Critical Security Studies, Critical Theory and International Relations. Within this... |
| Keywords: | critical security studies | critical theory | technology and international relations | missile defence | space security | international relations | nuclear security |
| Dr Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in European Politics, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My expertise focuses on the participation of civil society and interest groups in European Union politics to explain how... |
| Keywords: | European Union | civil society | lobbying | EU enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe | transparency | Lisbon Treaty | Spain | democracy and democratization |
| Dr Claire Perks | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Tumour Cell Biology, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am currently a Senior Research Fellow in the University of Bristol IGF & Metabolic Endocrinology group based at Southmead... |
| Keywords: | IGF axis | breast cancer | prostate cancer | cancer | epithelial cancers | western diet | cancer progression |
| Dr Maud Perrier | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research field is located in the Sociology of Gender and Families. My research interests also include feminist activism,... |
| Keywords: | gender | families | feminist activism | motherhood | parenting |
| Professor Tim Peters | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Primary Care Health Services Research and Head of School (SOCS), School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests involve applied health services research, principally in a primary care setting, over a variety of... |
| Keywords: | healthcare | primary care | mental health | obstetrics | cardiovascular disease | urology | randomised trials |
| Dr Richard Pettigrew | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy |
| Areas of expertise: | My background is in philosophy and mathematics. I studied both subjects both as an undergraduate and as a postgraduate.... |
| Keywords: | philosophy of mathematics | epistemology | Kant | logic | philosophy of science | set theory | category theory | arithmetic |
| Professor Steven Phillipps | |
| Post(s): | Professor, School of Physics |
| Areas of expertise: | My research is centred around large surveys, both of extra-galactic and of Galactic objects, carried out using large optical... |
| Keywords: | Galactic objects | extra-galactic objects | optical telescopes | dwarf galaxies | stellar systems | Ultra-Compact Dwarfs | hydrogen alpha emission line |
| Dr Jeremy Phillips | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Physical Volcanology, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research focuses on the fluid dynamics of volcanological processes and hazardous volcanic and natural flows. Using the... |
| Keywords: | fluid dynamics of volcanological processes | hazardous volcanic and natural flows | dynamics of gravity currents | pyroclastic flows | dynamics of bubbly magmatic flows | magma chamber dynamics | shallow magmatic plumbing systems | conduit convection |
| Dr Mary Phillips | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of Management |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research interests are eclectic but fall into 3 main areas: • The application of critical and cultural theory... |
| Keywords: | organisation | organisation studies | post-structural feminist theory | management history | women in organisation | entrepreneurs | social enterprise |
| Dr Angela Piccini | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow in Drama: Theatre, Film, Television, Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television Senior Lecturer, Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television |
| Areas of expertise: | I am Lecturer in Screen Studies and Head of Education in Drama. I co-direct the MA in Archaeology for Screen Media. My work... |
| Keywords: | archaeology and the media | television audiences and users | performativity, place, space | E-Science |
| Professor John Pickard | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Composition & Applied Musicology, Department of Music |
| Areas of expertise: | Edward Elgar: I am the General Editor of the Elgar Complete Edition - the authoritative critical edition of the composer's... |
| Keywords: | composition | Elgar | twentieth century music | British music | Havergal Brian |
| Dr Tony Pickering | |
| Post(s): | Wellcome Trust Reader in Neuroscience, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | As an anaesthetist and pain clinician I am naturally interested in integrative sensory and autonomic neuroscience. The nervous... |
| Keywords: | autonomic neuroscience | integrative neuroscience | sensory neuroscience | nervous system | interoceptive stimuli | exteroceptive stimuli | pathological conditions | neural dysfunctions |
| Dr Robert Piechocki | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I conduct research in signal processing, coding, information and communication theory. I am also interested in reduced complexity... |
| Keywords: | Wireless Communication Systems | Networking | Signal Processing and Coding |
| Dr Alistair Pike | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow in Archaeology and Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Areas of expertise: | My research involves the uranium series dating of archaeological bone and its application to human origins, uranium series... |
| Keywords: | archaeology | uranium | uranium series-dating | human origins | bones | isotopes | human migration | cave art |
| Dr Helen Piper | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer in Television Studies, Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research interests include various aspects of British broadcasting and television drama, representations of class/gender,... |
| Keywords: | British broadcasting | television drama | representations of gender | representations of class | dramatic performativity | factual television | indigenous content |
| Professor Ralph Pite | |
| Post(s): | Director of Institute for Advanced Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies Professor of English, Department of English |
| Areas of expertise: | My research focuses on: the Romantic period (particularly on the impact of Dante’s writing at the time and on the lives and... |
| Keywords: | Romantic period | Victorian literature | Dante | post-war British poetry | writing and the environment | the Simple Life |
| Dr Daniela Plana | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | I work within the Bristol Electrochemistry Group, currently researching the generation of methanol from methane at liquid/liquid... |
| Keywords: | electrochemistry | electrocatalysis | metal deposition | materials for energy | CO2 Reduction |
| Dr Kit Pleydell-Pearce | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Experimental Psychology |
| Areas of expertise: | My research is primarily concerned with neurophysiological correlates of human cognition, and issues associated with localisation... |
| Keywords: | slow cortical potentials | cognitive workload | autobiographical memory | attention | consciousness | neurophysiological signals | human cognition |
| Professor Andrew Pollard | |
| Post(s): | Chair in Education, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | I am an experienced researcher in Education. I directed UK-wide initiatives such as the Teaching and Learning Research Programme... |
| Keywords: | teaching-learning processes | learner perspectives | evidence-based classroom practice | primary education | reflective teaching | national curriculum development | large-scale research programmes | research impact strategies |
| Dr James Pomeroy | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Physics |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interest is the application of optical spectroscopy to study the properties of III-nitride and boron-rich... |
| Keywords: | optical spectroscopy | III-nitride & boron-rich semiconductors |
| Mrs Laura Pool | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a co-ordinator on the Bristol Girls Dance Project. |
| Keywords: | bristol girls dance project |
| Professor Alastair Poole | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Pharmacology and Cell Biology, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Platelets are the smallest cellular component of the blood and are an essential element in the primary haemostatic system.... |
| Keywords: | Platelets | primary haemostatic system | pathological development of thrombosis | cell biology of platelets | protein kinases | platelet function | thrombus formation |
| Professor Geoff Poole | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, Department of Music |
| Areas of expertise: | I compose contemporary classical music for live performance e.g. orchestra, voices, chamber music and solo. Experience and... |
| Keywords: | musical composition | contemporary classical music | creativity | African music | Asian music | Postmodernism |
| Dr Caroline Pope | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | Mucosal immunity to Streptococcus Pneumoniae. Mucosal immune responses to candidate pneumococcal vaccines in children. T... |
| Keywords: | mucosal immunity | autoimmunity |
| Professor Sandu Popescu | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Physics, School of Physics |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interest is in fundamental aspects of quantum physics; basically I am interested in getting a better understanding... |
| Keywords: | quantum physics | quantum behaviour | quantum non-locality | quantum information | quantum theory |
| Dr Richard Porter | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | Developing and implementing sophisticated analytic techniques for solving boundary-value problems arising from problems in... |
| Keywords: | boundary-value problems | wave theory | acoustics | electromagnetics |
| Dr John Potokar | |
| Post(s): | Consultant Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | Stress has been called the "common cold of the psyche". When excessive or overwhelming it can cause both physical and psychiatric... |
| Keywords: | stress | psychiatric morbidity | neurobiology | anxiety disorders | serotonin | social phobia | depression |
| Professor Kevin Potter | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Composites Manufacture, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Since joining the University of Bristol I have been responsible for developing and running a number of research programmes... |
| Keywords: | advanced materials | composites | product design | manufacturing | enterprise |
| Dr Simon Potter | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Modern History, Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Areas of expertise: | I have written extensively on the history of the mass media in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.... |
| Keywords: | modern British history | British empire | media history | twentieth century Britain | nineteenth century Britain | Canada | Australia | New Zealand |
| Professor Dhiraj Pradhan | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I am an expert in trends in the micro chip industry. I have contributed to Very Large Scale Integrated Computer-Aided design... |
| Keywords: | micro-chip industry | computer architecture | fault-tolerant computing |
| Professor Alan Preece | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Experimental studies on EM fields radiofrequency and microwave and health interactions with humans |
| Keywords: | mobile phones and health | electromagnetic fields and health | power-lines |
| Dr Chris Preist | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Sustainability and Computer Systems, Department of Computer Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I'm working on four main research projects: -An economic and environmental assessment of the potential of print on demand... |
| Keywords: | integration of life cycle analysis and carbon footprinting techniques into broader systemic models of sustainability impact. | the role of computer technology within the wider socio-technical systems emerging to address climate change and other sustainability issues. | the interplay between technology innovation, business models and sustainability impacts, particularly in the commercial publishing industry. |
| Professor Paul Pringle | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | Catalysis offers the prospect of low energy, low waste synthetic routes to chemical products, i.e. clean chemical technology.... |
| Keywords: | catalysis | energy | waste | chemical products | clean chemical technology | homogeneous catalysis | transition metal chemistry |
| Dr Stuart Prior | |
| Post(s): | Senior Teaching Fellow in Archaelogical Practice, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Areas of expertise: | I am an Archaeologist, with specialisms in Landscape Archaeology; Early Medieval (i.e. Saxon, Viking & Norman)(AD410-1066)... |
| Keywords: | archaeology and heritage | landscape archaeology | medieval archaeology | warfare & weaponry | castles | The Anarchy | Saxon, Viking & Norman archaeology | ancient technology & experimental archaeology |
| Professor Carol Propper | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Economics, Department of Economics |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests cover public economics and the economics of health care. Current research projects include the impact... |
| Keywords: | public economics | economics of health care |
| Professor Tony Prosser | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Public Law, University of Bristol Law School |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interests are in Public Law relating to privatisation and regulation, especially regulation of public utilities... |
| Keywords: | public law | privatisation | regulation | public utilities | broadcasting | competition law | reflexive governance |
| Dr Helen Pryce | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests rest on the interactions between an individual and their experiences of hearing difficulties. I am... |
| Keywords: | hearing difficulties | King-Kopetzky Syndrome | auditory processing disorder | hearing difficulty | audiology |
| Mr Jon Pugh | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My work is focused on electromagnetic modelling and focused ion beam fabrication of nano-scale photonic crystal devices emitting... |
| Keywords: | electromagnetic modelling | nano-scale photonic crystal devices | indium phosphide | indium antimonide |
| Professor David Punter | |
| Post(s): | Professor of English, Department of English |
| Areas of expertise: | I have research interests in modern and contemporary writing; in romantic and Gothic writing; in literary theory and psychoanalysis;... |
| Keywords: | contemporary literature | ghost stories | literature and psychology | the uncanny | Postcolonialism | higher education and the arts | horror stories |
| Dr Sarah Purdy | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Primary Health Care, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I am currently working on a research programme exploring predictors of primary care sensitive hospital admissions, which... |
| Keywords: | predictors of primary care sensitive hospital admissions | primary care | unplanned hospital admission | management of shoulder pain | management of acne | sensitive hospital admissions |
| Professor Ad Putter | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Medieval English Literature, Department of English |
| Areas of expertise: | Areas of research expertise include Arthurian literature and legend, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Middle English Language,... |
| Keywords: | middle english language | medieval romance | Arthurian legend | medieval literature | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | editing |
| Dr Andrew Pyle | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Early Modern Philosophy, Department of Philosophy |
| Areas of expertise: | I have a very wide range of philosophical interests, but my research is concentrated in two central areas. One is the History... |
| Keywords: | philosophy of science | scientific revolutions | metaphysics | epistemology | Malebranche |
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