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| Dr Paul Race | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, School of Biochemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in natural products synthesised by the polyketide and related non-ribosomal peptide pathways. My research... |
| Keywords: | structure function and engineering of polyketide synthases | hybrid polyketide/non-ribosomal peptide antibiotics and anticancer drugs | polyketide based cholesterol lowering agents |
| Dr Jonas Rademacker | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Physics, School of Physics |
| Areas of expertise: | My particle physics research focuses on "quark flavour physics" at the LHCb experiment at CERN and the (now closed) CLEO-c... |
| Keywords: | LHCb | Flavour Physics | B physics | CP violation | Charm Physics | Dalitz Plots | matter antimatter asymmetry | CKM matrix |
| Dr Andy Radford | |
| Post(s): | University Research Fellow in Biological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences Reader in Behavioural Ecology, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am primarily interested in behavioural ecology and bioacoustics. My research group currently pursue two main themes. The... |
| Keywords: | social behaviour | vocal communication | anthropogenic noise | information use | group decision-making | bird behaviour | development of behaviour | group-living |
| Dr Sameer Rahatekar | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | -Dispersion of carbon nanotubes using bio-molecules. -Rheology of carbon nanotube dispersion. -Cellulose and silk nano-composites... |
| Keywords: | process simulation | composites | bio-molecules |
| Professor Christopher Railton | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Computational Electromagnetics, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are focused on the development of novel and efficient algorithms for a wide variety of electromagnetic... |
| Keywords: | electromagenetics | microstrip circuits | algorithms | computational electromagnetics | fdtd | spectral domain method (sdm | partial element equivalent circuit method (peec) | transmission line matrix method (tlm) |
| Dr Athimalaipet Ramanan | |
| Post(s): | Reader, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research focus is on immunogenetics of systemic onset juvenile arthritis, macrophage activation syndrome and juvenile... |
| Keywords: | paediatric rheumatology | rheumatic disorders | hypermobility syndrome | musculoskeletal problems in children | kawasaki disease |
| Dr Kara Ranaghan | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | I became interested in studying enzyme mechanisms as an undergraduate project student and have now spent several years using... |
| Keywords: | enzyme mechanism | phosphite oxidation |
| Professor Kuda Ranatunga | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, School of Physiology and Pharmacology Senior Research Fellow in Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Our research is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction through experimental work and modelling.... |
| Keywords: | muscle contraction | cyclical interaction of myosin motors | muscle visco-elasticity | Shortening and lengthening muscle | temperature effects on muscle |
| Professor Andy Randall | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Applied Neurophysiology, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Our group is interested in the neurophysiological changes associated with neurological disease, in particular Alzheimer’s... |
| Keywords: | neurophysiological changes | neurological disease | Alzheimer's disease | epilepsy | estrogen-receptor signalling | CNS nicotinic receptors | group I metabotropic glutamate receptors |
| Dr Sean Rands | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research explores how evolution has shaped the behaviour and life histories of animals and plants, using a mixture of... |
| Keywords: | behaviour | evolution | sociality in animals | predation | ecology | decision-making | wildlife biology | behavioural ecology |
| Professor John Rarity | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Optical Communication Systems, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a quantum optician. I develop technologies for single photon optics, sources and detectors. My colleagues and I have... |
| Keywords: | quantum cryptography | free space optics | entanglement | quantum gates | linear quantum gates | optical quantum computing | single photon optics | quantum interference |
| Dr Oliver Ray | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer, Department of Computer Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a member of the Intelligent Systems research group. I am interested in the integration of abductive and inductive inference... |
| Keywords: | integration of abductive inference with application to systems biology | non-monotonic induction of action theories with application to requirements engineering | formalisation and automation of scientific method | exabyte informatics |
| Dr Emily Rayfield | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Palaeobiology, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I research how living and fossil animal skeletons function, examine why skeletons are shaped in a particular way, and track... |
| Keywords: | dinosaurs | fossils | biomechanics |
| Professor Gino Raymond | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Modern French Studies, Department of French |
| Areas of expertise: | I have published widely on politics and society in France. In recent years my research has focused on issues of citizenship,... |
| Keywords: | France | France and Europe | French foreign policy | Franco-British relations | religion and society in France | French politics | contemporary French society | modern French history |
| Dr Niamh Redmond | |
| Post(s): | TARGET Research Programme Manager, School of Social and Community Medicine SCOOP Trial Co-ordinator, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I have an interest in a variety of human health research topics, specifically occupational health problems and clinical trials.... |
| Keywords: | healthcare | clinical trials | screening programme | fragility fractures | paracetamol | ibuprofen | low back pain |
| Dr Malcolm Reed | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Education, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | Research Interests Sociocultural perspectives on literacy and interaction; applied sociocultural theory; narrative ethnography. Biography I... |
| Keywords: | sociocultural perspectives on literacy and interaction | applied sociocultural theory | narrative ethnography | managing the literacy curriculum | school | literacy | interaction | secondary school cultures |
| Dr Nick Rees-Roberts | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer, Department of French |
| Areas of expertise: | My current comparative research focuses on the history and theory of fashion and the moving image from a global perspective.... |
| Keywords: | film | fashion | moving image | French cinema | queer cinema and queer theory | cultural approaches to film: race, gender, sexuality | advertising and branding |
| Professor Barnaby Reeves | |
| Post(s): | Professorial Research Fellow in Health Services Research, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | The Unit carries out: (a) studies to evaluate the effects of treatments and risk factors in patients with cardiovascular... |
| Keywords: | cardiovascular disease | risk factors | methodology | observational studies | study designs |
| Professor Jonathan Reid | |
| Post(s): | Professor, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | Research in the Particle Dynamics Group is focussed on understanding the chemical and physical dynamics of single aerosol... |
| Keywords: | single aerosol particles | aerosol particles | optical tweezers | heat and mass transfer | climate change | atmospheric chemistry | combustion aerosol | laser techniques |
| Dr Kirsty Reid | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, School of Humanities |
| Areas of expertise: | I have worked extensively on the history of convict transportation to the Australian penal colonies. I am the author of a... |
| Keywords: | convict transportation | Australian penal colonies | imperialism | unfree labour | crime and punishment |
| Dr Chrystel Remillat | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I have been working extensively in the area of structural dynamics and acoustics. I have been actively involved in two multidisciplinary... |
| Keywords: | structural dynamics | acoustics | modelling of damping properties of gradient materials | modelling of damping properties of liquid crystal polymers | micro-macro modelling and design of complex materials | multiphysics modelling of biological materials and structures | characterisation of dynamic behaviour of bio-inspired structures & biological materials |
| Dr Thomas Rendall | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My research is now focussed on CFD for moving objects. The goal is to advance current methods to the point where it will... |
| Keywords: | interpolation | aeroelastics | aerodynamics | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| Professor Hans Reul | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Neuroscience, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research group investigates how the organism responds and adapts to stressful events. Major research interests are: · The... |
| Keywords: | stressful events | stress | hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis | autonomic nervous system | glucocorticoid | signalling pathways |
| Dr Claire Rice | |
| Post(s): | Clinical Lecturer in Neurology, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Stem cells are primitive cells capable of developing into a number of different mature cell types. Increasingly, adult human... |
| Keywords: | stem cells | disease | transplant material | human bone marrow |
| Dr Arthur Richards | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Dynamics & Control, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My work develops mathematical methods to control the movement of aircraft and spacecraft. The goal is to make them more... |
| Keywords: | robust model predictive control | control of autonomous vehicles | distributed control | trajectory optimization | air traffic management | spacecraft control | unmanned air vehicles |
| Dr Tom Richardson | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Flight Mechanics, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I currently lecture in Flight Mechanics and Control. My principal research interest is Control, ranging from classical flight... |
| Keywords: | flight control | flight mechanics | unmanned air vehicles | UAV |
| Professor Jeremy Rickard | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | -Modular representation theory of finite groups and related areas. -Homological algebra. -Representation theory of finite-dimensional... |
| Keywords: | representation theory |
| Dr Miguel Rico-Ramirez | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer in Radar Hydrology and Hydroinformatics, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interests are the application of digital signal processing techniques to remote sensing, in particular to... |
| Keywords: | remote sensing | digital signal processing | weather radar systems | vertical radar reflectivity | precipitation events | dual-polarization radar |
| Professor Andy Ridgwell | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Earth System Modelling, School of Geographical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | The global carbon cycle and regulation of atmospheric CO2; past, present, and future. Interaction of carbon cycle with climate.... |
| Keywords: | climate change | global warming | ocean acidification | glacial | geoengineering | carbon cycle | CO2 | global biogeochemical cycles |
| Dr Ann Rippin | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Management, Department of Management |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests focus on aesthetics, gender and history in Management. I am greatly interested in research methodology,... |
| Keywords: | aesthetics | gender | history in management | management | management research | culture | organisations | French feminist theory |
| Professor Julian Rivers | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Bristol Law School |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests lie mainly in the area of legal and constitutional theory, with a particular interest in the legal... |
| Keywords: | legal & constitutional theory | legal regulation of religions |
| Dr Jonathan Robbins | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | Materials Science: liquid crystals, particularly in confined polyhedral geometries; applications to displays. Partial... |
| Keywords: | materials science | liquid crystals | partial differential equations | quantum chaos | Maslov indices | nonrelativistic quantum mechanics |
| Professor Daniel Robert | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Bionanoscience, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research concentrates on the comparative study of the behavioural biology, biomechanics and evolution of auditory systems.... |
| Keywords: | behavioural biology | biomechanics | evolution | auditory systems | sensory adaptation | hearing | insects |
| Professor Alan Roberts | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, School of Biological Sciences Senior Research Fellow in Biological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Function of simple nervous systems of invertebrates like worms and lobsters and lower vertebrates like fish, frogs and toads. |
| Keywords: | simple nervous systems | invertebrates |
| Dr Alice Roberts | |
| Post(s): | Visiting Fellow, Medical Education |
| Areas of expertise: | Over 9 years of experience teaching anatomy to undergraduates at the University as well as courses to medical postgraduates... |
| Keywords: | anatomy | osteology | palaeopathology | bones | skeleton | palaeoanthropology |
| Dr Nicholas Roberts | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Research, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am primarily interested the detection of light and colour in nature. My research is focused on investigating optical mechanisms... |
| Keywords: | animal vision | light and colour in nature | polarized light | photoreceptor biology | stomatopods / mantis shrimps |
| Professor Peter Roberts | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Neuropharmacologist with 30 years experience of investigating drugs affecting neurotransmission in the brain. Particular... |
| Keywords: | neurodegenerative diseases | drugs and the brain | drugs |
| Miss Veronica Roberts | |
| Post(s): | Senior Clinical Fellow in Equine Medicine, Companion Animal Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | All areas of equine medicine. Research interest in headshaking. |
| Keywords: | equine medicine | headshaking |
| Dr William Roberts | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant (Paleoclimate Modeller), School of Geographical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Expert on past changes to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), especially from a climate modelling perspective. Current... |
| Keywords: | ENSO | El Nino | Heinrich events | abrupt climate change | paleoceanography | paleoclimate | tropics |
| Professor Susan Robertson | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Education (Sociology), Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | My area of expertise is concerned with globalisation and education, in particular the emergence of education as an area of... |
| Keywords: | globalisation | global governance | education policy | new technologies | knowledge economy | teachers' work | state formation | European Union |
| Dr Douglas Robinson | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research is in the field of very low-grade metamorphism, and aims to establish if geochemical and mineralogical changes... |
| Keywords: | metamorphism | mineralogical changes | geochemical changes | crustal development | crust | the Earth | rocks |
| Dr Emma Robinson | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Neural and neurochemical mediators of behaviour and their role in psychiatric disorders Work in our laboratory uses behavioural... |
| Keywords: | neurochemical mediators | neural mediators | psychiatric disorders | behavioural studies | neuropharmacology | neurochemical systems | behaviour | psychiatric conditions |
| Dr Laura Robinson | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Geochemistry, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research interests are: -Timing of Pleistocene climate change events -Palaeoclimate reconstructions -Impact... |
| Keywords: | pleistocene | paleoclimate reconstructions | biomineralisation | climate | ocean |
| Professor Katharine Robson Brown | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Areas of expertise: | I am currently serving as a Lay representative for the Severn Deanery. This is an NHS appointment. The Deanery delivers medical... |
| Keywords: | human evolution, and functional anatomy at the level of microstructure | osteoarchaeology, and the african diaspora | postcranial morphological variation within modern human populations | biomechanics of the spine | microct technology and its application to archaeology and anthropology | impact of tissue regulation on research | public display of archaeological human remains in the museums, galleries and university sectors |
| Dr Chris Rogers | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Medical Statistics, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests include methods for: (a) monitoring outcomes after surgery, (b) predicting short and long term outcomes... |
| Keywords: | surgery | heart surgery | heart transplantation | Cox regression modelling | lung transplantation | low volume operations |
| Professor Peter Rogers | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Biological Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a psychologist with an academic background in biological sciences. Broadly speaking, my current research is concerned... |
| Keywords: | weight control | food choice | nutrition, health and behaviour | psychopharmacology | caffeine | craving and addiction | human classical conditioning | mood and cognitive performance |
| Dr Paco Romero Salvado | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Modern Spanish History, Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My main focus of research is the analysis of the social and political origins of the Spanish Civil War. I have written extensively... |
| Keywords: | Spanish Civil War | modern Spanish history | modern Spanish politics | Left-wing social and political mobilization | state identity |
| Dr Nicola Rooney | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, Farm Animal Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in applied aspects of the interactions between humans and animals including the follow areas: • Development... |
| Keywords: | animals | interactions between humans and animals | animal welfare | dogs | domestic animals | play behaviour | working dogs | breeds of domestic dog |
| Professor Judy Rorison | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a member of the Photonics Group within the Centre for Communications Research. My Research focusses on semiconductor... |
| Keywords: | semicondutor materials and devices | edge-emitting and vcsels | highly-mismatched alloys and quantum dot materials | electronic transport | optoelectronics |
| Dr Jo Rose | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | Research Interests Collaborative decision making; inter-professional working; partnerships Biography I come from... |
| Keywords: | collaborative decision making | inter-professional working | partnerships | cooperative decision making | inter-professional collaboration | school effectiveness | teacher effectiveness | teacher professional development. |
| Dr Jonathan Rossiter | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Robotics, Department of Engineering Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests include bio-mimetics, artificial intelligence, robotics and sensors. Bio-mimetics is an engineering... |
| Keywords: | robotics | artificial muscles | electroactive polymers | bio-mimetics | artificial intelligence | medical Imaging | MRI |
| Dr Jonathan Rougier | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Statistics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | Model-based inference for complex systems: combining observational data, evaluations of models, and expert judgements. How... |
| Keywords: | computer experiment | complex systems | uncertainty | climate | natural hazards |
| Dr Mina Roussenova | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Physics |
| Areas of expertise: | My primary research interest is to investigate the molecular packing in amorphous polymeric and oligomeric systems, in order... |
| Keywords: | molecular packing | amorphous polymeric & oligomeric systems |
| Dr Angela Rowe | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Experimental Psychology |
| Areas of expertise: | I study the way that prior close relationship experiences (represented in attachment relational schemas) become activated... |
| Keywords: | adult attachment | love | personal relationships |
| Dr Dorothy Rowe | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Areas of expertise: | I have expertise in the areas of German art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly German Expressionism... |
| Keywords: | German expressionism | Weimar Culture | Realism, Magic Realism and New Objectivity in Painting | Women Artists | Race and Ethnicity in Art | Sexuality and Gender in Art | Contemporary Art in Britain | Photography in 1920s and 1930s Germany |
| Dr Paddy Royall | |
| Post(s): | Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Physics Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Royal Society University Research Fellow independent researcher. I tackle key outstanding questions in condensed matter... |
| Keywords: | soft matter and statistical mechanics | colloid and interface science |
| Dr Michael Rudnev | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | My research profile embraces problems that lie at the intersection of harmonic analysis, geometric and additive combinatorics,... |
| Keywords: | number theory | geometric incidence theory | Hamiltonian dynamics | integrability | harmonic analysis | geometrics |
| Dr Martin Ruecklin | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research focuses on the evolution of early vertebrates. The topic of my current research programme is the evolution and... |
| Keywords: | evolution | early vertebrates | vertebrates | jaw joint | jaws | evolution of teeth | placoderms | fossils |
| Dr Nicholas Rumens | |
| Post(s): | Tutor, School of Economics, Finance and Management |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests fall into three main areas. The first is the study of friendships in the workplace; exploring how these... |
| Keywords: | workplace friendships | intimacies & intimate relationships in organisations | lgbt sexualities & genders in the workplace | issues of diversity and equality in the workplace |
| Dr Chris Russell | |
| Post(s): | Reader, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | The aim of our work is to investigate making new molecules and probing novel synthetic methods. Our target molecules are... |
| Keywords: | new molecules | novel synthetic methods | synthetic methods | molecules | ligand design | catalysis |
| Dr Alison Rust | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Physical Volcanology, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I study the dynamics of volcanic processes using a combination of laboratory experiments, theoretical fluid mechanics, fieldwork... |
| Keywords: | volcanic processes | petrology | theoretical fluid mechanics | crystals | volcanic problems | magma convection | volcanoes |
| Dr Marcello Ruta | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | The key contribution of the fossil record is its ability to address evolutionary issues in deep time. My scientific interests... |
| Keywords: | fossils | fossil record | evolution | vertebrates | morphological diversification | early limbed vertebrates | adaptive radiation |
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