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| Dr Vladislav Tadic | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Statistics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests lie on the interface of statistics, optimization and Monte Carlo simulations, and are tightly connected... |
| Keywords: | statistics | Monte Carlo simulations | Monte Carlo methods | stochastic optimization | stochastic dynamic programming | reinforcement learning |
| Miss Gabe Tan | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, University of Bristol Law School |
| Areas of expertise: | I am Executive Director of the Innocence Network UK (INUK), a pro bono organisation that facilitates casework and communications... |
| Keywords: | miscarriage of justice | wrongful convictions | innocence network UK | university of bristol innocence project |
| Mrs Beth Tarleton | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | Policy and practice regarding parents with learning difficulties/learning disabilities |
| Keywords: | parents with learning difficulties |
| Dr John Tarlton | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, Veterinary Pathology and Infection and Immunity |
| Areas of expertise: | Research Interests: Tissue repair and regeneration, inflammatory bowel disease, stem cell biology, tissue engineering,... |
| Keywords: | tissue repair | tissue regeneration | inflammatory bowel disease | stem cell biology | tissue | joint disorders | cattle lameness | animal welfare |
| Professor Jeremy Tavare | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Biochemistry, School of Biochemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | We are primarily interested in the molecular basis by which insulin stimulates glucose uptake into fat and muscle cells.... |
| Keywords: | glucose uptake | insulin action | insulin signal transduction | molecular biology | advanced cell biology | high throughput methods for signal transduction analysis |
| Professor Colin Taylor | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Earthquake Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Earthquake and dynamic design of civil engineering systems, especially dams, long span bridges, buildings and nuclear facilities. Developing... |
| Keywords: | earthquake engineering | long span bridges | vibrations and dynamics | dams | climate change impact | complex infrastructures | systems modelling | infrastructure renewal and performance |
| Dr Jon Telling | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Geographical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Microbiological and geochemistry of ‘extreme’ environments, astrobiological implications. My current NERC postdoctoral... |
| Keywords: | microbiology | geochemistry | microbial communities in cryoconite holes on arctic glacier surfaces | precambrian shield rocks |
| Dr Shelby Temple | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My primary focus is in the area of animal vision, looking at how and why animals see the world the way they do. I study the... |
| Keywords: | colour vision | retina | visual pigments | fish | cephalopod | polarization vision | aquaculture | eye |
| Professor Ruud ter Meulen | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Ethics in Medicine, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I am particularly interested in justice in health care, the ethics of research, care of older people, and evidence-based... |
| Keywords: | justice in health care | ethics of research | care of older people | evidence-based medicine | bioethics |
| Dr Anja Teschemacher | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Modulation of Neurotransmitter Release My main interests are the intracellular signalling mechanisms which control release... |
| Keywords: | modulation of neurotransmitter release | intracellular signalling mechanisms | release of neurotransmitters | Neurotransmitters | central neurones | neuromodulators | noradrenaline | intracellular second messenger pathways |
| Dr David Tew | |
| Post(s): | Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | Accurate potential energy surfaces and reaction dynamics Molecules are not static objects. They are continuously in motion,... |
| Keywords: | accurate potential energy surfaces | reaction dynamics | molecules | energy changes | potential energy surface | vibrational motion of the nuclei | nuclei |
| Dr Holger Then | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | Computing arithmetic spectra with applications to number theory, quantum chaos, and cosmology. |
| Keywords: | analytic number theory | computational methods |
| Dr Raf Theunissen | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer in Aerodynamics, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in the analysis of recordings of air or fluid flows to extract their velocity. The analysis involves, among... |
| Keywords: | experimental fluid dynamics | image-based flow velocity measurement | particle image velocimetry | laser doppler velocimetry |
| Dr Anita Thomas | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a scientist who is interested in discovering new methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis,... |
| Keywords: | cardiovascular disease | targeted drug delivery | nanotechnology | gene therapy | atherosclerosis | thrombosis | inflammation | vein graft |
| Dr Clare Thomas | |
| Post(s): | Research Programme Manager, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I have experience of managing randomised controlled trials(RCT) and conducting qualitative research. I am also a Chartered... |
| Keywords: | randomised controlled trials | qualitative research methods | health psychology |
| Professor Sally Thomas | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | Educational quality and improvement, school effectiveness, evaluation and self evaluation, learning communities and professional... |
| Keywords: | educational quality | school effectiveness and improvement | learning communities | multilevel modelling | evaluation | China | citizenship |
| Mr Wyndham Thomas | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow in Music, Department of Music |
| Areas of expertise: | My principal research interest is in medieval music. I have edited several volumes of 13th- and 14th-century music, three... |
| Keywords: | medieval music | music | liturgical dramas | Fleury Playbook | cantata Corpus Christi | organ music |
| Dr James Thompson | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Areas of expertise: | I work primarily on the political and intellectual history of modern Britain. I am interested in the development of ideas... |
| Keywords: | modern British politics | history of liberalism | history of political 'spin' | the idea of 'public opinion' | political propaganda and publicity | political posters | history of Labour party | history of socialism |
| Professor Janice Thompson | |
| Post(s): | Visiting Fellow, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | I am researching how to design culturally appropriate nutrition and physical activity programs that can reduce the risk for... |
| Keywords: | nutrition | physical activity | type 2 diabetes | cardiovascular disease | women's health | obesity | culturally tailored interventions |
| Dr Trevor Thompson | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Healthcare Education, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are centred around my PhD, which is entitled "Homeopathy: players, process and outcome". This is a... |
| Keywords: | homeopathy | popularity paradox | homeopathic care | therapeutic consultation | placebo effect | therapeutic approaches |
| Dr Drew Thomson | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | Peptide synthesis including designed coiled-coil building blocks and novel versions of natural peptide folding motifs. |
| Keywords: | synthesis | peptide | supramolecular |
| Professor Marianne Thoresen | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Neonatal Neuroscience, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I trained as a physiotherapist. Treating children with cerebral palsy motivated me to study medicine. While a medical student... |
| Keywords: | effect of temperature on the development of brain injury | cellular mechanisms of hypothermic neuroprotection | drugs and hypothermia | protective strategies against posthaemhorrhagic ventricular dilatation |
| Dr Michael Tierney | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research areas are (1) adsorption chillers, including build of a solar chiller and development of calorimetric... |
| Keywords: | Heat operated refrigeration | Thermo-economics | Heat utilisation | heat and mass transfer | Computational Fluid Dynamics (proprietary codes) |
| Professor Leon Tikly | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Education, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | I have expertise in the educational achievement of black and minority ethnic pupils in the UK. I also direct a major research... |
| Keywords: | ethnic minority achievement in education | African education | education quality | South African education | globalisation and education |
| Professor Kate Tilling | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Medical Statistics, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | My main areas of expertise are in methods for analysing exposures and outcomes across the life course, and in methods for... |
| Keywords: | statistical methods | lifecourse methods | missing data | epidemiology |
| Dr Sue Timmis | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | Current research interests centre on the role of digital tools in mediating communications and collaborative work across... |
| Keywords: | technology enhanced learning | Student experience of higher education | young people & ICT | Boundaries between formal & informal learning | ICT and informal learning | ICT for collaboration, interaction and identity | cultural historical activity theory | computer supported collaborative learning |
| Professor Richard Tinsley | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences Senior Research Fellow in Biological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in the ecology and physiology of parasites, especially the reproductive biology and transmission of monogenean... |
| Keywords: | parasites | amphibians | xenophus | Southern Spadefoot Toads | host & parasite co-evolution |
| Dr Branislav Titurus | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer in Aerospace Dynamics, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My primary research focus is on the semi-active fluid-based vibration control devices with particular focus on their design,... |
| Keywords: | helicopter rotor dynamics | helicopter vibration control | semi-active dampers | vibration-based damage detection and model updating | regularisation in inverse problems in vibration | identification in structural dynamics and advanced tests | experimental modal analysis |
| Dr Jane Tizard | |
| Post(s): | Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist in the Department of Paediatric Nephrology at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. |
| Keywords: | paediatric nephrology |
| Professor Jonathan Tobias | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Rheumatology, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Causes, treatment and prevention of osteoporosis (see Academic Rheumatology, Musculoskeletal Research Unit) |
| Keywords: | osteoporosis | bone development |
| Dr Andrew Tometzki | |
| Post(s): | Senior Clinical Lecturer, Medicine and Dentistry Faculty Office |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. My specialties are interventional... |
| Keywords: | paediatric cardiology | interventional cardiac catheterisation for congenital & structural heart disease | atrial septal defects | ventricular septal defects | patent arterial ducts | foetal cardiology |
| Dr Domingo Tortonese | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy |
| Areas of expertise: | My research focuses on the neuroendocrine regulation of fertility. The specific aim is to identify the signal transduction... |
| Keywords: | fertility | signal transduction pathways | gonadotrophin releasing hormone | gonadotrophin secretion | temporal changes in fertility | hypothalamus | pituitary gland |
| Dr Michael Toscano | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, School of Veterinary Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am seeking to identify mechanisms that explain why certain animals are able to overcome infection and disease better than... |
| Keywords: | animals | infection | disease |
| Dr Yves Tourigny | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Numerical Analysis, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in computing. In the past, my research has been largely in the field of traditional numerical analysis, particularly... |
| Keywords: | computing | numerical analysis | computational partial differential equations | series summation | continued fractions | products of random matrices | cryptography |
| Professor Elizabeth Towner | |
| Post(s): | Visiting Fellow, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interests are in child injury prevention: Mixed method approaches in the evaluation of injury prevention... |
| Keywords: | child injury prevention | children | injury | social deprivation |
| Dr Julie Townsend | |
| Post(s): | Teaching Fellow, Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy |
| Areas of expertise: | Research interests: Investigations on the intra-pituitary control of fertility, with particular reference to the role... |
| Keywords: | intra-pituitary control of fertility | fertility | gonadotroph cells | folliculostellate cells | lactotroph cells | breeding | control of fertility |
| Dr Ruth Townsley | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow in Norah Fry Research Centre, Norah Fry Research Centre |
| Areas of expertise: | My work focuses on empowerment and social justice for disabled children, family carers and adults with learning disabilities.... |
| Keywords: | empowerment | social justice | disabled children | family carers | learning disabilities | multi-agency working | disability |
| Dr Ash Toye | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Erythrocyte Biology, School of Biochemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | My PhD with Prof. Owen Jones (University of Bristol) was on the generation of reactive oxygen species by neutrophils and... |
| Keywords: | the bicarbonate transporter protein family: trafficking & molecular interactions in health and disease |
| Dr Sheila Trahar | |
| Post(s): | Reader in International Higher Education, Graduate School of Education |
| Areas of expertise: | Research Interests Cultural influences on learning and teaching in higher education, methodological and epistemological... |
| Keywords: | learning | teaching | higher education | widening participation | conducting research across cultures | internationalisation | diversity in higher education | equality and diversity |
| Professor Martyn Tranter | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Geography, School of Geographical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Biogeochemical processes in the cryosphere, sub-ice sheet hyrdorlogy and hydrochemistry. |
| Keywords: | hydrology | hydrochemistry | biogeochemical processes | cryosphere |
| Dr Richard Trask | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Multifunctional Materials, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a member of the Aerospace Composites research group, working in the field of Multifunctional Composites. - Self-healing... |
| Keywords: | aerospace composites | multifunctional composites | self-healing system | space composite structures | functional repair components | biometic plana |
| Mrs Tanya Trayers | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I am currently working on Project OPAL, Older People and Active Living, to examine levels of physical function in the over... |
| Keywords: | Older People and Active Living | OPAL | active living | older people | physical function | primary care services |
| Dr Peter Trimmer | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am studying the evolution of decision-making from a theoretical perspective. I'm interested in how our minds reach decisions... |
| Keywords: | evolution of decision-making |
| Professor Christopher Truman | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Solid Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I work on problems related to failure of materials, the integrity of components and structures. This includes determining... |
| Keywords: | structural integrity | mechanical engineering | stress analysis | contact mechanics | material behaviour |
| Dr Theo Tryfonas | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Systems Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I am primarily interested in conducting research work within the following fields: § Applications of computing in civil... |
| Keywords: | computing in civil engineering systems | urban information infrastructures design | wireless sensors | sustainable development | security engineering and forensic computing | higher education |
| Dr Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, Department of Engineering Mathematics Research Associate in Clinical Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | The area of my research is mathematical biology. My current research focuses on problems of mathematical neuroscience. In... |
| Keywords: | mathematical biology | theoretical neuroscience | mathematical modelling | dynamical systems | bifurcation analysis | coupled nonlinear oscillators |
| Dr Mike Tunstall | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a contract researcher in the University of Bristol's Computer Science Department. Previously, I was employed as a researcher... |
| Keywords: | secure embedded software design | cryptography | algorithms | smart card security | fault-based differential cryptanalysis | side channel analysis | bitslice cryptographic algorithm implementations |
| Dr Emma Turner | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are in the areas of Prostate cancer; Psychological impact of cancer on patient and supportive others;... |
| Keywords: | prostate cancer |
| Dr Katrina Turner | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | In my current post I have a responsibility to develop and manage qualitative studies, many of which are nested within large... |
| Keywords: | qualitative research methods | type 2 diabetes | childhood obesity | depression | sexual health |
| Dr Helene Turon | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Economics, Department of Economics |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are in labour economics. I am interested in both theoretical and empirical aspects of labour market... |
| Keywords: | labour economics | labour market models | labour reallocation | public-private pay gap | earnings dynamics |
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