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| Professor David Abbott | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Social Policy, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | Experience of a broad range of policy issues relating to disabled children - and their families. |
| Keywords: | disabled children |
| Professor Alin Achim | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Computational Imaging, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research interests span the areas of statistical signal processing with emphasis in estimation and detection theory,... |
| Keywords: | statistical image and video processing | estimation theory | multiresolution algorithms | remote sensing | medical Imaging | image fusion | image segmentation | image denoising |
| Professor Jo Adams | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Cell Biology, School of Biochemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research-interest is; the Role of Signalling to the Cytoskeleton by the Extracellular Matrix in Cell Motility Processes. The... |
| Keywords: | signalling | cytoskeleton | extracellular matrix | cell motility processes | cell-matrix adhesion processes | intrecellular signalling | cell protrusions |
| Professor John Adams | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, Department of Film and Television |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research interests and practice centre on film and media forms, particularly existing and potential relations... |
| Keywords: | film analysis | film production | media studies | media production | film education | media education | film | media |
| Dr Jitendra Agarwal | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research on structural safety and nonlinear dynamics has origins in my PhD work and it has been gaining depth... |
| Keywords: | structural safety | nonlinear dynamics | dynamic progressive collapse | vulnerability of structures | risk assessment of infrastructures |
| Professor Varinder Aggarwal | |
| Post(s): | Professor, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests include; the development of new catalytic processes for asymmetric synthesis; the taming of reactive... |
| Keywords: | catalytic processes | asymmetric synthesis | reactive intermediates | synthesis | carbenes | carbenoids | radicals | radical cations |
| Dr Dimitris Agrafiotis | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests include robust video communications (error resilience, error concealment, multiple description video... |
| Keywords: | robust and efficient wireless video delivery | video error resilience & concealement | video quality evaluation | perceptually optimised video compression |
| Dr Marianne Ailes | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of French |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are in Medieval French literature, in particular the (frequently politically engaged) chansons de geste... |
| Keywords: | Medieval French literature | early vernacular chronicles | literature of the crusades | Richard I | Charlemagne in England | Manuscript fragments |
| Dr Valentine Akande | |
| Post(s): | Honorary Senior Lecturer, Bristol Medical School (THS) |
| Areas of expertise: | Gynaecology and obstetrics; subfertility and assisted conception |
| Keywords: | gynaecology and/or obstetrics | reproductive health | subfertility | laparoscopic surgery | infertility | assisted conception |
| Professor Roger Alder | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | A major theme of my research has been the preparation and study of interesting molecules - nature has no monopoly on these,... |
| Keywords: | molecules | stable diaminocarbenes | computational organic chemistry | conformational control by quaternary centres | strong amine bases | intrabrigehead chemistry | powerful alkylating agents |
| Dr Kazem Alemzadeh | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I enjoy studying biological systems, many aspects of biological systems are mechanical in nature. An understanding of biomechanics... |
| Keywords: | CAD/CAM & reverse engineering | restorative dentistry | condition monitoring | predictive maintenance |
| Dr Nicholas Alexander | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Structural Dynamics, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | At the moment, I am working on the following research projects: -The behaviour of nonlinear moment resisting frames under... |
| Keywords: | earthquake engineering | structural dynamics | nonlinear dynamics |
| Professor Neil Allan | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | We use advanced simulation and modelling techniques to understand the properties of solids and surfaces at the atomic level.... |
| Keywords: | solids | surfaces | properties at the atomic level | atomistic simulation | quantum chemistry | inorganic materials | non-metallic solids |
| Dr Giuliano Allegri | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Composite Structures, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My research is focused on the prediction of damage onset and propagation in light alloys and composite materials/structures,... |
| Keywords: | prediction of damage onset | light alloys | composite materials | material fatigue | aeroelastics |
| Professor Christian Allen | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Computational Aerodynamics/Head of Department of Aerospace, Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Numerical simulation of fluid/aerodynamics (CFD). Particular expertise in development of flow-solver and grid generation... |
| Keywords: | aerodynamics | fluid dynamics | CFD | numerical simulation | aeroelastics | rotor blade flows |
| Dr Mark Allinson | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of German |
| Areas of expertise: | My principal interest is modern German social and political history, though not military history. I have published mainly... |
| Keywords: | German history | German politics | East Germany | GDR | Austrian history | Austria | Cold War |
| Dr Rob Andrews | |
| Post(s): | Honorary Senior Lecturer, Bristol Medical School (THS) |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Consultant Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol and an Honorary Consultant Physician at Musgrove Park Hospital,... |
| Keywords: | diabetes | exercise | diet | obesity | insulin resistance | bariatric surgery |
| Professor Christophe Andrieu | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Statistics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a statistician with a background in electrical engineering. My work is mainly focused on the development of algorithms... |
| Keywords: | time series | applied probability | Bayesian modelling | Monte Carlo computation | optimisation under uncertainty | statistical signal processing |
| Professor Alexandre Anesio | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Biogeochemistry, School of Geographical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are broad, and I combine concepts from Geography, Biology and Chemistry to understand carbon cycle... |
| Keywords: | low temperature biogeochemistry | polar microbiology | microbes in the cryosphere | photochemistry | carbon and nitrogen cycle in freshwaters | limnology | freshwater biology |
| Professor Gianni Angelini | |
| Post(s): | BHF Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Director, Bristol Medical School (THS) |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interests include: Saphenous vein bypass graft failure; beating heart (off-pump) coronary surgery; arterial... |
| Keywords: | saphenous vein bypass graft failure | beating heart surgery | arterial revascularisation | mitral valve repair | cardiac surgery |
| Dr Catherine Annen | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow in Earth Sciences, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I use numerical simulation and heat transfer computation to explore magmatic processes. I study quantitatively the genesis... |
| Keywords: | magmatic processes | pluton emplacement | magma | magma chambers | magma reservoirs |
| Professor James Annett | |
| Post(s): | Professor, School of Physics |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are in the theory of electronic structure of solids, with particular emphasis on theories of superconductors... |
| Keywords: | superconductivity | electron correlation in solids |
| Dr Massimo Antognozzi | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Physics |
| Areas of expertise: | My main research interests are in the area of bio-nanoscience. In particular, I am currently developing a dedicated scanning... |
| Keywords: | bio-nanoscience | microscope | confined liquid films | confined molecules | adsorbed biomolecules | molecular motors |
| Dr Karen Aplin | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | I work on novel instrumentation for atmospheric and space science, mainly for electrical measurements. I am scientifically... |
| Keywords: | space science | Planetary atmospheres | Lightning and atmospheric electricity | Atmospheric science | Novel instrumentation | Science and music |
| Professor Richard Apps | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Neuroscience, School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience |
| Areas of expertise: | My research seeks to understand how the brain controls movements. Expertise in sensory-motor systems and related neural circuits |
| Keywords: | cerebellum | movement control | motor systems | neural networks | sensory systems | neuroscience |
| Professor John Armitage | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, Bristol Medical School (THS) |
| Areas of expertise: | I am Director of Tissue Banking, responsible for the Bristol Eye Bank, one of the largest eye banks in Europe, and the Bristol... |
| Keywords: | cryobiology | organ transplants | tissue banking | eye banking | corneal transplantation |
| Dr Simon Armour | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Software Radio, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | My expertise covers a spectrum of wireless communications techniques and technologies, particularly as applied to the Physical... |
| Keywords: | wireless communications | 802.11, WiFi, 802.16 WiMax | Cross Layer Communications | Green Communications, Green Radio | Cognitive Communications, Cognitive Radio | Multicarrier Communications, OFDM, OFDMA, SC_FDMA | MIMO | Beyond 3G, 4G, LTE, LTE-A |
| Dr Chris Arthur | |
| Post(s): | Research Fellow, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | Proteomics is the study of the proteins and enzymes that actually do the work of the cell whilst metabolomics studies the... |
| Keywords: | polyketides | mass spectrometry | natural products | drugs from bacteria, fungi and plants | analysis of proteins | proteomics | biosynthesis of fatty acids | biosynthesis |
| Professor Raimondo Ascione | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Translational Research and Director of TBRC, Bristol Medical School (THS) |
| Areas of expertise: | I have conducted several prospective randomised trials to validate the effect of off-pump coronary surgery on sub-system... |
| Keywords: | off-pump coronary surgery | quality of life | hospital costs | myocardial protection | valve repair | stem cells |
| Dr Michael Ashby | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience |
| Areas of expertise: | My research addresses the development of brain circuitry early in life, when anatomical and synaptic plasticity coordinate... |
| Keywords: | development of brain circuitry early in life | anatomical plasticity | synaptic plasticity | mammalian cortex | neonatal sensory experience |
| Professor Mike Ashfold | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry |
| Areas of expertise: | The research in my group sub-divides into two main areas. 1.Detailed studies of the photochemistry and photophysics of... |
| Keywords: | chemical vapour deposition | diamond films | pulsed laser ablation and deposition | plasma diagnostics | gas and solution phase photochemistry |
| Professor David Ashton | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor of Accounting and Finance, Department of Accounting and Finance |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests include financial theory, corporate financial decisions and UK taxation. I am currently investigating... |
| Keywords: | financial theory | corporate financial decisions | finance | taxation | equity valuation | business finance |
| Dr Will Atkinson | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Sociology, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My area of expertise is social class, covering the different approaches and measurements of class and the patterns of inequality... |
| Keywords: | social class | class politics | class culture | educational inequalities | social mobility | inequality |
| Dr Angela Attwood | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychological Science |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are in the effects of social drugs and drug-related stimuli, and the psychological and biological factors... |
| Keywords: | social drugs | drug-related stimuli | addiction | drug use | alcohol | social cognition | smoking | cognitive performance |
| Dr Kenneth Austin | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Areas of expertise: | My research lies in the field of late medieval and early modern European history. More specifically, I am interested in... |
| Keywords: | European history | history | late medieval history | Renaissance | Reformation | Tremellius | European Reformation |
| Professor Matthew Avison | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Molecular Bacteriology, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I have been running a research team for the last 10 years studying antibiotic resistance mechanisms in hospital "super-bugs".... |
| Keywords: | bacterial infection | antibiotic resistance | superbugs | hospital acquired infections |
| Dr Sarah Ayres | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Public Policy and Governance, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | My central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. My most recent work has examined the informal... |
| Keywords: | public policy | governance | collaborative governance | territorial governance | decentralisation | inter-governmental relations | economic development and regeneration |
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