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Department of Life Sciences
Psychology

Name Telephone Email Office
Dr Lora Adair Dr Lora Adair
Senior Lecturer in Psychology (CCE)
My research primarily focuses on topics within the domains of social and evolutionary psychology, pa...
T: +44 (0)1895 265131
E: lora.adair@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265131 lora.adair@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 121
Dr Elena Antonova Dr Elena Antonova
Reader in Psychology
I obtained the BSc in Psychology from the University College London, UK, in 2000 and the PhD in...
T: +44 (0)1895 266641
E: elena.antonova@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266641 elena.antonova@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 134
Dr Stephanie Baines Dr Stephanie Baines
Associate Dean (Quality Assurance) / Senior Lecturer (Education) in Psychology
I joined the Division of Psychology as a lecturer (education) in 2021. After completing my D.Phil at...
T: +44 (0)1895 267633
E: stephanie.baines@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267633 stephanie.baines@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 123
Dr Sofia Barbosa Boucas Dr Sofia Barbosa Boucas
Reader (Education) in Psychology
Dr Sofia Barbosa Boucas is a respected academic with extensive experience in psychology and educatio...
T: +44 (0)1895 267970
E: sofia.barbosaboucas@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267970 sofia.barbosaboucas@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 101
Dr Rachel Bennetts Dr Rachel Bennetts
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
I am a lecturer in Psychology. My research interests focus mainly on face processing and disorders o...
T: +44 (0)1895 265410
E: rachel.bennetts@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265410 rachel.bennetts@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 155
Dr Martina Bocchetta Dr Martina Bocchetta
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
E: martina.bocchetta@brunel.ac.uk
martina.bocchetta@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 130
Dr Ondrej Cerha Dr Ondrej Cerha
Lecturer in Psychology
I am a cultural psychologist with an interdisciplinary background. My research programme focuses on ...
E: ondrej.cerha2@brunel.ac.uk
ondrej.cerha2@brunel.ac.uk
Dr Annie Chan Dr Annie Chan
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Throughout my research career, I have worked with many exceptional scientists. At Bangor, as a PhD s...
T: +44 (0)1895 265101
E: annie.chan@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265101 annie.chan@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 146
Dr Byron Creese Dr Byron Creese
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
I am a translational neuroscience researcher whose research focuses on neuropsychiatric symptoms in ...
T: +44 (0)1895 265623
E: byron.creese@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265623 byron.creese@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 146
Dr Micheal De Barra Dr Micheal De Barra
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
My research is concerned with health and behaviour, and it often takes an evolutionary approach. I h...
T: +44 (0)1895 265359
E: micheal.debarra@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265359 micheal.debarra@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 129
Dr Bianca De Haan Dr Bianca De Haan
Associate Dean (Student Experience) / Senior Lecturer
Cognitive neuroscientist, who studies selective attention in various populations. I completed a comb...
T: +44 (0)1895 265797
E: bianca.dehaan@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265797 bianca.dehaan@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 102
Dr Matteo De Marco Dr Matteo De Marco
Lecturer in Psychology
I work as lecturer within the Division of Psychology, contributing to teaching and research act...
T: +44 (0)1895 267642
E: matteo.demarco@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267642 matteo.demarco@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 132
Dr Caroline Di Bernardi Luft Dr Caroline Di Bernardi Luft
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
I joined Brunel University London in November 2022 as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the Divisio...
T: +44 (0)1895 267384
E: caroline.dibernardiluft@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267384 caroline.dibernardiluft@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 133
Dr Terry Dovey Dr Terry Dovey
Head of Department - Life Sciences
I am a behaviourist and specialist in feeding disorders (now called avoidant/restrictive eating diso...
T: +44 (0)1895 266617
E: terry.dovey@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266617 terry.dovey@brunel.ac.uk Heinz Wolff 261
Dr Nelli Ferenczi Dr Nelli Ferenczi
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
I am a Lecturer in Psychology. As a cross-cultural social psychologist, I am interested in applying ...
T: +44 (0)1895 266685
E: nelli.ferenczi@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266685 nelli.ferenczi@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 121
Dr Stanley Gaines Dr Stanley Gaines
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Research interests span aceoss the fields of relationship science (e.g., impact of traits, values, a...
T: +44 (0)1895 265485
E: stanley.gaines@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265485 stanley.gaines@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 128
Dr Matthew Gervais Dr Matthew Gervais
Lecturer in Psychology
I'm an evolutionary and cultural psychologist with a background in anthropology. My research takes a...
T: +44 (0)1895 267772
E: matthew.gervais@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267772 matthew.gervais@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 133
Dr Will Gervais Dr Will Gervais
Reader in Psychology
I'm a cultural and evolutionary psychologist who studies what people believe about the world. I'm cu...
T: +44 (0)1895 267808
E: will.gervais@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267808 will.gervais@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 126
Dr Francisco Gomez Jimenez Dr Francisco Gomez Jimenez
Lecturer in Psychology
Francisco Gómez Jiménez is a Lecturer in Psychology at the Centre for Culture and...
T: +44 (0)1895 268939
E: francisco.gomezjimenez@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268939 francisco.gomezjimenez@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 128
Dr Jo Holmberg Dr Jo Holmberg
Lecturer in Psychology
I am a developmental psychologist & cognitive neuroscientist researching resilience and risk fac...
T: +44 (0)1895 266732
E: jo.holmberg2@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266732 jo.holmberg2@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 155
Dr Toshie Imada Dr Toshie Imada
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
I received my PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan in 2008, where I also participated ...
T: +44 (0)1895 267684
E: toshie.imada@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267684 toshie.imada@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 132
Dr Ben Jennings Dr Ben Jennings
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
My research is based in the field of human visual perception and predominately employs psychophysica...
T: +44 (0)1895 266491
E: ben.jennings@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266491 ben.jennings@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 130
Dr Michelle Kline Dr Michelle Kline
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Kline studies human behavior and development through the lens of cultural evolutionary theory. He...
T: +44 (0)1895 267806
E: michelle.kline@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267806 michelle.kline@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 129
Professor Veena Kumari Professor Veena Kumari
Professor - Psychology
Professor Veena Kumari obtained a PhD in Psychology from Banaras Hindu University, India in 1993 pri...
T: +44 (0)1895 268053
E: veena.kumari@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268053 veena.kumari@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 148
Dr Elena Makovac Dr Elena Makovac
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
T: +44 (0)1895 2667655
E: elena.makovac@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 2667655 elena.makovac@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 132
Dr Riccardo Manca Dr Riccardo Manca
Research Fellow
I obtained by BSc in Psychology from the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy, in ...
T: +44 (0)1895 268073
E: riccardo.manca@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268073 riccardo.manca@brunel.ac.uk Gaskell 263
Dr Jordan Moon Dr Jordan Moon
Lecturer in Psychology
I'm a social psychologist and lecturer in psychology at the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brun...
T: +44 (0)1895 267071
E: jordan.moon@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267071 jordan.moon@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 124
Professor Dany Nobus Professor Dany Nobus
Professor - Psychology
Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, former Chair and Fellow of the Freud Museum L...
T: +44 (0)1895 265944
E: dany.nobus@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265944 dany.nobus@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 105
Dr Ray Norbury Dr Ray Norbury
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
I joined the Department of Psychology at Brunel University London as a Senior Lecturer in January 20...
T: +44 (0)1895 266529
E: ray.norbury@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266529 ray.norbury@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 149
Dr Justin O'Brien Dr Justin O'Brien
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Developmental visual neuroscience, studying the autism spectrum, face perception and psychophysics. ...
T: +44 (0)1895 265475
E: justin.obrien@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265475 justin.obrien@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 144
Dr Pauldy Otermans Dr Pauldy Otermans
Senior Lecturer (Education) in Psychology
I am a Senior Lecturer (Education) in Psychology in the Division of Psychology, Depar...
T: +44 (0)1895 266341
E: pauldy.otermans@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266341 pauldy.otermans@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 142
Dr Abigail E Page Dr Abigail E Page
Lecturer in Psychology (CCE)
Dr Page studies human reproduction, parenting, childrearing and early child development from an evol...
T: +44 (0)1895 266671
E: abigail.page@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266671 abigail.page@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 130
Dr Andrew Parton Dr Andrew Parton
Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs) / Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Having worked for 4-years as a programmer in a clinical chemistry research unit I returned to higher...
T: +44 (0)1895 267326
E: andrew.parton@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267326 andrew.parton@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 124
Dr Nicholas Pound Dr Nicholas Pound
Divisional Lead / Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Biological and Evolutionary Psychology (Centre for Culture & Evolution)      &nbs...
T: +44 (0)1895 266311
E: nicholas.pound@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266311 nicholas.pound@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 122
Dr Michael Price Dr Michael Price
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
I conduct research in evolutonary psychology, a synthesis of cogntive psychology and evolutionary bi...
T: +44 (0)1895 266974
E: michael.price@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266974 michael.price@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 106
Dr Ignazio Puzzo Dr Ignazio Puzzo
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
 I graduated in Experimental Psychology at the University of Padua (Italy) in 2004. Then obtain...
T: +44 (0)1895 265991
E: ignazio.puzzo@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265991 ignazio.puzzo@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 134
Dr Julio Rodriguez Larios Dr Julio Rodriguez Larios
Lecturer in Psychology
I joined the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at Brunel University London in November 2023. I ...
T: +44 (0)1895 268016
E: julio.rodriguezlarios@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268016 julio.rodriguezlarios@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 111
Dr Noam Sagiv Dr Noam Sagiv
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Since my undergraduate studies, my interests have gradually shifted from physics and chemistry to ne...
T: +44 (0)1895 265341
E: noam.sagiv@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265341 noam.sagiv@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 155
Dr Diana Szameitat Dr Diana Szameitat
Lecturer in Psychology
In 2002 I obtained a MSc at the University of Tübingen, Germany. In 2006 I finished my&nbs...
T: +44 (0)1895 267050
E: diana.szameitat@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267050 diana.szameitat@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 124
Dr Andre J.  Szameitat Dr Andre J. Szameitat
Reader - Psychology
Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience. Brief CV: After my general study of Psychology I conducted my PhD ...
T: +44 (0)1895 267387
E: andre.szameitat@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267387 andre.szameitat@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 104
Professor Annalena Venneri Professor Annalena Venneri
Professor of Psychology (CCN)
Professor Venneri has obtained a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, UK and an MD from the Universi...
T: +44 (0)1895 266923
E: annalena.venneri@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266923 annalena.venneri@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 145
Dr Nicole Wen Dr Nicole Wen
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Nicole Wen is a Lecturer in Psychology in the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel Universi...
T: +44 (0)1895 265782
E: nicole.wen@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265782 nicole.wen@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 133
Dr Aiyana Willard Dr Aiyana Willard
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Aiyana Willard is a Lecturer (psychology) in the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel Un...
T: +44 (0)1895 265151
E: aiyana.willard@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265151 aiyana.willard@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 126
Dr Adrian Williams Dr Adrian Williams
Senior Lecturer
My main research interests relate to vision and visual perception, but I have a broader interest in ...
T: +44 (0)1895 265452
E: adrian.williams@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265452 adrian.williams@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 144
Dr James Winters Dr James Winters
Lecturer in Psychology
I’m a cognitive and behavioural scientist working in the domains of cultural evolution, techno...
T: +44 (0)1895 268583
E: james.winters@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268583 james.winters@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 126
Professor Taeko Wydell Professor Taeko Wydell
Emeritus Professor
Having completed my ESRC funded PhD in 1991 as a mature student, I worked on my research as a&n...
T: +44 (0)1895 265473
E: taeko.wydell@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265473 taeko.wydell@brunel.ac.uk Quad North 131