Academic staff
We are a large community of academics and professional clinicians undertaking innovative research and delivering high-quality teaching and training.
Meet the team
Head of School
Professor Roi Cohen Kadosh
Head of School of Psychology and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Head of departments
Mary John
Head of Department of Psychological Interventions
Dr Lada Timotijevic
Associate Professor; Head of Department of Psychological Sciences; Deputy Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Academic staff
Dr Chris Askew
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Adrian Banks
Senior Lecturer
Professor Thorsten Barnhofer
Professor of Clinical Psychology
James Butterworth
Lecturer
Dr Neha Cattra
Lecturer & Senior Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Specialised CBT Pathway Interim Lead
Dr Rocco Chiou
Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Ishita Chowdhury
Lecturer
Dr Kathrin Cohen Kadosh
Reader in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Anna Cook
Surrey Future Fellow
Professor Mark Cropley
Professor of Health Psychology
Emma Crouch
Senior Lecturer in CBT - Lead for Talking Therapies
Joanne Culver
Senior Lecturer, Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
Dr Indigo Davis
Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist
Dr Philip Dean
Research Fellow, Deputy Chair of University Ethics Committee
Dr Bridget Dibb
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, PhD Health Psychology Course Director
Dr Simon Draycott
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Laura Driesen
Senior Teaching Fellow & Academic Director (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology)
Hannah Dugan
Lecturer in Psychological Intervention (CBT)
Dr Abby Dunn
Senior Lecturer
Dr Bernadette Egan
Senior Research Fellow/Deputy Chair University of Surrey Ethics Committee
Samia El Osta
Lecturer- Advanced Practice in Psychological Wellbeing (APPW)
Dr Simon Evans
Lecturer in Neuroscience
Professor Emily Farran
Professor in Developmental Psychology
Dr Fabio Fasoli
Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology
Dr Carolina Feher da Silva
Lecturer in Psychology
Professor Christopher Fife-Schaw
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Emily Fisher-Smith
Programme Lead (Advanced Practice in Psychological Wellbeing)
Dr Hannah Frith
Associate Professor in Psychology
Dr Di Fu
Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience | Human-Robot/AI Interaction | Social Media Lead
Dr Benjamin Gardner
Reader in Psychology; MSc Behaviour Change Programme Lead
Professor Birgitta Gatersleben
Professor of Environmental Psychology
Dr Judith Gentle
Senior lecturer in Psychology
Dr Sarah Glew
Lecturer (PsychD), Clinical Psychologist
Dr Debbie Gooch
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Dr Alexandra Grandison
Associate Head of Education for the School of Psychology
Dr Sarah Hack
Programme Lead, Psychology Foundation Year
Laura Hamilton
Lecturer in Learning Development
Dr Cassie Hazell
Lecturer B
Dr Erica Hepper
Lecturer in Personality/Social Psychology
Dr Charo Hodgkins
Director of Innovation / Senior Research Fellow
Dr Aife Hopkins-Doyle
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Dr Jane Iles
Programme Director, PsychD Clinical Psychology Programme. Associate Professor. Clinical Psychologist
Circe Jackson
Lecturer
Dr Valeria Jaramillo
Wellcome Early Career Fellow
Dr Lewis Jayes
Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Programme for Psychology
Dr Sarfraz Jeraj
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Nicola Johnstone
Research fellow
Professor Chrissie Jones
Professor in Clinical Health Psychology
Dr Jenni Kahkonen
Postdoctoral research fellow
Dr Manveer Kaur
Lecturer
Dr Phillippa Lally
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Kate Leech
Lecturer
Dr Goran Lukic
Admissions Lead & Teaching Fellow
Dr Gloria Wai Shan Ma
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Jennifer Mance
Senior Lecturer & Clinical Psychologist
Dr Melissa Marselle
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Dr Marie Martel
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Feride Masera
Research Assistant
Dr Oliver Mason
Director of Employability / Reader in Clinical Psychology
Dr Warren Matofsky
Senior Teaching Fellow, Clinical & Community Psychologist, Group Psychotherapist
Dr Angela Mazzone
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Lisa Mohebati
Research Fellow
Dr Joanna Moss
Senior Lecturer
Dr Jennifer Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Jonathan Nelson
Lecturer in Experimental Cognitive Psychology
Dr Ciara O'Brien
Research Fellow
Amy O'Connor
Lecturer in Psychological Intervention (CBT)
Professor Jane Ogden
Professor of Health Psychology
Dr Lucie Ollis
Lecturer in Psychology
Adam Ottley-Porter
Lecturer - Advanced Practice in Psychological Wellbeing
Dr Fatima Ozeto
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Sarah Payne
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Dr Alejandro Perez
Research Fellow
Professor Michael Pluess
Professor of Developmental Psychology
Dr Lydia Poole
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Health Psychology
Professor Monique Raats
EDI Lead / Professor: Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Dr Rose Rickford
Research Fellow in Qualitative Methods
Professor Angelica Ronald
Professor of Psychology and Genetics
Dr Sophie Russell
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Dr Serena Sabatini
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Rose-Marie Satherley
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
Dr Valentine Seymour
Lecturer in Sustainability Assessment
Dr Juha Silvanto
International Lead / Reader in Neuroscience
Dr Laura Simonds
Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme
Dr Kimberley Smith
Senior lecturer in Clinical Health Psychology
Dr Mojtaba Soltanlou
Assistant Professor in Developmental Neuroscience
Dr Adriana Lorena Soni Garcia
Lecturer
Dr Amber Taylor
Lecturer and Clinical Tutor -PsychD
Professor Harriet Tenenbaum
Director of Learning and Teaching; Reader in Developmental Psychology
Professor Victoria Tischler
Professor of Behavioural Science
Dr Ines Violante
PGR Director / Senior Lecturer in Psychological Neuroscience
Dr Tijana Vukicevic
Lecturer
Dr Katherine Wakelin
Research Fellow
Dr Hazel Wallace-Williams
Lecturer
Dr Anna-Stiina Wallinheimo
Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Emma White
Visiting Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology
Dr Emma Williams
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Dr Alan Wong
Senior Lecturer: Programme Lead, MSc Psychology in Game Design & Digital Innovation
Dr Yetta Wong
Lecturer
Marija Zivkovic
Postdoctoral Researcher
Visiting staff
Sebastian Bartos
Visiting Lecturer
Professor Grant Devilly
Visiting Professor
Dr Christopher Jones
Visiting Reader
Ian Kneebone
Visiting Professor
Professor Paul Sowden
Visiting Professor
Emeritus staff
Professor Martyn Barrett
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Nick Emler
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Christopher Fife-Schaw
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Richard Shepherd
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor David Uzzell
Professor (Emeritus) of Environmental Psychology