Our people

Justine has been an environmental professional for over 20 years; starting her career as a fast track graduate within the Ministry of Defence and later running her own environmental consultancy assisting blue chip companies, SME's and public sector organisations. ...

Emran joined the University of Suffolk in April 2023. He works within the Talent and Organisational Development team which sits within the POD Directorate, supporting the provision of our resourcing and staff recruitment activity across the organisation.Before joining the Universit...

Graham has worked in teaching and education for 30 years. After a career as an EFL teacher and examiner, including roles in Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, and the UAE, he relocated to the UK in 2012 and gained a Masters in Information Management at the University of Sheffield. He has worked...

Scarlett is a Research Associate and Postgraduate Researcher in the School of Health and Sport Sciences and has supported a range of diverse projects across the Research institutes relating to long-covid, health behaviour mapping, and air quality in Suffolk. ...

Billie-Jean 'Bea' Headford is a Library Assistant at the University of Suffolk. However, she has been involved with the University of Suffolk in many ways. She first joined the University as a student in 2016 and while completing her degree she also worked as a Student Ambassador. W...

I graduated from University Campus Suffolk (now University of Suffolk) in 2014 with a BA (Hons) degree in Computer Games Design. It feels surreal to think back on how much I've grown since those days, both professionally and personally. My journey since graduation has been a blend o...

Dr Chris Lewington joined the team in June 2019 after a long and successful industrial career in major systems development and software research across the finance, defence, telecommunications and biotechnology sectors. ...

Dr Felix Ngobigha is a Lecturer in Network Engineering at the School of Engineering Arts, Science, and Technology, University of Suffolk, UK. He holds a PhD in Computing and Electronic Systems, an MSc in Telecommunication and Information Systems from the School of Computer Science a...

Marco is an architect (PhD, ARB, SFHEA) and urban planner. He earned his PhD in 2016 from Sapienza University of Rome with a thesis on the relationship between memory and design in the rehabilitation of industrial plants. Marco specializes in urban narrative and complex sustainabili...

Maxine joined the University’s Business Engagement Careers and Employability team in 2022 as the Project Administrator supporting the In-Career Education and Training Project (ICET). She is responsible for the administrative processes and financial monitoring of a specified ESF pr...

Hisham is a lecturer in Computing and AI and joined the University of Suffolk after working at University of Monash for twelve years. Before he joined Monash, he worked as a researcher at the University of Bristol and Imperial College, UK. His first work at University of Bristol inv...

Kakia is a Lecturer in Computing at the School of Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology with expertise in machine learning, information management systems and data science. She holds a PhD from the University of Essex (2010). She is a member of the School of EAST Ethics Committe...