Professor Jim Al-Khalili Professor of Physics, Professor of Public Engagement in Science
Professor Sue Lanham-New Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor Jim Al-Khalili obtained his PhD from Surrey in 1989, then, after two years at University College London, returned in 1991 to establish himself as a leading expert on exotic atomic nuclei. His related papers have over a thousand citations. Alongside lecturing undergraduates and acting as an admissions tutor, Professor Al-Khalili is a well-known science communicator. His books are translated into 26 languages and he is a familiar face thanks to his media work, including Bafta-nominated Chemistry: A Volatile History and BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific . In 2018, Professor Al-Khalili was awarded the highly prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society. Along with this honour, he is a recipient of the Royal Society Michael Faraday medal, the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal and the Stephen Hawking Medal. He has also been awarded a number of fellowships including an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship and a Senior Media Fellowship.
Professor Sue Lanham-New is a Fellow of the Society of Biology and a registered nutritionist. She is a leading expert in the fields of vitamin D, diet and bone health, and a member of Public Health England’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. Professor Lanham-New played a key role in the development of Surrey’s new BSc Sport and Exercise Science degree and lectures on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the field of nutrition. Her current work includes a £800,000 BBSRC-funded project on different forms of vitamin D for human health and a €6 million EU-funded project to set guidelines for vitamin D requirements for all age groups across Europe.
Professor Caroline Scarles Head of School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Since joining Surrey Space Centre in 2004, Professor Yang Gao has worked with students on internationally teamed projects to develop autonomous system technologies for future near-Earth or interplanetary missions like ExoMars and MoonLITE. As an elected Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), Professor Gao has given invited lectures at international organisations and summer schools to boost engagement with the subject, and was named by Times Higher Education as one of 10 young leading academics in the UK significantly contributing to their discipline. Professor Yang Gao Professor of Space Autonomous Systems, Head of the STAR Lab within Surrey Space Centre
Professor Scarles is currently Head of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey. Her key research interests lie in the areas of critical tourism, with particular focus on the role of the visual and technology in tourism. Bringing together her work on the visual, mobile technology and digital solutions in the visitor experience, Professor Scarles’ current research focuses on next generation paper technology in travel and the role of augmented reality and image recognition on enriching the visitor experience in arts and heritage. She also conducts research in the area of sustainability through work on the socio-cultural impacts of tourism on communities and pro-environmental behaviour change.
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