Our people
Find out more about the people who make up the Thomas Ashton Institute.
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Neil Bourne
Professor in Extreme Environments
Co-Director of the Thomas Ashton Institute
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Andrew Curran
HSE, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research
Co-Director of the Thomas Ashton Institute
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Richard Kirkham
Reader in Civil Engineering
Thomas Ashton Institute Deputy Director and SALIENT Academic Lead
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Darren Clement
Institute Operations Manager
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Andrew Tracey
Programme Manager
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Helen Kreissl
Senior Administrator for the Thomas Ashton Institute and SALIENT
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Victoria Turner
SALIENT Hub and Programme Manager
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Angel Harper
SALIENT Project Officer
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Find out more about the people who lead each of our research themes and platforms:
Themes
Living and Infrastructure
- UoM Lead - Meini Su
- HSE Lead - Rachel Cruise
- HSE Strategic Science Adviser - Mike Wardman
- HSE Science Business Partner - Tracy Read
- HSE ERCL Lead - TBC
Resilient Net Zero
- UoM Lead - TBC. Neil Bourne will act as interim contact
- HSE Lead - Ian Chapman
- HSE Strategic Science Adviser - Simon Gant
- HSE Science Business Partner - Lorraine Gavin
- HSE ERCL Lead - Stuart Hawksworth
Workplace Health and Wellbeing
- UoM Lead - Anne Clayson
- HSE Lead - David Fishwick
- HSE Strategic Science Adviser - Yiqun Chen
- HSE Science Business Partner - Kerry Poole
- HSE ERCL Lead - TBC
Platforms
Digital Safety and Health
- UoM Lead - Clara Cheung
- HSE Lead - Helen Balmforth
- HSE Strategic Science Adviser - Derek Morgan
- HSE Science Business Partner - Tracy Read
- HSE ERCL Lead - Helen Balmforth
Leadership and Social Change
- UoM Leads - Kara Ng, Lina Siegl, Sara Willis
- HSE Lead - Helen Beers
- HSE Strategic Science Adviser - Derek Morgan
- HSE Science Business Partner - Kerry Poole
- HSE ERCL Lead - TBC
Security and Resilience
- UoM Lead - Richard Kirkham
- HSE Lead - Matt Clay
- HSE Strategic Science Adviser - David Johnson
- HSE Science Business Partner - TBC
- HSE ERCL Lead - Tim Plowright