Physics and Astrophysics staff
Academic

Sadaf Arabi
Early Stage Researcher
- LJ.017C
- 07741099577
- s.arabi@keele.ac.uk

Dr Arumugam Mahendrasingam
Reader; Course Director
- Lennard-Jones: 1.04
- +44 (0)1782 733312
- a.mahendrasingam@keele.ac.uk

Dr Barry Smalley
Senior Lecturer; Examinations Officer
- Lennard-Jones: 2.05
- +44 (0)1782 734229
- b.smalley@keele.ac.uk

Professor Coel Hellier
Professor of Astrophysics
- Lennard-Jones: 2.04
- +44 (0)1782 734243
- c.hellier@keele.ac.uk

Dr Daniela Plana
Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.46
- +44 (0)1782 734998
- d.plana@keele.ac.uk

Dr Jacco Th. van Loon
Reader
Expert in Space, planets, galaxies.
- Lennard-Jones: 2.07
- +44 (0)1782 733331
- j.t.van.loon@keele.ac.uk

Dr Joana Oliveira
Senior Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.48
- +44 (0)1782 733493
- j.oliveira@keele.ac.uk

Dr John Taylor
Lecturer in Astrophysics
- Lennard-Jones: 1.42
- +44 (0)1782 733494
- j.k.taylor@keele.ac.uk

Dr Juliana Morbec
Lecturer; Year 1 Tutor
- Lennard-Jones: 2.10
- +44 (0)1782 733329
- j.morbec@keele.ac.uk

Professor Maria Heckl
Professor of Engineering Mathematics
- Lennard-Jones: 0.17A
- +44(0)1782 733423
- m.a.heckl@keele.ac.uk

Dr Nick Wright
Ernest Rutherford Fellow
- Lennard-Jones: 2.03
- +44 (0)1782 734997
- n.j.wright@keele.ac.uk

Dr Nilanthy Balakrishnan
Lecturer in Physics
- Lennard-Jones: 2.10
- +44(0)178 273 3045
- n.balakrishnan@keele.ac.uk

Dr Patrick Connell
Teaching Fellow; Admissions Tutor
- Lennard-Jones: 2.03
- +44 (0)1782 734922
- p.j.connell@keele.ac.uk

Dr Pierre F.L. Maxted
Reader, Careers Officer
- Lennard-Jones: 2.06
- +44 (0)1782 733457
- p.maxted@keele.ac.uk

Professor Raphael Hirschi
Professor of Stellar Hydrodynamics and Nuclear Astrophysics
- Lennard-Jones: 2.09
- +44 (0)1782 733324
- r.hirschi@keele.ac.uk

Professor Rob D. Jeffries
Professor of Astrophysics
- Lennard-Jones: 2.08
- +44 (0)1782 733892
- r.d.jeffries@keele.ac.uk

Dr Steven Wye
Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.09
- +44 (0)1782 733852
- s.m.wye@keele.ac.uk

Professor Trevor Forsyth
Professor of Biophysics
- Lennard-Jones: 1.10
- +33 (0)476207158
- v.t.forsyth@keele.ac.uk
Research

Dr Becky Arnold
Research Associate in Astrophysics
- Lennard-Jones: 2.01
- r.j.arnold@keele.ac.uk

James Keegans
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Lennard-Jones: 2.01
- +44 (0)1782 33668
- j.d.k.keegans@keele.ac.uk
Emeritus

Professor Aneurin Evans
Professor of Astrophysics
- Lennard-Jones : 2.01
- +44 (0) 1782 733668
- a.evans@keele.ac.uk

Professor Derek Lainé
Emeritus Professor
- Lennard-Jones: 1.37
- +44 (0)1782 733338
- d.c.laine@keele.ac.uk
Support

David Evans
IT and Electronics Technician; support in undergraduate labs; DUS and science workshop demonstrator; XRD / XTec demonstrator
- Lennard-Jones: 1.40
- d.l.evans@keele.ac.uk

Samantha Dalgarno
School Operations Administrator
- Lennard-Jones Building: 0.16
- s.j.dalgarno@keele.ac.uk

Melanie Hammonds
School Operations Administrator
- Lennard Jones Building: 0.16
- m.hammonds@keele.ac.uk
Technical support is provided for teaching and research in CPS by the Central Science Laboratory staff.
School address
Lennard-Jones School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Lennard-Jones Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG, UK
Phone (School Office): +44 (0)1782 733033, (Chemistry): +44 (0)1782 731693, (Forensic Science): +44 (0)1782 731694, (Physics): +44 (0)1782 733527
Email: scps@keele.ac.uk
Information for schools and colleges
Programme directors
Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Tess Phillips
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733038
Email : t.r.phillips@keele.ac.uk
Dr Chris Hawes
Tel : +44 (0)1782 732820
Email : c.s.hawes@keele.ac.uk
Forensic Science
Dr Jamie K. Pringle
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733163
Email : j.k.pringle@keele.ac.uk
Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Arumugam Mahendrasingam
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733312
Email : a.mahendrasingam@keele.ac.uk
Admission tutors
Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Natalie Capel
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733584
Email : n.j.capel@keele.ac.uk
Forensic Science
Dr Natalie Capel
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733584
Email : n.j.capel@keele.ac.uk
Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Patrick Connell
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733892
Email : physics@keele.ac.uk or p.j.connell@keele.ac.uk