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Edik Rafailov
Professor (Research), AIPT
Professor Rafailov's research interests include CW and ultrashort-pulse lasers; generation of light from UV to THz and biomedical photonics.
Biomedical Photonics Nanostructures Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers Photonics THz Radiation Nonlinear and Integrated Optics
Mujib Rahman
Professor in Civil Engineering
Professor Rahman is a Chartered Engineer with more than twenty years’ experience in academics and industry.
Bridge Engineering Highway Engineering Engineering Civil Engineering Roads and Pavements
Monder Ram
Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship & Professor of Small Business
Professor Ram is an authority on small business & ethnic minority entrepreneurship research & has appeared frequently in the media.
Industrial Sociology Migrant and Refugee Entrepreneurship SMEs in the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship SMEs
Dr Johan Rewilak
Lecturer, Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship
Dr Rewilak's research focuses on development finance and sports economics, in particular football.
Sports Finance Economic Issues Poverty Reduction Economic Growth & Development Financial Distress Football Sport Management Sports Economics
Dr Mirjam Röder
Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)
Dr Röder's research interests focus on bioenergy and related sustainability implications.
Sustainability Negative Emissions Bioenergy and Bioeconomy Climate Change Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Dr Patrycja Rozbicka
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rozbicka works on interest groups in policy-making and live music industry regulation in the UK.
IR Aesthetics Regulation of Live Music Interest Groups Live Music Industry Brexit Interest Groups in Policy-Making BLMP
Dr Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Senior Lecturer
Dr Schimpfössl's research interests are the sociology of elites as well as power and social inequality.
Philanthropy Social Inequality Sociology Elites Russia
Dr Muntasir Shami
Research Associate
Dr Shami joined the Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship (EFE) department at Aston Business School in September 2018.
Business Improvement Institutions Entrepreneurship Development Economics Gender and Entrepreneurship Political Economy
Dr Cathy Slack
Lecturer & Research Scientist in Biosciences
Dr Slack is an expert in models of healthy ageing.
Drosophila Genetics Biology Biological Mechanisms of Ageing Ageing Cell Signalling
Kate Sugden
Deputy Dean for Enterprise
Kate Sugden's research interests are in fibre optic sensing systems, fibre Bragg gratings and femtosecond materials processing.
Fibre Bragg Gratings Physics Optical Fibre Devices and Systems Optical Sensing Optics