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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
Dr Tahmineh Tayebi
Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics
Dr Tayebi is interested in online offensive and abusive language and similar phenomena, such as cyberbullying, trolling and hate crime.
Language Aggression British Immigration Trolling Cyberbullying Citizenship Policy
Patricia Thornley
Director of EBRI, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute
Patricia Thornley works in assessing the environmental, economic and social impacts of renewable energy technologies.
Chemistry Supergen Project Climate Change Bioenergy Environmental Sciences
Paul Topham
Head of School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering
Professor Topham's research is focussed on sustainable polymer science; making new plastics of the future for a wide range of applications.
X-ray Scattering Electrospinning Polymer Science Block Copolymers Biodegradable Polymers
Richard Tunney
Professor and Head of Psychology
Professor Tunney's research is on judgement and decision-making. He also researches behavioural addiction including gambling.
Decision-Making Gambling Judgement and decision-making Surrogate Decision-Making Impulsivity