"research staff association" blog posts
Strengthening Impact through RSA Steering Group Communications
Iaroslav Michurin is an Associate IP and Project Manager in the Enterprise Team. Iaroslav specialises in biocatalysis and industrial biotechnology. After his PhD at the University of Manchester's Institute of Biotechnology, where he focused on structural biology, he joined the University of Liverpool to develop biocatalytic routes for industrial intermediates and speciality chemicals. For nearly three years, he served as Deputy Co-Chair of the University of Liverpool’s Research Staff Association, during which time he organised three annual research staff conferences, two Images of Research competitions, the RSA Buddy Scheme, a Charity Walk, and contributed to other initiatives supporting researcher development. He started his role in the Enterprise Team in February 2026.
Posted on: 15 March 2026
Research culture as a collective practice: how writing retreats build a sense of community
Dr Stella Morgana is a British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool
Posted on: 6 August 2023
The rewarding experiences of being a Co-Chair of the Research Staff Association
Dr Sophie Jones is a postdoc in the Department of History, where she is employed on the AHRC-funded project Libraries, Reading Communities, and Cultural Formation in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic.
Posted on: 3 July 2023
The Working Environment: Honorary status for postdoctoral researchers and research assistants at the University of Liverpool
Mary Jane Monaghan, Honorary Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
Posted on: 20 May 2021
Returning to work (after lockdown 1)
Dr Filipe Braga Nogueira, Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, shares his experience of returning to work after lockdown.
Posted on: 23 April 2021
The Working Environment: Extension to Redeployment Period
Dr Sarah Arrowsmith, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Women's & Children's Health and Dr Nicola Beesley, Veterinary Postdoctoral Fellow, discuss the extension to the time that researchers are placed onto the redeployment scheme at the University of Liverpool.
Posted on: 16 April 2021
ECR community involvement contributes to fellowship success
Dr Helen Cauldbeck, Department of Chemistry
Posted on: 21 November 2019
Giving and gaining insights into research impact
Mary Jane Monaghan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
Posted on: 7 November 2019
Well-connected University encourages collaboration
Dr Sarah Arrowsmith, Harris-Wellbeing Preterm Birth Research Centre
Posted on: 2 September 2019