PGR Development Network Leadership Group Contacts

Below you will find current details of the Network Leadership Group (NLG) representatives.

If you are interested in joining the NLG, you can find guidance on responsibilities related to each role here. All roles are designed to be undertaken with the support of other NLG members, and the Academy representatives. We also welcome individuals who are interested in helping to organise one-off flagship events.

Click on the links below to contact our members via email.

NLG co-leads

NLG deputy co-leads

Xiaoxiao Hou

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Emeka Ogiji

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Muath Alobaida

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Malika Ben Kahla

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Nina Himmelreich

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Julia Marcet-Alonso

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (on maternity leave)

Salem Alotaibi

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Fajer Alqahtani

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Anna Vitchnevetskaia

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Unik Limbu

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Jacob Simmons

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Kate Williams

Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Isobel Kevan

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
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Faye Lynch

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Academy representatives

Previous co-leads and deputy co-leads 

Co-leads

2022-2023 Adele Moore, ESRC PhD Candidate, School of Law and Social Justice, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology

Deputy co-leads

2022-2023 Michelle Girvan, AHRC – NWCDTP – Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD Candidate, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures, Department of History 

2022-2023 Andrew Palmer, PhD Student, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Institute of Population Health, Department of Psychology 

2022-2023 Lara MacLachlan, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences