Research staff
Meet the directors and resident researchers within the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute.
Directors
Professor Jeremy Hall
Director and Research Theme Lead, Neurosciences & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- hallj10@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 29 20 688 342
Professor Sir Michael Owen
Director of MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics; Director/Clinical Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience and Emeritus Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- owenmj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 29 2068 8320
Professor Adrian Harwood
Co-Director of Research, Co-Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- harwoodaj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0) 29 2068 8492
Professor Lawrence Wilkinson
Scientific Director, Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute.
- Email:
- wilkinsonl@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0) 29 2068 8461
Dr Kerrie Thomas
Reader, Operations Director Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI), Co-Director of the Hodge Centre for Neuropsychiatric Immunology in Cardiff
- Email:
- thomaskl5@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8344
Management Committee
Professor John Aggleton
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Email:
- aggleton@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0)29 2087 4563
Professor Jonathan Erichsen
Professor of Visual Neuroscience
- Email:
- erichsenjt@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 5656
Professor Julie Williams
Director, Dementia Research Institute
- Email:
- williamsj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0) 29 2068 8326
Professor Derek Jones
Professor, Director of CUBRIC
- Email:
- jonesd27@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0)29 2087 9412
Professor William Gray
Professor of Functional Neurosurgery, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- graywp@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8491
Professor Frank Sengpiel
Head of Neuroscience Division, Professor of Neuroscience
- Email:
- sengpielf@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0) 29 2087 5698
Professor Stephanie van Goozen
Professor
- Email:
- vangoozens@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0)29 2087 4630
Dr Nick Bray
Reader, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- Email:
- brayn3@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8368
Professor Anne Rosser
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- Email:
- rosserae@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 6654
Professor John Atack
Director, Medicines Discovery Institute
- Email:
- atackj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 6983
Professor Meng Li
Chair in Stem Cell Neurobiology, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- lim26@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0) 29 2068 8345
Wider neuroscience community
Professor Simon Ward
Director, Medicines Discovery Institute
- Welsh speaking
- Email:
- wards10@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 6984
Resident researchers
Dr Mouhamed Alsaqati
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- alsaqatim@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8589
Professor Riccardo Brambilla
Professor, Neuroscience Degree Co-ordinator
- Email:
- brambillar@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 6807
Jennifer Carter
Technician, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- carterj16@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2067 1397
Dr Nicholas Clifton
Research Fellow, NMHRI
- Email:
- cliftonne@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8337
Dr Adam Cunningham
Research Assistant (Waterloo Foundation Fellow), Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- Email:
- cunninghamac@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Cuthbert
Genetic Councillor, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- cuthberta@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8545
Diana Dima
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- dimadc@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Adam Errington
Hodge Foundation Research Fellow, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- erringtonac@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8343
Dr Stefania Fasano
Senior Research Fellow
- Email:
- fasanos@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29208 76807
Dr Lucia Fernandez Cardo
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- cardolf@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 208 8346
Dr Marija Fjodorova
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- fjodorovam@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)2920 688244
Dr Patricia Gasalla
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- gasallacantop@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Niels Haan
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- haann@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8590
Dr Matt Hill
Lecturer, Dementia Research Institute
- Email:
- hillm6@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8464
Dr Esther Lin
Research Assistant, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- lint1@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Erik Mire
Research Fellow, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- miree@cardiff.ac.uk
Anna Moon
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- moonal@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Ilaria Morella
Research Assistant, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute (Waterloo Foundation Research Fellow)
- Email:
- morellai@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Kathryn Peall
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Welsh speaking
- Email:
- peallkj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8338
Dr William Plumbly
Research Assistant, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- plumblyw1@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Adam Ranson
Sêr Cymru Research Fellow, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- ransona2@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8441
Dr Aled Rees
Reader, Neurosciences & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- reesda@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2074 5002
Dmitri Sastin
WCAT Fellow, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- sastind@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Eunju Jenny Shin
Lecturer, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- shine@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8332
Ana Silva
Research Assistant, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- silvaai@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Jessica Steventon
Research Associate
Brain Imaging Group
- Email:
- steventonjj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8758
Dr Nichola Thuvesholmen
Hodge Foundation Research Fellow, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- brydgesn@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 208 8339
Dr Cezar Tigaret
Research Associate, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institiute
- Email:
- tigaretc@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Simon Trent
Research Fellow, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- trents@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8347
Holly Watkin
Technician, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- watkinh1@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Laura Westacott
Research Assistant (Waterloo Foundation Research Fellow), Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- westacottlj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8188
Dr Emma Yhnell
Health and Care Research Wales Fellow, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- yhnelle@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2068 8456
Dr Malik Zaben
Lecturer, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Email:
- zabenm@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 02920 688 333
We also have affiliated members who are based with the Schools of Biosciences, Psychology and Optometry.