College of Science and Engineering staff

Senior Lecturer

Programme Leader for BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology and Practice and Senior Lecturer in Architecture

Valeria is programme leader for the Architectural Technology course. She also teaches on both architectural courses. 

Deputy Dean - College of Science and Engineering

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Square image of staff member Joana Carvlho undertaking field work
Lecturer in Spatial Ecology and Biosciences

Joana Carvalho is a lecturer in Spatial Ecology and Biosciences. Joana's specialist areas include wildlife conservation, behavioural ecology, primatology, species distribution models, spatial analysis, population abundance/density models and scenarios analysis (including climate change and land use/cover change).

Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for MSc Architectural Courses

Dr Boris Ceranic is a long standing Programme Leader of undergraduate and postgraduate architectural courses and an experienced academic, practitioner and researcher. 

Postgraduate Coordinator for Sport, Outdoor and Exercise Science Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Charlotte is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology and leads the Advanced Research Methods, Advanced Sport Psychology, and Psychology of Exercise and Physical Activity modules on the programme. Her research areas include effective practice and education and training in sport psychology, professional practice in sport and exercise, and motivation and wellbeing in athletes.

Senior Lecturer

Mark is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher, Performance Consultant to Elite Athletes and MSc Programme Leader.

Dr Joel Chidley mountain biking in Canada
Lecturer in Sport Outdoor and Exercise Science

As a lecturer and level 6 lead in Sport Outdoor and Exercise Science, Dr Chidley leads modules on environmental exercise physiology and research methods. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has a PhD in exercise psychophysiology.

Chinedu wearing a pink striped shirt and glasses.
Postgraduate Research Student

Chinedu is a Postgraduate Research Student at the University of Derby. His thesis title is Development of a condition-based maintenance framework for oil and gas plants to meet the requirement of industry 4.0.

Rizwan Choudhry in the Fatigue Lab
Senior Lecturer in Materials/Mechanical Engineering

Dr Choudhry is a mechanical engineer with over a decade of research, teaching and academic leadership experience. Rizwan's specialization is in finite element analysis of composite materials, damage modelling, non-destructive testing, integrity management, sustainable and recyclable materials.