People
Dr Martin Loftus, Head of Natural Sciences
Martin teaches modules in astrophysics as part of the Natural Sciences Degree Programme and has supervised final year Natural Sciences projects in pulsars and galaxies.
See Martin's full profile on the School of Chemistry website.
Dr Mark Cooker, Natural Sciences Teaching Executive
Mark is a senior lecturer in the School of Mathematics. His research is in fluid dynamics, especially the mathematics of water wave impact and splashes. Mark lectures mathematicians and scientists in applied mathematics modules at all levels. He has also supervised project work in areas such as the diffusion of heat, acoustics, water-wave motion, liquid sloshing in containers, and impact.
See Mark's full profile on the School of Mathematics website.
Dr Mark Fisher, Project co-ordinator & Year in Industry co-ordinator
Mark is a computer scientist and leads research in biomedical image visualisation and analysis. He teaches introduction to medical physics and analogue/digital electronics.
See Mark's full profile on the School of Computing Sciences website.
Dr Tom Clarke, Admissions Director
Tom teaches on modules in BIO and CHE as part of the biochemistry program and his research on mineral respiring bacteria covers multiple natural science disciplines including microbiology, chemistry and geology.
See Tom's full profile on the School of Biological Sciences website.
Dr Michael Wormstone, Coursework Director
See Michael's full profile on the School of Biological Sciences website.
Dr Tharin Blumenschein, Senior advisor & SSLC
Tharin's research looks at on protein structure and dynamics using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
See Tharin's full profile on the School of Chemistry website.
Dr Alex Baker, Year in Europe co-ordinator
See Alex's full profile on the School of Environmental Science website.
Dr Susan Matthews, Pharmacy Research Projects Coordinator
Susan's research interests are at the interface of chemistry and biology focusing on the development of smart drug delivery systems.
See Sue's full profile on the School of Pharmacy website.
Dr Ben Milner, Director of Teaching
Ben teaches modules on sound and image processing and on electronics. He has supervised final year Natural Sciences projects on audio processing and in particular on estimating the fundamental frequency of musical instruments.
See Ben's full profile on the School of Computing Sciences website.
Dr Adrian Matthews, Chair of Exam Board
Adrian's research and teaching are in meteorology and mathematical methods.
See Adrian's full profile on the School of Environmental Science website.


