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

Jordana Burdon Bailey

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Farkhoneh Vahdati

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Sarah Boardman

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Mazen H. Alzahrani

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Salem Alotaibi

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Adefolatomiwa Toye

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Flavia Saveriano

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Amanda Thobega

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Lydia Barrett

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Kunal Mathur

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Academy representatives

Previous co-leads and deputy co-leads 

Co-leads

2023-2024 Sarah Boardman, PhD Student, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Veterinary & Ecological Sciences

2022-2023 Adele Moore, ESRC PhD Candidate, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology

2022-2023 Lara MacLachlan, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology

2023-2024 Sarah Ellis, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures

2023-2024 Mazen Alzahrani, PhD Student, Faculty of Science and Engineering.

 

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 Julia Marcet Alonso, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Liverpool Management School

2023-2024 Xiaoxiao Hou, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of the Arts

2023-2024 Emeka Ogiji, PhD Student, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Institute of Systems, Molecular & Integrative Biology

2023-2024 Nina Himmelreich, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Department of Music

2024-2025 Sarah Ellis, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures

2024-2025 Jacob Simmons, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Music

2024-2025 Faye Lynch, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of English

2024-2025 Muath Alobaida, PhD Student, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences

2024-2025 Fajer Mohammed Z Alqahtani, PhD Student, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Physics

2024-2025 Anna Vichnevetskaia, PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of the Arts, Department of Architecture

2024-2025 Unik Limbu, PhD Student, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Physics