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

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Faye Lynch

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Clark Gray

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Muath Alobaida

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Sarah Ellis

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Adefolatomiwa Toye

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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

Mazen H. Alzahrani

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Sarah Boardman

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Farkhoneh Vahdati

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Jordana Burdon Bailey

Faculty of Health and Life 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