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26 April 2024
St Catherine’s College Seeks New Master
Following the announcement of Master Professor Kersti Börjars’ retirement, the College is now actively seeking to elect a new Master, …
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10 June 2018
Bill Fulford
Professor Bill Fulford
I studied medicine and psychology at Cambridge and in London before coming to Oxford as a Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry in 1977 where I also completed a DPhil in philosophy. In 1995 I set up the first academic research and teaching centre for philosophy and mental health at Warwick University although continuing as an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in Oxford.
7 June 2018
David Gillespie
Professor David Gillespie
I give college tutorials on thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and sometimes also on mathematics. I am a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science where my teaching is more narrowly focused in Mechanical Engineering.
3 June 2018
Jessica Goodman
Dr Jessica Goodman
I am Director of Studies in French for St Catz. I teach all areas of French language and literature to first-year students at the College. To second years and finalists I teach seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature and thought, as well as French language.
2 June 2018
Alain Goriely
Professor Alain Goriely
I am the Professor of Mathematical Modelling at the University of Oxford and a member of the Mathematical Institute. I am the director of the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (OCIAM), the director of the International Brain and Mechanics Lab, and a fellow of St Catherine’s College.
30 May 2018
Patrick Grant
Professor Patrick Grant
I give courses in Casting, Powder Processing and Engineering Alloys in the Department of Materials.
22 May 2018
Pekka Hamalainen
Professor Pekka Hamalainen
I am a historian of early and nineteenth-century North America, specialising in indigenous, colonial, imperial, environmental, and borderlands history.
21 May 2018
Ashok Handa
Professor Ashok Handa
I teach clinical medicine to the 4th year and 6th year students at St Catherine’s and all four years of the Graduate Entry medical students. I am also the Clinical Tutor in Surgery for the University and Associate Director of Clinical Studies for Oxford Medical School.
20 May 2018
Penny Handford
Professor Penny Handford
I teach a range of tutorial topics on the Molecular and Cellular biochemistry course, 1st year- molecular cell biology, 2nd year, primer design and aspects of protein purification and 3rd year, extracellular matrix in health and disease.
6 May 2018
Peter Ireland
Professor Peter Ireland
Peter holds the Donald Schultz Chair in Turbomachinery and is Head of the Oxford Thermofluids Institute. He has dedicated his career to researching the technologies used to cool systems for aircraft propulsion and power generation and now leads a broad portfolio of research programmes ranging from turbine cooling to hypersonic flow.
28 April 2018
Philipp Koralus
Professor Philipp Koralus
For undergraduates, I offer tutorials primarily in general philosophy, the philosophy of cognitive science, and ethics. I also lecture on the philosophy of cognitive science.
27 April 2018
Marc Lackenby
Professor Marc Lackenby
I teach pure mathematics at St Catherine’s and the Mathematical Institute.
25 April 2018
Regent Lee
Dr Regent Lee
I came to Oxford as an exchange surgical fellow in 2009, having completed a Master in Surgery (Vascular Surgery) at University of Sydney. I subsequently completed DPhil in Cardiovascular Medicine, under the supervision of Prof Keith Channon (RDM Cardiovascular Medicine) and Prof Benedikt Kessler (NDM, Target Discovery Institute).
24 April 2018
Robert Leese
Dr Robert Leese
I teach the more applied components of Mathematics Prelims, covering Papers III, IV and V in the First Public Examination. For students working towards the Second Public Examination, I give tutorials in Complex Analysis, Probability, Statistics, Quantum Theory, Calculus of Variations and Special Relativity.
21 April 2018
Gavin Lowe
Professor Gavin Lowe
I teach a broad range of subjects in tutorials at Catz, including the first year programming courses, and the second year Concurrency and Models of Computation courses. I supervise third and fourth year projects on topics in Computer Security, Concurrency, Concurrent Programming and Automated Verification.
11 April 2018
Fiona McConnell
Professor Fiona McConnell
At St Catherine’s I tutor all aspects of Human Geography for the undergraduate course and within the School of Geography and the Environment. I convene and teach an optional final honours school course on ‘Geopolitics in the margins’.
2 April 2018
Andreas Muench
Professor Andreas Muench
My research combines mathematical modelling with asymptotic as well as numerical methods, such as spectral methods, finite elements and finite differences.
1 April 2018
Marc Mulholland
Professor Marc Mulholland
About half the time, I work on Irish History in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Otherwise I’m researching the history of political thought since the French Revolution.
23 March 2018
Kia Nobre
Professor Kia Nobre
Kia Nobre is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in understanding the principles of the neural systems that support cognitive functions in the human brain.
22 March 2018
Udo Oppermann
Professor Udo Oppermann
Udo is a Professor of Molecular Biology at NDORMS, Deputy Director of the Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College.
11 March 2018
Justine Pila
Dr Justine Pila
Justine Pila came to Oxford in 2004 to take up her statutory posts in the Faculty of Law and St Catherine’s College. In the Faculty she teaches Intellectual Property Law, Regulation, and Law and Technology, and in College she teaches EU Law and Jurisprudence (Philosophy of Law).
10 March 2018
Tommaso Pizzari
Professor Tommaso Pizzari
I teach Animal Behaviour, Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
8 March 2018
Amanda Power
Dr Amanda Power
I teach British and European medieval history, concentrating on the period from 1000-1400, but also European history from late antiquity. I have considerable experience teaching aspects of medieval ‘global’ history, particularly the crusades and the Mongol empire.
5 March 2018
Christoph Reisinger
Professor Christoph Reisinger
I currently teach undergraduate classes and tutorials in applied mathematics and lecture Masters courses in mathematical and computational finance.
1 March 2018
Duncan Robertson
Dr Duncan Robertson
I teach General Management and Strategic Management tutorials for the BA Economics & Management degree.
26 February 2018
Gervase Rosser
Professor Gervase Rosser
I teach a wide range of courses for the Art History BA (Prelim and Final Honours School), including options on the classical tradition, medieval and Italian Renaissance art, and theoretical approaches to art. Having also held a Lecturership in History, I continue to teach some courses for the History School.
21 February 2018
Gaia Scerif
Professor Gaia Scerif
I oversee tutorial teaching in Experimental Psychology for St. Catherine’s students reading for Experimental Psychology, Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics, and Biomedical Sciences. I tutor students in my areas of specialty (developmental psychology, developmental cognitive neuroscience, attention) across all years and courses.
