Meet the team
The Graduate School is led by Professor Adrian Williams, Dean of Postgraduate Research Studies and Researcher Development. He is supported in his work at the Graduate School by a strong team of experienced and highly committed staff who are available to help if you have any queries.
Professor Adrian Williams
Adrian is responsible for all matters relating to research students within the University.
Adrian completed his own PhD in 1990 in drug delivery at the University of Bradford after which he stayed as a faculty member in the School of Pharmacy where he was promoted to Professor. He moved to the University of Reading in 2004 since then he has been appointed as the Head of Pharmacy, Head of the School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy and, most recently, as Research Dean for the Agriculture, Food and Health Research Theme.
Throughout his academic career Adrian has continued as a Professor of Pharmaceutics and retains a strong research group. He has published over 150 research papers, review articles and book chapters and has authored two books, and has given numerous invited lectures at international conferences. He has a strong track record in supporting early career researchers and has supervised over 60 PhD and postdoctoral researchers. He continues to deliver specialist teaching on skin and its diseases to the 3rd year MPharm students in the Reading School of Pharmacy.
Adrian has been awarded Fellowships by the UK Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Higher Education Academy.
Key people
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| Dean of Postgraduate Research Studies and Researcher Development | Adrian Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director of Graduate School Services |
Elena Bedisti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joint Head of Doctoral Skills Training and Development - Arts, Humanities, Social Science and Business |
Joanna John | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joint Head of Doctoral Skills Training and Development - Life Sciences and Science |
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| Doctoral Studentships Support Officer | Lucy Fletcher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doctoral Examinations Officer | Sean Semple | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recruitment and Marketing Officer (Postgraduate Research) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doctoral Research OfficePlease contact the Doctoral Research Office for:
Email: dro@reading.ac.uk Telephone: 44 (0)118 378 4741 or 44 (0)118 378 4740 Office hours:
Graduate School OfficePlease contact the Graduate School Office for general enquires about postgraduate research at Reading or for any queries about:
Email: gradschool@reading.ac.uk Telephone: 44 (0)118 378 5063 Office hours: Monday to Friday: 09:00-13:00 and 14:00–16:30
School PGR Support TeamPlease contact the named administrator for your School or Department for:
Postgraduate research administrators
Contact usIf you are thinking about applying to become a postgraduate researcher at Reading and want to find out more, please contact us using our PhD Enquiry Form. |