Head of School: Professor Richard Frazier

Heads of Department
Name Position Phone number and room Email 
Dr John McKendrick Head of Chemistry

0118 378 8246

Chemistry G17

j.e.mckendrick@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Colette Fagan  Head of Food and Nutritional Sciences 

0118 378 5363 

Harry Nusten 2.41

c.c.fagan@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Angela Bithell
Head of Reading School of Pharmacy 

0118 378 6570

Harry Nursten 1.01

a.bithell@reading.ac.uk
Directors
Name Position Phone number and room Email 
Dr Graeme Cottrell
School Director of Postgraduate Research

0118 378 7027

Hopkins 107

g.s.cottrell@reading.ac.uk
Dr James Hall School Director of Recruitment and Admissions 

0118 378 4638

Chemistry 219

james.hall@reading.ac.uk
Dr Fiona Lane School Director of Outreach 

0118 378 4327

Spur F, TOB2, Earley Gate

f.m.lane@reading.ac.uk
Professor Bob Rastall School Director of Academic Tutoring

0118 378 6726

Harry Nursten 2.55

r.a.rastall@reading.ac.uk
Rav Savania  School Director of Teaching and Learning 

0118 378 4700

Harry Nursten 1.02

r.savania@reading.ac.uk

Research division leads

Name Position Phone number and room Email 
Professor Jeremy Spencer
Research Division Lead, Food and Nutritional Sciences

0118 378 8724

Harry Nursten 2.62

j.p.e.spencer@reading.ac.uk
Professor Darius Widera Research Division Lead, Pharmacy

0118 378 7053

Hopkins 108

d.widera@reading.ac.uk

Heath and safety

Name Position Phone number and room Email 
Steve Ablett
Health & Safety Manager Harry Nursten 2-36  s.t.ablett@reading.ac.uk

Managers

Name Position Phone number and room Email 
Kevin Flint
Technical Manager (Pharmacy)

0118 378 6345

Hopkins G01

k.m.flint@reading.ac.uk
Dr Olga Khutoryanskaya
Technical Manager (Chemistry)  

0118 378 6106

Harry Nursten 3.03

o.khutoryanskaya@reading.ac.uk  
James Magee Technical Services Cluster Manager

0118 378 8729

Harry Nursten 2.35

j.magee@reading.ac.uk 
Andy Whittam
Technical Manager - Operations  

0118 378 6065

Chemistry LG12

a.w.whittam@reading.ac.uk 
Paul Willis  Head of Safety and Stores Operations 

0118 378 6776 

Chemistry LG12

p.h.willis@reading.ac.uk 

Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (WIDE)

Name Position Phone number and room Email
Dr Mauricio Cafiero 

School Lead for Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (WIDE)

0118 378 4878

Chemistry 207

m.cafiero@reading.ac.uk

Executive support

Name Position Phone number and room Email 
Jamie Chapman

Executive Administration Manager

Head of School Office

0118 378 5529

Harry Nursten 2.39

j.a.chapman@reading.ac.uk
Loray Blake
Finance Administrator 

0118 378 6727

Harry Nursten 2.37

l.j.blake@reading.ac.uk 
Cathy Crips

Executive Support Officer, AFTP

0118 378 8722

Harry Nursten 2.37

c.crips@reading.ac.uk 
Michelle Folder Executive Support Officer, Food & Nutritional Sciences

0118 378 8716

Harry Nursten 2.42

m.a.folder@reading.ac.uk
Wenhai (Jason) Ge Executive Administrative Officer, Reading School of Pharmacy 

0118 378 4343

Harry Nursten 1.04 

wenhai.ge@reading.ac.uk
Charlotte Harman Executive Support Officer for Admissions and Outreach

0118 378 8718

Harry Nursten 2.47

c.r.harman@reading.ac.uk
Sophie Hill Executive Administration Officer, Chemistry

0118 378 7276

Chemistry G19

s.l.hill@reading.ac.uk
Barbara Parr 

Executive Support Officer:

School Research Ethics Committee

School Research Division and IMPACT Leads; School Research Planning Group

0118 378 8453

Chemistry G19

b.l.parr@reading.ac.uk 
Teaching and learning
Name Position Phone number and room Email 
Andy Barwick
Senior Programme Administrator
0118 378 5343

JJT Support Centre
a.c.barwick@reading.ac.uk
Aly Chesswas
Head of JJT Support Centre
0118 378 7898

JJT Support Centre
a.m.chesswas@reading.ac.uk
Alexis Fisher

Programme Administrator:

  • MSc Physician Associate programme
  • MPAS programme
  • 0118 378 8574

    JJT Support Centre

    physicianassociate@reading.ac.uk  
    Harvey Gwyer

    Programme Administrator:

  • Pharmacy (MPharm Parts 1-4)
  • 0118 378 5751

    JJT Support Centre

    pharm-tlsupport@reading.ac.uk

    Programme Administrator: 

  • Foundation programmes (modules CH0CHE and PM0PHS)
  • MSc in Chemical Research
  • MSc in Pharmacy Research
  • Pharmacology programme
  • JJT Support Centre 

    chem-tlsupport@reading.ac.uk

    food-tlsupport@reading.ac.uk

    pharm-tlsupport@reading.ac.uk 

    Harriet Hardwick 

    Programme Administrator:

  • PACE programmes 
  • Food Postgraduate programmes
  • 0118 378 4403

    JJT Support Centre  

    pace@reading.ac.uk  
    Charley Holbrough
    Student Advice and Support Manager
    0118 378 4240

    JJT Support Centre
    c.holbrough@reading.ac.uk
    Marina Sims 

    Programme Administrator:

  • Food UG programmes 
  • 0118 378 4636 

    JJT Support Centre

    food-tlsupport@reading.ac.uk 
    Emmi Collet

    Programme Administrator:

  • MChem programme
  • JJT Support Centre chem-tlsupport@reading.ac.uk
    Yanos Soubieski  Student Support Coordinator

    0118 378 4101

    JJT Support Centre

    ssc.cfp@reading.ac.uk  
    Casper Sporle

    Programme Administrator:

  • Chemistry UG
  • 0118 378 4473

    JJT Support Centre
    chem-tlsupport@reading.ac.uk
    Rhian Walker  Programme Manager: SCFP & SAGES 

    0118 378 7827

    JJT Support Centre

    r.s.walker@reading.ac.uk 
    Linda Watson Student Support Coordinator
    0118 378 4101

    JJT Support Centre
    ssc.cfp@reading.ac.uk

    Placements

    Name Position Phone number and room Email 
    Erma Akulli
    Placements Coordinator for Pharmacy & Chemistry

    0118 378 4702 

    JJT Support Centre

    e.akulli@reading.ac.uk

    Postgraduate administrators

    Name Position Phone number and room Email 
    Isaac Wilks
    Postgraduate Research Administrator (Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy) 

    0118 378 4159

    Old Whiteknights House F-06

    i.m.j.wilks@reading.ac.uk 
    Athena SWAN Silver Award