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Institute Staff

Senior Academic and Related Staff

Professor Julian Dowdeswell, Director and Professor of Physical Geography
Dr Neil Arnold, University Lecturer
Dr Paul Berkman, Senior Research Associate
Dr Michael Bravo, University Senior Lecturer
Dr Poul Christoffersen, University Lecturer
Mrs Heather Lane, Librarian and Keeper of Collections
Professor Elizabeth Morris, OBE, Senior Research Associate
Dr Gareth Rees, University Senior Lecturer
Dr Ian Stone, Editor, Polar Record
Dr Piers Vitebsky, Assistant Director of Research
Dr Ian Willis, University Senior Lecturer

Research Staff

Mr Toby Benham, Research Associate
Dr Marion Bougamont, Research Associate
Ms Evelyn Dowdeswell, Research Associate
Dr Kelly Hogan, Research Associate
Dr Huw Lewis-Jones, Research Associate
Dr Ruth Mugford, Research Associate
Ms Mel Rouse, Education Research Officer (to March)
Dr Olga Ulturgasheva, Research Fellow

Library and Archive Staff

Mr Tim Banting, Digital Imaging Assistant (to March)
Ms Naomi Boneham, Archives Manager
Ms Cara Bootman, Museum Assistant (to April)
Mr Mark Gilbert, Library Assistant
Ms Lucy Martin, Picture Library Manager
Ms Shirley Sawtell, Information Assistant
Ms Rebecca Stancombe, Library Assistant
Ms Hilary Shibata, Antarctic Bibliographer
Miss Rosalyn Wade, Schools Liaison Officer (to February)
Mrs Isabella Warren, Russian Bibliographer
Mr Jeremy Wong, Arctic Bibliographer

Support Staff

Mrs Danielle Feger, Administrator (from December)
Mrs Kate Gilbert, Director's Assistant/Institute Administrator
Ms Jamie Horsley, Administrator
Mr Nathan Huxley, Maintenance
Ms Marion Jeffries, Maintenance
Ms Claire Lampitt, Receptionist/Secretary
Mr Martin Lucas-Smith, Web Manager
Dr Alison Maguire, Administrator (to August)
Mr Matt Nelson, Computer Officer
Mrs Maria Pearman, Senior Clerk
Mr Brian Smith, Maintenance (to September)
Mr Roy Smith, Maintenance

Doctoral Students

Ms Christine Adcock
Ms Narelle Baker
Ms Alison Banwell
Mr Kelly Dolan
Ms Amy Donovan
Mr Peter Evans
Ms Janne Flora (to August)
Mr Jorge Guzman
Ms Kelly Hogan (to March)
Ms Tania Kossberg
Mr Adrian McCallum
Ms Jackie Price
Ms Dinah Molloy Thompson
Mr Martin O'Leary
Mr Cameron Rye
Ms Katya Shipigina
Mr Laur Vallikivi
Ms Claire Warrior

M.Phil. Students

Ms Evelyn Landerer
Mr Oliver Marsh
Mr Mark Pickett
Mr Allen Pope
Mr Anthony Seale
Mr Humphry Waddington
Ms Louise Watling

Institute Associates

Dr John Ash
Dr Lawson Brigham
Dr Liz Cruwys
Dr Bob Hawley
Mr Robert Headland
Mr Keith Hill
Dr Neil Kent
Dr Elena Khlinovskaya Rockhill
Dr Beau Riffenburgh
Dr Florian Stammler
Dr John Tichotsky
Dr Olga Tutubalina
Dr Emma Wilson

Emeritus Associates

Dr Peter Clarkson
Mr Michael Gorman
Mr Harry King
Dr Simon Ommanney
Professor Larry Rockhill
Dr Bernard Stonehouse
Dr Charles Swithinbank
Dr Janet West
Professor Peter Williams

Detail of the façade of the Institute, with polar bear and fish

Detail of the façade of the Institute, with polar bear and fish

Other organisations based at SPRI

World Data Centre for Glaciology, Cambridge

Mr Rick Frolich, Manager

International Glaciological Society

Dr Magnús Már Magnússon, Secretary General
Mrs Linda Gorman, Assistant to the Secretary General

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Dr Colin Summerhayes, Executive Director
Dr Michael Sparrow, Executive Officer
Mrs Rosemary Nash, Senior Clerk