Research Software Group Staff

BEAR Software services are provided by the Research Software Group in Advanced Research Computing. We have a team from diverse backgrounds from Physics to Theology. Some of the team are centrally funded, and some are part of colleges or academic teams.

The RSG is led by Dr Andrew Edmondson (Ed), who is also Deputy Head of Advanced Research Computing.

BEAR Applications Team

Dr Simon Branford - Deputy Leader of the Research Software Group and Principal RSE
Dr James Carpenter - Senior Research Applications Specialist and Manager
Dr Gavin Yearwood - Senior Research Software Engineer (HPC Support)
Chris Greasley - Research Applications Specialist
Vlad Mogilev - Research Applications Specialist

Research Data Science Service

Dr Kamilla Kopec-Harding - Senior Research Data Scientist and Manager
Dr Cai Wingfield - Senior Research Data Scientist

Research Software Engineering Service

Dr Adrian Dante Garcia - Research Software Engineering Service Lead
Cerys Lewis - Senior Research Software Engineer
Mike Allaway - Senior Research Software Engineer (College of Arts and Law)
Dr Mohammad Afraz Ahmed - Senior Research Software Engineer
Dr Warrick Ball - Senior Research Software Engineer and Manager
Dr Thomas Kappas - Senior Research Software Engineer
Dr James Tyrrell - Senior Research Software Engineer and Manager
Dr Catherine Smith - Senior Research Software Engineer
Dr Neil Butcher - Senior Research Software Engineer
Dr Tom Neep - Senior Research Software Engineer
Dr Alex Lyttle - Senior Research Software Engineer
Dr Matthew Barton - Senior Research Software Engineer
Dr Helen Abbott - Research Software Engineer
Kiran Phalke - Research Software Engineer

DevOps Engineers

Leo Turnell-Ritson - DevOps Engineer