List of Fellows

  • Mrs Suzanne Raine
    Subject:
    Email:
    master@sel
    College Position:
    Master
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
  • Professor Janet O'Sullivan
    Subject:
    Law
    Email:
    jao21
    College Position:
    Vice-Master and Director of Studies in Law
    University Position:
    Professor, Faculty of Law
    University Department:
    Law
    Research Interests:
    Contract and Tort, particularly remedies and professional negligence.
  • Dr Zeina Al Azmeh
    Subject:
    Sociology
    Email:
    za268
    College Position:
    Fellow
    University Position:
    Teaching Associate in Political Sociology
    University Department:
    Sociology
    Research Interests:
    Intellectuals and knowledge production, revolutions and social movements, forced migration and exile, Middle East politics.
  • Dr Carol Armitage
    Subject:
    Engineering
    Email:
    caa29
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Engineering and Undergraduate Tutor.
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
  • Professor Patrick Baert
    Subject:
    Sociology
    Email:
    pjnb100
    College Position:
    Fellow and Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Sciences
    University Position:
    Professor of Social Theory
    University Department:
    Sociology
    Research Interests:
    Social theory, philosophy of social science, history of philosophy, sociology of culture and sociology of ideas.
  • Dr Anita Balakrishnan
    Subject:
    Email:
    ab2031
    College Position:
    College Lecturer in Medical Sciences
    University Position:
    Consultant Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and Associate Lecturer, University of Cambridge
    University Department:
    Department of Surgery
    Research Interests:
  • Professor Ronita Bardhan
    Subject:
    Email:
    rb867
    College Position:
    Fellow, Director of Studies in Architecture, Post Graduate Tutor
    University Position:
    Associate Professor of Sustainable Built Environment, & Deputy Head of Department of Architecture
    University Department:
    Department of Architecture
    Research Interests:
    Sustainable Design; heat-Health; Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Vision; Urban Modelling & Spatial Analysis; Building Performance: Simulation; Energy Efficiency
  • Dr Daniel Beauregard
    Subject:
    Chemistry
    Email:
    dab1003
    College Position:
    Durrant Fellow, Undergraduate Admissions Tutor and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences
    University Position:
    Teaching Fellow
    University Department:
    Chemistry
    Research Interests:
    MRI of reacting chemical systems
  • Dr Joseph Bitney
    Subject:
    English
    Email:
    jb2443
    College Position:
    Fellow and Director of Studies in English
    University Position:
    University Assistant Professor
    University Department:
    Faculty of English
    Research Interests:
    Film Studies, American Literature, the Modern Novel
  • Dr Chris Briggs
    Subject:
    History
    Email:
    cdb23
    College Position:
    Fellow and Director of Studies in History
    University Position:
    University Associate Professor in Medieval British Economic and Social History
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Material culture and living standards 1300-1600; law and society in the later middle ages
  • Professor Nick Butterfield
    Subject:
    Palaeobiology
    Email:
    njb1005@esc
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Natural Sciences
    University Position:
    Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Earth Sciences
    University Department:
    Earth Sciences
    Research Interests:
    Proterozoic and Cambrian Palaeobiology
  • Dr Jack Button
    Subject:
    Mathematics
    Email:
    jb128@dpmms
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Mathematics
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS)
    Research Interests:
    Pure mathematics, especially geometric group theory and topology.
  • Dr Bryan Cameron
    Subject:
    Modern Languages – Spanish & Portuguese
    Email:
    bsc30
    College Position:
    University Position:
    Associate Professor in Modern Spanish Literature and Culture
    University Department:
    Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages
    Research Interests:
    Nineteenth-century novel from Spain; Realism and Naturalism; Spanish cinema; Protest movements and public assembly in modern Spain; Cultural production from the Great Recession of 2008 to the present
  • Dr Filipe Carreira da Silva
    Subject:
    Sociology
    Email:
    fcs23
    College Position:
    College Lecturer in Sociology
    University Position:
    Affiliated Lecturer in Sociology
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Classical and contemporary social theory, critical theory, American philosophical pragmatism, human rights and citizenship rights
  • Professor Daping Chu
    Subject:
    Engineering
    Email:
    dpc31
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Engineering, Fellow for Grants
    University Position:
    Nanjing Professor of Technology and Innovation
    University Department:
    Engineering
    Research Interests:
    3D holography and AR/VR displays, spatial light modulators, fibre optic switches, GHz/THz tunable dielectrics, sensors, printable electronics
  • Professor Phil Connell
    Subject:
    English
    Email:
    pjc1007
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in English
    University Position:
    Professor of Literature and History
    University Department:
    Faculty of English
    Research Interests:
    Literature, politics, and intellectual history between 1650 and 1840
  • Professor Eloy de Lera Acedo
    Subject:
    Astrophysics
    Email:
    ed330
    College Position:
    College Lecturer in Physics
    University Position:
    Head of Cavendish Radio Astronomy and Cosmology; Professor of Radio Astronomy; STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow
    University Department:
    Physics
    Research Interests:
    21-cm cosmology; Dark Ages, Cosmic Dawn, Epoch-of-Re-ionization
  • Professor Lynn Dicks
    Subject:
    Zoology, Plant Sciences, Ecology, Conservation Science
    Email:
    lvd22
    College Position:
    University Position:
    Professor of Ecology
    University Department:
    Zoology
    Research Interests:
    Agroecology, biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, insect conservation, pollination, sustainable food systems, evidence-based conservation
  • Dott. Claudia Domenici
    Subject:
    Italian
    Email:
    cd502
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Italian
    University Position:
    Associate Professor in Italian
    University Department:
    Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, Italian
    Research Interests:
    Language teaching methodology, language teaching material, the interaction of language and culture with focus on the transnational perspective, translation studies.
  • Professor Katharine Ellis
    Subject:
    Music
    Email:
    kje32
    College Position:
    University Position:
    1684 Professor of Music
    University Department:
    Faculty of Music
    Research Interests:
    Cultural History of Music in France during the 19th and early 20th centuries
  • Dr Stuart Eves
    Subject:
    Veterinary Medicine
    Email:
    sme26
    College Position:
    Undergraduate Admissions Tutor, Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
  • Professor Leonardo Felli
    Subject:
    Economics
    Email:
    lf454
    College Position:
    University Position:
    Professor of Economics
    University Department:
    Economics
    Research Interests:
  • Dr Elena Filimonova
    Subject:
    Modern Languages – Russian
    Email:
    ef263
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages (Slavonic Studies)
    University Position:
    Associate Professor in Russian
    University Department:
    Slavonic Studies, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics
    Research Interests:
  • Mrs Sarah Fraser Butlin
    Subject:
    Law
    Email:
    skf21
    College Position:
    David K P Li Fellow in Law
    University Position:
    Affiliated Lecturer
    University Department:
    Faculty of Law
    Research Interests:
  • Dr Jessica Gardner
    Subject:
    Email:
    UniversityLibrarian@lib
    College Position:
    University Position:
    University Librarian
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
  • Professor Marta Halina
    Subject:
    History and Philosophy of Science
    Email:
    mh801
    College Position:
    Fellow, Study Skills Tutor, Director of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
    University Position:
    Professor of Philosophy of Science
    University Department:
    Department of History and Philosophy of Science
    Research Interests:
    Philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of biology, comparative cognition
  • Professor Jörg Haustein
    Subject:
    Theology and Study of Religions
    Email:
    jh2227
    College Position:
    Tutor for Postgraduate Students, Director of Studies in Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion
    University Position:
    Professor in World Christianities
    University Department:
    Faculty of Divinity
    Research Interests:
    Christianity and Islam in Africa, Global Pentecostalism, Religion and public policy
  • Mr James Helm
    Subject:
    Email:
    jh2391
    College Position:
    University Position:
    Executive Director of Communications, University of Cambridge
    University Department:
    Office of External Affairs and Communications
    Research Interests:
  • Dr Thomas Hopkins
    Subject:
    Human, Social and Political Sciences
    Email:
    th268
    College Position:
    Assistant Dean, Fellow and Director of Studies in History and Politics
    University Position:
    Senior Teaching Associate, Department of Politics and International Studies
    University Department:
    POLIS
    Research Interests:
    History of Political and Economic Thought
  • Dr Alan Howard
    Subject:
    Music
    Email:
    adh29
    College Position:
    College Associate Professor, Director of Studies in Music
    University Position:
    Affiliated Lecturer
    University Department:
    Faculty of Music
    Research Interests:
    The music of Henry Purcell and his contemporaries in Restoration England, from historical, analytical and editorial perspectives.
  • Dr Andrew Jackson
    Subject:
    Email:
    aj734
    College Position:
    Fellow
    University Position:
    Director of Research Services
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
  • Dr Alex Jenkins
    Subject:
    Theoretical Physics
    Email:
    acj46
    College Position:
    Gavin Boyle Fellow
    University Position:
    Gavin Boyle Fellow and EPSRC Stephen Hawking Fellow
    University Department:
    Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge (KICC); Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP)
    Research Interests:
    Cosmology, gravitational waves, and the physics of the early Universe
  • Professor James Keeler
    Subject:
    Chemistry
    Email:
    jhk10
    College Position:
    Walters Fellow in Chemistry
    University Position:
    Professor of Chemistry and Head of Department
    University Department:
    Chemistry
    Research Interests:
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Dr Myungun Kim
    Subject:
    Economics
    Email:
    mk667
    College Position:
    College Lecturer in Economics
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Faculty of Economics
    Research Interests:
    Firm-level Productivity, Innovation, Hirschman-type Linkages and Global Value Chains (GVCs)
  • Mr Oleg Kitov
    Subject:
    Economics
    Email:
    oik22
    College Position:
    Robert Martin Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics
    University Position:
    Affiliated Lecturer
    University Department:
    Economics
    Research Interests:
    Time-series Econometrics, Empirical Macroeconomics, Income Distribution and Inequality
  • Professor Shaun Larcom
    Subject:
    Environmental Economics, Law and Economics
    Email:
    stl25
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Land Economy
    University Position:
    Professor of Law, Economics and Institutions
    University Department:
    Land Economy
    Research Interests:
    Environmental Economics, Legal Pluralism and Interacting Institutions, Learning from Shocks, Water Energy Food Nexus
  • Dr Robert Lee
    Subject:
    Email:
    rl605
    College Position:
    University Position:
    Assistant Professor in American History
    University Department:
    Faculty of History
    Research Interests:
  • Ms Sarah MacDonald
    Subject:
    Director of Music
    Email:
    seam100
    College Position:
    Fellow and Director of Music
    University Position:
    University Organist
    University Department:
    Music
    Research Interests:
    Composition, English Choral Tradition, girls' changing voices
  • Dr Kirsty McDougall
    Subject:
    Linguistics (Phonetics)
    Email:
    kem37
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Linguistics
    University Position:
    Associate Professor of Phonetics
    University Department:
    Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
    Research Interests:
    Speaker characteristics, forensic phonetics, sociophonetic variation in varieties of English
  • Dr Benedick (Ned) McDougall
    Subject:
    Classics
    Email:
    bm505
    College Position:
    Centenary Research Fellow
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Hellenistic, Imperial, and late-antique Greek poetry, particularly Greek epigrams and their anthologies; Greek religion and oracular literature; history of classical scholarship.
  • Professor Sarah Meer
    Subject:
    English
    Email:
    sm10003
    College Position:
    Fellow in English
    University Position:
    Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature
    University Department:
    English
    Research Interests:
    Nineteenth-century and American literature; nineteenth-century theatre
  • Revd Dr Arabella Milbank Robinson
    Subject:
    Email:
    chaplain@sel
    College Position:
    Dean of Chapel and Chaplain
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Theology; Medieval and Early Modern Literature
  • Professor James Moultrie
    Subject:
    Email:
    jm329@eng
    College Position:
    Harrison Fellow, Director of Studies in Engineering, Director of Studies in Manufacturing Engineering, Tutor for Rooms
    University Position:
    Associate Professor in Engineering Design; Director of Graduate Education for the School of Technology
    University Department:
    Engineering
    Research Interests:
    Engineering and Product Design
  • Mr Mike Nicholson
    Subject:
    Email:
    development-director@sel
    College Position:
    Director of Development
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
  • Professor Nikos Nikiforakis
    Subject:
    Scientific Computing
    Email:
    nn10005
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Mathematics
    University Position:
    Professor in Computational multi-physics
    University Department:
    Physics, Cavendish Laboratory
    Research Interests:
    numerical simulation of simultaneous interaction of four states of matter
  • Dr Roddy O’Donnell
    Subject:
    Email:
    dro27@medschl
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Medicine
    University Position:
    Associate Specialty Director in Ethics and Law
    University Department:
    Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine
    Research Interests:
    Paediatric intensive care
  • Ms Jennifer Phillips
    Subject:
    Email:
    bursar@sel
    College Position:
    Bursar
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
  • Dr Lotte Reinbold
    Subject:
    English
    Email:
    cr417
    College Position:
    College Associate Professor of English
    University Position:
    Associate Professor
    University Department:
    The Faculty of English
    Research Interests:
    Medievalism, imitation, forgery, and material texts, typography
  • Professor Stewart Sage
    Subject:
    Physiology
    Email:
    sos10
    College Position:
    Praelector, Director of Studies in Natural Sciences
    University Position:
    Professor of Cell Physiology
    University Department:
    Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
    Research Interests:
    Focused on intracellular calcium signalling mechanisms and the roles of calcium signals in platelet function
  • Dr Mike Sewell
    Subject:
    History, International Relations
    Email:
    mjs1001
    College Position:
    Senior Tutor
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    As Senior Tutor Dr Sewell is not currently research active
  • Dr David Smith
    Subject:
    History
    Email:
    dls10
    College Position:
    Tutor for Graduate Students, Dickinson Fellow in History, Director of Studies in History
    University Position:
    Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of History
    University Department:
    History
    Research Interests:
    British political, constitutional and legal history in the early modern period, especially in the seventeenth century. Current major interests include the history of Parliament, the nature of monarchy and Royalism, and the career of Oliver Cromwell.
  • Dr Tom Smith
    Subject:
    History
    Email:
    tds33
    College Position:
    Admissions Tutor (Arts & Social Sciences), Keasbey Research Fellow in American Studies
    University Position:
    Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of History
    University Department:
    Faculty of History
    Research Interests:
    Late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century U.S. history; Pacific history; religious history; colonial history
  • Dr Caroline Soderman
    Subject:
    Geochemistry & Petrology
    Email:
    cs801
    College Position:
    Fellow
    University Position:
    Postdoctoral researcher
    University Department:
    Earth Sciences
    Research Interests:
    Magmatic critical metal deposits, igneous petrology, trace element geochemistry
  • Professor Grant Stewart
    Subject:
    Cancer surgery
    Email:
    gds35
    College Position:
    Dean, Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine, College Lecturer in Medicine
    University Position:
    Professor of Surgical Oncology
    University Department:
    Surgery
    Research Interests:
    Early identification and optimisation of the management of initially localised kidney cancer
  • Professor Charlotte Summers
    Subject:
    Medicine
    Email:
    cs493
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine
    University Position:
    Professor of Intensive Care Medicine and Director of the VPD-Heart & Lung Research Institute
    University Department:
    Medicine
    Research Interests:
    Improving clinical outcomes from acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure
  • Professor Robert Tasker
    Subject:
    Email:
    rct31
    College Position:
    College Lecturer in Medicine, Graduate Tutor
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Computational Modeling of Integrative Systems Physiology and Homeostasis (e.g., Critical illness, Muscle, Tissues, Brain), at Harvard Medical School
  • Dr Iman Tavakkolnia
    Subject:
    Engineering
    Email:
    it360
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Engineering, Postgraduate Tutor
    University Position:
    Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering
    University Department:
    Faculty of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division
    Research Interests:
    Photonics, Optical Communication, Space Technologies
  • Dr Rupert Thompson
    Subject:
    Classics
    Email:
    rjet1
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Classics
    University Position:
    Associate Professor in Classics (Philology and Linguistics), University Orator.
    University Department:
    Classics
    Research Interests:
    Historical linguistics, especially the history of the Greek language, dialectology and sociolinguistics, and Mycenaean language and epigraphy, development of computer-assisted technologies for classical language learning
  • Dr Ernesto Vargas Weil
    Subject:
    Email:
    ev371
    College Position:
    Spencer Fairest Teaching Fellow in Law
    University Position:
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Property law theory, comparative property law and legal change
  • Professor Chander Velu
    Subject:
    Engineering
    Email:
    cv236
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Management
    University Position:
    Professor of Innovation and Economics
    University Department:
    Engineering, Institute for Manufacturing
    Research Interests:
    Innovation and Technology Management, Economics of Digital Technologies, Business Model Innovation
  • Dr Deepak Venkateshvaran
    Subject:
    Physics
    Email:
    dv246
    College Position:
    Fellow and Director of Studies in Physics
    University Position:
    Royal Society University Research Fellow (URF)
    University Department:
    Cavendish Laboratory
    Research Interests:
  • Dr Dacia Viejo Rose
    Subject:
    Cultural Heritage and the Politics of the Past
    Email:
    dv230
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Archaeology
    University Position:
    Associate Professor in Heritage and the Politics of the Past and Director, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
    University Department:
    Department of Archaeology
    Research Interests:
    Contemporary uses and understandings of cultural heritage especially in relation to societal violence and its long-term impacts, the nexus between cultural heritage and memory, and notions of risk and endangerment pertaining to culture and nature.
  • Dr Lily Whitler
    Subject:
    Astrophysics
    Email:
    lw851
    College Position:
    Gavin Boyle Fellow in Exoplanetary Science
    University Position:
    Gavin Boyle Fellow
    University Department:
    Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cavendish Laboratory
    Research Interests:
    Galaxy formation and evolution, cosmic reionization, first stars
  • Dr Lauren Wilcox
    Subject:
    Gender Studies
    Email:
    lw487
    College Position:
    University Position:
    Associate Professor in Gender Studies and Deputy Director, University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Gender Studies
  • Dr Charlotte Woodford
    Subject:
    Modern Languages – German
    Email:
    cw268
    College Position:
    Director of Studies in Modern Languages
    University Position:
    Affiliated Lecturer, Department of German and Dutch
    University Department:
    German and Dutch
    Research Interests:
    Lou Andreas-Salomé; fin de siècle and Weimar German women’s writing.
  • Dr Victoria Young
    Subject:
    Japanese Studies
    Email:
    vy202
    College Position:
    University Position:
    Kawashima Associate Professor in Japanese Literature and Culture
    University Department:
    Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
    Research Interests:
    Modern and contemporary Japanese literature; Okinawan studies; writing by minorities in Japan; postcolonial studies; feminist criticism; translation theory
  • Dr Weilong Zhang
    Subject:
    Email:
    wz301
    College Position:
    Fellow in Economics
    University Position:
    University Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics
    University Department:
    Research Interests:
    Labor Economics, Education Economics, Family Economics, Psychology Economics

Latest News

  • Welcome all new members
    Welcome to our new graduate and undergraduate students.
  • Suzanne installed as Master
    Suzanne Raine was installed as Master of Selwyn College on 2 October, becoming the first woman to lead the college in its 143-year history.
  • Suzanne Raine assumes office

    Today, 1 October 2025, Suzanne Raine formally becomes Master of Selwyn College, succeeding Roger Mosey, who recently concluded his term. Her election to this office was announced in February 2025. 

  • Academic success
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