Meet the team
Prof. James Bennett
Director
Prof. Adrian (Ade) Woolard
Director of Technology / Professor of Creative Technologies
Sarah Smyth
Director of Operations
Prof. Nuno Barreiro
Democratisation & Standards Lead and Professor in Immersive Engineering
Miles Bernie
Head of Innovation
Muskaan Bindra
Research Contracts Manager
Sarah Brown
Head of Marketing & Communications
Kylie Bryant
Senior R&D Producer
Cristen Caine
R&D Producer
Prof. Angela Chan
Head of Inclusive Futures
Matt Cue
Senior Grants & Contracts Officer
Anna Dalton
Co-ordinator, CDT & StoryFutures
Prof. Polly Dalton
Head of Audience Futures
Fernanda Ferreira Freeman
Marketing & Communications Assistant
Chris Gallani
Head of Programme Delivery
Prof. Adam Ganz
Professor of Screenwriting, Worldbuilding Team
Dr. Claude Heath
Lecturer in Worldbuilding / StoryFutures World Designer
Chris Hogg
Lecturer in Creative & Social Media, Instructional Designer
Johnny Johnson
Senior Creative Technologist
Prof. Fiona Kilkelly
Head of Knowledge Exchange, Enterprise & Commercialisation
Destiny Lawrence
Junior Technician & Showcasing Coordinator
Dr. Maruša Levstek
Research Fellow in Technology and Culture / StoryFutures User Researcher
Prof. Mark Lycett
Head of Business Futures
Kirsten McClure
Digital Communications Officer
Anne McNeil
Programme Co-ordinator
Dr. Krisanee Meechao
Research Fellow in Digital Innovation
Prof. Amanda Murphy
Head of Partnerships & Training
Helen Scarlett O'Neill
Senior Training & Innovation Producer
Prof. Jen Parker-Starbuck
Professor of Performance, Worldbuilding Team
Lisa Pearson
Co-Production Coordinator
Dr. Alex Reppel
Business Futures Team Lead
Prof. Peter Richardson
WorldBuilding Lead
Prof. Will Saunders MBE
Creative Head
Neil Smith
Senior Technician
Sarah-Jane Southgate
Finance Assistant
Dr. Niki Strange
Executive Producer
Carl Thomas
Creative Enterprise Manager
Dr. Laryssa Whittaker
User Research Lead / Lecturer in Anthropology of Audiences
Dr. Andy Woods
Prototyping Research Lead / Senior Lecturer in Creative Technologies and UX