Academic and industry profiles

Dr Mark Hopkins
This programme will give you an in-depth understanding of food processing, food texture, flavour, food formulations, product development, and food safety.More

Paul Abbott
The programme prides itself on its wide ranging network of host organisations who offer challenging placement opportunities as well as subsequent career opportunities in many cases.More

Dr Mahmood Akhtar
“The MSc Food Science and Nutrition course is designed to develop understanding of the functions of food components through the food processing in relation to nutritional quality of food.”More

Dr Tracy Aze
Our induction week fieldtrip is highlight for me. I’m always so excited to meet all of our new students and to find out what their hopes are for the futureMore

Professor Andy Baird
Our BSc Geography with Environmental Mathematics is unique in the UK in being mostly a physical geography programme with additional training in fundamental maths skills.More

Dr Adam Booth
For me, there’s nothing more rewarding than nurturing students towards achieving their full potential.More

Dr Luke Burns
It is my top priority to make sure the course delivers all the skills and contemporary modules that you need to be successful in the GIS industry.More

Dr Manuel Ojeda Cabral
Within the Institute for Transport Studies, rail research not only has a long tradition, but has also been identified as a key priority area for future growth. As the Programme Manager for this course, I look forward to helping students achieve their full potential.More

Dr Matteo Castronovo
The Food Science (Food Biotechnology) MSc is a learning course designed to emphasise connections between the core sciences of chemistry and biochemistry, alongside the processing of food, in relation to major societal challenges of pivotal importance in our time such as food safety, allergy and nutritional quality.More
Dr Rammile Ettelaie
My current interests span the simulation and modelling of a range of food related interfacial phenomena.More

Dr Charlotte Evans
“This course brings together students from many countries with a wide range of backgrounds providing opportunities to learn from peers as well as staff.”More

Dr Myles Gould
Mentoring final year dissertation student is particularly highlight for me. I am always incredibly proud of everything our students achieve in their final year projects.More
Dr Stephen Hall
My work in urban energy systems and the work of the MSc Sustainable Cities team in other urban systems, will be at the centre of our teaching on this course.More

Dr. Peter Ho
"The MSc in Food Quality and Innovation is unique, as it is one of the only programmes in Food Science and Nutrition in the UK, that has been specifically designed using a Project-led Education pedagogy."More
Dr Mel Holmes
"The programme will introduce the basic unit operations which are used to produce everyday commodities from the raw ingredients to the final product and develop knowledge and techniques of measurement and monitoring stability."More
Dr Yue Huang
The MSc Transport Planning and Engineering Programme at University of Leeds is taught by word-class academics and researchers with a wide range of expertise in transport.More

Professor Ed Manley
My research aims to deepen our quantitative understanding of human behaviour in cities, and how these behaviours shape urban activity and dynamics.More

Dr Caroline Mullen
The Masters programme in Sustainability in Transport provides knowledge and analytic skills to enable students to contribute to addressing some of the most pressing issues facing societies.More

Dr Paul Norman
Our highly qualified and motivated students are valued by employers in the sector with many progressing to research for a PhD.More

Dr Dan O'Neill
Leeds is the only university where you will find a world-renowned group of ecological economists working alongside a progressive economics department who are committed to pluralism.More

Dr Rory Padfield
The University's outstanding research base is invaluable to the quality of the teaching on the MSc programme.More

Dr Effie Papargyropoulou
Before joining the Sustainability Research Institute, at the University of Leeds, I worked as an environmental consultant in the UK and as a lecturer in Malaysia. These experiences have given me different perspectives beyond academia and the global north.More

Dr Julie Peacock
I enjoy teaching a range of topics in physical geography from ecology to climate science, and am keen to see students learning through seminars, laboratory work, and in the field.More
Dr Yim Ling Siu
This MSc provides students a unique study experience and training in combining physical and social science perspectives to better understand climate change and its impacts on the economy, society and the environment.More

Dr Mark Thomas
The MSc projects are a real highlight, it brings together the opportunity to put into practice so many of the aspects that students have learnt on their course, focusing on a practical problem.More

Dr Andrew Walker
Students on the undergraduate geophysics programmes will learn how to use the principles of physics to understand and explore that planet.More

Dr Stephen Whitfield
As the programme leader for the Sustainability and Environmental Management BSc, it is a real privilege to witness each of our students go on their own unique journey through university life.More