Key contacts

Please direct any enquiries to the relevant team or member of staff.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Admissions Enquiries

Entry requirements and information about the application process is available on our individual degree programme pages.

Recruitment and Admissions Team

College of Science and Engineering

Contact details

Work: + 44 (0)131 650 5737
Email: futurestudents@ed.ac.uk

Web: Enquiry Form

Address

Murchison House
Max Born Crescent
King's Buildings Campus

Edinburgh

EH9 3BF

Availability

Phone lines are open Monday - Friday from 10.00am - 4.00pm.

General Enquiries

School of Biological Sciences

University of Edinburgh

Contact details

Work: +44 (0) 131-650-5525
Email: biology@ed.ac.uk

Facebook page

Twitter

Address

Roger Land Building
The King's Buildings
Alexander Crum Brown Road

Edinburgh

EH9 3FF

School management and administration

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Head of School	Professor Thorunn Helgason	+44 (0) 131 650 5525	hossbs@ed.ac.uk
Deputy Head of School	Professor Andrew Millar	+44(0) 131 651 3325	deputy.hossbs@ed.ac.uk
Director of Professional Services	Anna Gibbons	+44 (0) 131 650 5525	dops.biology@ed.ac.uk
Deputy Director of Professional Services & Administration Manager	Richard Yardley	+44 (0) 131 650 5552	dops.biology@ed.ac.uk richard.yardley@ed.ac.uk
PA to Head of School and PA to Director of Professional Services	Louise Bishop	+44 (0) 131 650 5525	louise.bishop@ed.ac.uk
Director of Research	Professor Steven Spoel	+44 (0) 131 650 7065	SBS.ResearchDirector@ed.ac.uk
Head of Research Development	Dr Theodora Lola-Luz	+44(0) 131 650 7405	theodora.lola-luz@ed.ac.uk
Research Development Manager	Kirsten Paterson	+44(0) 131 650 7292	kirsten.paterson@ed.ac.uk
Director of Impact	Professor Evelyn Telfer	+44(0) 131 650 5393	evelyn.telfer@ed.ac.uk
Public Engagement Manager	Dr Janet Paterson	+44(0) 131 650 7123	janet.paterson@ed.ac.uk
Science Communications Manager	Marie-Anne Robertson	+44(0) 131 651 9064	marie-anne.robertson@ed.ac.uk
Director of Teaching	Dr Julia Richardson	+44 (0) 131 650 5520	sbsdirectorofteaching@ed.ac.uk
Head of Teaching & Student Administration (Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate programmes)	Alice Heatley	+44(0) 131 650 5538	alice.heatley@ed.ac.uk
Head of International Operations & Student Recruitment	Indre Petrauskaite	+44(0) 131 650 5408	indre.petrauskaite@ed.ac.uk
Director of Internationalisation	Prof Eric Schirmer	+44 (0) 131 651 9546	e.schirmer@ed.ac.uk
Director of Industrial Engagement	vacant		SBSDirector.IndustrialEngagement@ed.ac.uk
Director of Inclusion & Diversity	vacant		sbs.EandD@ed.ac.uk
Director of Graduate School	Professor Gerben van Ooijen	+44 (0) 131 651 3314	futurestudents@ed.ac.uk
Head of Postgraduate Research Administration and Student Experience	Lindsey Singleton	+44 (0) 131 650 5327	lindsey.singleton@ed.ac.uk
Director of Career Development	Professor Dan Nussey	+44 (0) 131 650 5413	SBSDirector.CareerDev@ed.ac.uk
Technical Services Manager	Dr Claudia Schaffner	+44 (0) 131 651 3537	claudia.schaffner@ed.ac.uk
Health & Safety Manager	Fiona Duerden	+44 (0) 131 650 5364	sbsafety@ed.ac.uk
Finance Business Partner	Naomi Walker	+44 (0) 131 650 5551	sbs.financebusinesspartners@ed.ac.uk
Business Support Manager	David Clark	+44 (0) 131 650 7709	sbs.business-support@ed.ac.uk
Head of IT Services	David Montreuil		david.montreuil@ed.ac.uk
Web & Learning Technologies Manager	Dr Yuhua Hu	+44 (0) 131 651 7090	yuhua.hu@ed.ac.uk
Business Development Team Manager	Dr Emma Elliott	+44 (0) 7773 166813	emma.elliott@ei.ed.ac.uk
Business Development Executive(s)	Dr John Morrow Dr Susana Direito George Ashley	+44 (0) 7919 286838 +44 (0) 7768 750456	john.morrow@ei.ed.ac.uk susana.direito@ei.ed.ac.uk george.ashley@ei.ed.ac.uk

Institutes and Centres

Institute of Cell Biology

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Head of Institute	Prof JP Arulanandam Dr Liz Bayne	+44 (0) 131 650 7113 +44 (0) 131 651 7789	icbhoi@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator	Julie Davidson	+44 (0) 131 650 5366	julie.davidson@ed.ac.uk

Role

Person

Phone number

Head of Institute

Prof JP Arulanandam

Dr Liz Bayne

+44 (0) 131 650 7113

+44 (0) 131 651 7789

icbhoi@ed.ac.uk

Institute Administrator

Julie Davidson

+44 (0) 131 650 5366

julie.davidson@ed.ac.uk

Institute of Ecology & Evolution

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Head of Institute	Professor Nick Colegrave	+44 (0) 131 650 7705	iebhead@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator	Emma Armitage (Mon & Tue only) Roz Shields (Wed, Thu, Fri only)	+44 (0) 131 650 5464	SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk

Role

Person

Phone number

Head of Institute

Professor Nick Colegrave

+44 (0) 131 650 7705

iebhead@ed.ac.uk

Institute Administrator

Emma Armitage (Mon & Tue only)

Roz Shields (Wed, Thu, Fri only)

+44 (0) 131 650 5464

SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk

Institute of Immunology & Infection Research

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Head of Institute	Professor Andrew MacDonald	+44 (0) 131 651 3686	iiirhead@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator	Emma Armitage (Mon & Tue only) Roz Shields (Wed, Thu, Fri only)	+44 (0) 131 650 5464	SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk

Role

Person

Phone number

Head of Institute

Professor Andrew MacDonald

+44 (0) 131 651 3686

iiirhead@ed.ac.uk

Institute Administrator

Emma Armitage (Mon & Tue only)

Roz Shields (Wed, Thu, Fri only)

+44 (0) 131 650 5464

SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk

Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Head of Institute	Professor Catherine Kidner	+44 (0) 131 651 3316	impshoi@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator	Julie Davidson	+44 (0) 131 650 5366	julie.davidson@ed.ac.uk

Institute for Stem Cell Research

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Head of Institute	Professor Ian Chambers	+44 (0) 131 651 9562	hoi.iscr@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator	Beth Wright	+44 (0) 131 651 9514	beth.wright@ed.ac.uk

Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry & Biotechnology

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Head of Institute	Professor Louise Horsfall	+44 (0) 131 650 5482	IQB3HOI@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator	Julie Davidson	+44 (0) 131 650 5366	julie.davidson@ed.ac.uk

Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Director	Professor Adele Marston	+44 (0) 131 650 7088	wcb.director@ed.ac.uk
Project Manager	Dr Karen May	+44 (0) 131 650 5933	karen.may@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Centre Director	Professor Keith Matthews	+44 (0) 131 651 3683	ciie@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Regenerative Medicine

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
CRM co-Director	Professor Tilo Kunath	+44 (0) 131 650 9500	tilo.kunath@ ed.ac.uk
Director PA	Paul Milligan	+44 (0) 131 651 9637	Paul.Milligan@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Director	vacant
Facilities Manager	Dr Martin Wear	+44 (0) 131 650 7045	martin.wear@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Engineering Biology

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Director	Professor Filippo Menolascina		CentreEngBio@ed.ac.uk
Administrator	Julie Fyffe	+44 (0) 131 651 9065	j.fyffe@ed.ac.uk
Website

Centre for Adapting to Changing Environments

Role	Person	Phone number	Email
Director	Professor Emma Cunningham	+44 (0) 131 651 6557	enviromental.change@ed.ac.uk
Research Development Manager	Dr Dora Lola-Luz	+44 (0) 131 650 7405	enviromental.change@ed.ac.uk
Website

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