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

Address

Murchison House
Max Born Crescent
King's Buildings Campus
Edinburgh
EH9 3BF

Undergraduate and MSc (Taught) Programme Enquiries

Biology Teaching Organisation (BTO)

School of Biological Sciences

Contact details

Address

Mary Brück Building Room 1.2
Colin Maclaurin Road
The King's Buildings
Edinburgh
EH9 3DW

Availability

Monday - Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm

PhD, MSc (by Research) and MPhil Enquiries

Graduate School

School of Biological Sciences

Contact details

Address

Mary Brück Building
The King's Buildings
Colin Maclaurin Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3DW

Availability

Monday to Friday
09.00-17.00 GMT

General Enquiries

School of Biological Sciences

University of Edinburgh

Contact details

Address

Mary Brück Building, Ground Floor (East)
Colin Maclaurin Road
The King's Buildings
Edinburgh
EH9 3DW

School management and administration

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Head of SchoolProfessor Thorunn Helgason+44(0) 131 650 5525hossbs@ed.ac.uk
Deputy Head of SchoolVacant deputy.hossbs@ed.ac.uk 
Director of Professional ServicesAnna Gibbons+44(0) 131 650 5525dops.biology@ed.ac.uk
Co-Director of Professional Services & Administration Services ManagerRichard Yardley+44(0) 131 650 5552

dops.biology@ed.ac.uk

richard.yardley@ed.ac.uk

Co-Director of Professional Services & Technical Services ManagerDr Claudia Schaffner+44(0) 131 651 3537

dops.biology@ed.ac.uk 

claudia.schaffner@ed.ac.uk

PA to Head of School and PA to Director of Professional ServicesLouise Bishop+44(0) 131 650 5525louise.bishop@ed.ac.uk
Director of ResearchProfessor Steven Spoel+44(0) 131 650 7065 ​SBS.ResearchDirector@ed.ac.uk
Head of Research DevelopmentDr Theodora Lola-Luz+44(0) 131 650 7405theodora.lola-luz@ed.ac.uk
Research Development ManagerKirsten Paterson+44(0) 131 650 7292kirsten.paterson@ed.ac.uk
Director of ImpactProfessor Evelyn Telfer+44(0) 131 650 5393evelyn.telfer@ed.ac.uk 
Communications ManagerMarie-Anne Robertson+44(0) 131 651 9064marie-anne.robertson@ed.ac.uk
Director of TeachingDr Julia Richardson+44(0) 131 650 5520sbsdirectorofteaching@ed.ac.uk
Head of Teaching & Student Administration (Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate programmes)Alice Heatley+44(0) 131 650 8652alice.heatley@ed.ac.uk
Director of InternationalisationProf Eric Schirmer+44(0) 131 651 9546e.schirmer@ed.ac.uk
Head of International Operations & Student RecruitmentIndre Petrauskaite+44(0) 131 650 5408indre.petrauskaite@ed.ac.uk  
Director of Industrial EngagementProf Amy Buck (interim)+44(0) 131 651 3375
SBSDirector.IndustrialEngagement@ed.ac.uk
Director of Inclusion & DiversityProf Thorunn Helgason (interim)+44(0) 131 650 5525sbs.EandD@ed.ac.uk
Director of Graduate SchoolDr Cei Abreu-Goodger+44(0) 131 651 7787futurestudents@ed.ac.uk
Head of Postgraduate Research Administration and Student Experience

Lindsey Singleton

Maria Filippakopoulou

+44(0) 131 651 7160

+44(0) 131 651 7160

lindsey.singleton@ed.ac.uk

maria.filippakopoulou@ed.ac.uk 

Director of Career DevelopmentDr Jenny Regan+44(0) 131 651 3630SBSDirector.CareerDev@ed.ac.uk
Health & Safety ManagerFiona Duerden+44(0) 131 650 5364sbsafety@ed.ac.uk
Finance Business PartnerNaomi Walker+44(0) 131 650 5551sbs.financebusinesspartners@ed.ac.uk
Business Support ManagerDavid Clark+44(0) 131 650 7709sbs.business-support@ed.ac.uk
Head of Research Administration Office Jayne Glendinning sbs.research-support@ed.ac.uk 
School Operations ManagerKaren Rafferty+44(0) 131 651 9066karen.rafferty@ed.ac.uk 
Public Engagement ManagerJanet Paterson janet.paterson@ed.ac.uk 
Head of IT ServicesDavid Montreuil david.montreuil@ed.ac.uk
Web & Learning Technologies ManagerDr Yuhua Hu+44(0) 131 651 7090yuhua.hu@ed.ac.uk
Business Development Team ManagerDr Emma Elliott+44(0) 7773 166813emma.elliott@ei.ed.ac.uk
Business Development Executive(s)

Dr John Morrow

Dr Susana Direito

+44(0) 7919 286838

+44(0) 7768 750456

 

john.morrow@ei.ed.ac.uk

susana.direito@ei.ed.ac.uk

Institutes and Centres

Institute of Cell Biology

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Head of InstituteProf Ken Sawin+44 (0) 131 650 7064icbhoi@ed.ac.uk
Institute AdministratorJulie Ritchie+44 (0) 131 650 5366julie.ritchie@ed.ac.uk

Institute of Ecology & Evolution

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Head of InstituteProfessor Patrick Walsh+44 (0) 131 650 5520iebhead@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator

Emma Armitage (Mon & Tue only)

Roz Shields (Wed, Thu, Fri only)

+44 (0) 131 650 5464SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk

Institute of Immunology & Infection Research

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Head of InstituteProfessor Andrew MacDonald +44 (0) 131 651 3686iiirhead@ed.ac.uk
Institute Administrator

Emma Armitage (Mon & Tue only)

Roz Shields (Wed, Thu, Fri only)

+44 (0) 131 650 5464SBS.AshworthPA@ed.ac.uk

Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Head of InstituteProfessor Catherine Kidner+44 (0) 131 651 3316impshoi@ed.ac.uk
Institute AdministratorJulie Ritchie+44 (0) 131 650 5366julie.ritchie@ed.ac.uk

Institute for Stem Cell Research

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Head of InstituteProfessor Val Wilson+44 (0) 131 651 9552hoi.iscr@ed.ac.uk
Institute AdministratorGrace Atkinson +44 (0) 131 651 9514TBC

Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry & Biotechnology

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Head of InstituteProfessor Louise Horsfall+44 (0) 131 650 5482IQB3HOI@ed.ac.uk
Institute AdministratorJulie Ritchie+44 (0) 131 650 5366julie.ritchie@ed.ac.uk

Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
DirectorProfessor Adele Marston+44 (0) 131 650 7088wcb.director@ed.ac.uk
Project ManagerDr Karen May+44 (0) 131 650 5933karen.may@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Centre DirectorProfessor Keith Matthews+44 (0) 131 651 3683ciie@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Regenerative Medicine

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
CRM co-DirectorProfessor Tilo Kunath+44 (0) 131 650 9500tilo.kunath@ ed.ac.uk
Director PA  Paul Milligan+44 (0) 131 651 9637Paul.Milligan@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
Directorvacant  
Facilities ManagerDr Martin Wear+44 (0) 131 650 7045martin.wear@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Engineering Biology

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
DirectorProfessor Filippo Menolascina CentreEngBio@ed.ac.uk
AdministratorJulie Fyffe+44 (0) 131 651 9065j.fyffe@ed.ac.uk
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Centre for Adapting to Changing Environments

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
DirectorProfessor Emma Cunningham +44 (0) 131 651 6557enviromental.change@ed.ac.uk
Research Development ManagerDr Dora Lola-Luz+44 (0) 131 650 7405enviromental.change@ed.ac.uk
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Centre for Cell Biology

RolePersonPhone numberEmail
DirectorAdele Marston+44 (0) 131 650 7088adele.marston@ed.ac.uk
Co-DirectorDónal O'Carroll 
Centre managerKaren May+44 (0) 131 650 5933admin.ccbio@ed.ac.uk
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