Profiles

With our profiles, we want to showcase our talented students and staff members. We aim to highlight individuals' research achievements and to give you the chance to find out more about some of the brilliant people at the Department of Aeronautics.

Dr Monika Szumilo - Teaching Fellow

With a background in Physics and a passion for teaching, Dr Szumilo is developing a new course in Machine Learning for Applications in Aeronautics

Dr Qianqian Li - Senior Lecturer

We talk about Dr Li about her background, research and how the Department supported her during her maternity leave.

Dr Zahra Sharif Khodaei - Tutor for Women

The Tutor for Women role offers female Aeronautics students the chance to discuss personal and professional issues with a female member of staff

Kirushika Ganthaswamy - alumni profile

We interview Kirushika, a former Aero MSc student who is now a systems engineer at Airbus Defence and Space

Michela Gramola - Amelia Earhart Fellow

Now a post-doc Dr Michela Gramola, successful applied to be an Amelia Earhart Fellow while a PhD student.

Nnaemeka Anyamele - UROP Student

As part of the UROP scheme, Nnaemeka assisted on COVID-19 research looking into the transmission risk of viruses during outdoor exercise.

Emeritus Professor Peter Bearman

Until his retirement in 2020, Peter Bearman worked in the Department for over 50 years. We spoke to Peter about his wide-ranging career.

Learn about our talented PhD students, their varied, fascinating projects and what being a researcher at the Department of Aeronautics is like with our PhD student profiles.