• Back to previous menu
• Early Career Researcher Governance
• • Early Career Researcher Sub-Committee
  • Early Career Researcher representatives
  • HR Excellence In Research
  • Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
  • Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research Survey (CEDARS)

Early Career Researcher representatives

The Early Career Researcher (ECR) Reps Group reports in to the ECR Sub-Committee, giving ECRs a voice in University decision-making.

ECR reps represent early career researchers at committee level at the University of Sussex. Drawn from each of the academic Schools, reps hold an ECR Forum in their School each term to garner views and bring the research community together.

Reps meet six times a year, chairing meetings on a rolling basis, and two members attend each ECR Sub-Committee meeting to raise issues for discussion. It's a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in committee work and build skills for your promotion application or ADR.

Many of the ECR reps also represent research staff on other University committees, such as the Research IT Committee, Summer of Research Working Group, Athena Swan Self-Assessment Teams and School Research Committees.

Introducing the ECR representatives

If you are interested in nominating yourself for any of the vacant ECR representative positions, please contact researchstaffoffice@sussex.ac.uk

Further information

Our past reps and where they are now...

Dr Christian Byrnes School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Royal Society Research Fellow and Lecturer in Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sussex.
Dr Liz Ford  Brighton and Sussex Medical School	Liz was appointed as a Lecturer in Research Methodology and Research Fellow at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
Dr Rebecca Graber School of Psychology	Rebecca was appointed as a Lecturer in Psychology at the Univeristy of Brighton.
Dr Greig Joilin School of Life Sciences, Neuroscience	Greig was appointed as a Lecturer in Biochemistry and Biomedicine (Education and Scholarship).
Dr Lena Grinsted School of Life Sciences, EBE	Lena secured a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to be hosted at Royal Holloway from February 2017.
Dr Ralitsa Hiteva School of Business, Management and Economics, SPRU	Ralitsa is continuing her research within SPRU as a Research Fellow.
Dr Fiona Ingleby School of Life Sciences, EBE	Fiona was appointed as Data Analysis and Research Manager with Cancer Research UK.
Dr Christina Jones Brighton and Sussex Medical School	Christina was appointed as a Lecturer in Paediatrics in Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
Dr Matthew Musgrave School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Matthew moved to a Postdoctoral Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr Leanne Proops School of Psychology	Leanne was appointed as a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth.
Dr Andrew Ridley School of Life Sciences, Genome	Andrew was appointed as Product Manager at Labtech International Ltd.
Stuart Rulten School of Life Sciences, Genome	Stuart was appointed as a Medical Writer for Prime Global.
Dr Francesco Ventrella School of History, Art History and Philosophy	Francesco was appointed as a Lecturer in Art History at the University of Sussex.
Dr Kate Ward School of Global Studies	Kate was appointed as a Research Associate at Imperial College London.
Dr Duncan Carmichael School of Psychology	Duncan was appointed as a Researcher for the University of Edinburgh.
Dr Gianluca Memoli School of Engineering and Informatics	Gianluca was appointed as a Lecturer in Department of Informatics at the University of Sussex.
Dr Ceren Özpinar School of History, Art History and Philosophy	Ceren was appointed as a Lecturer for the University of Brighton.
Dr Elizabeth Rendon-Morales School of Engineering and Informatics	Elizabeth was appointed as a Lecturer in the department of Engineering and Design at the University of Sussex.
Dr Stefano Caserta Brighton and Sussex Medical School	Stefano has been appointed as a Lecturer at the University of Hull.
Dr Saeideh Babashahi Brighton and Sussex Medical School	Saeideh is continuing her research within BSMS as a Research Fellow.
Dr Richard Gorman Brighton and Sussex Medical School	Rich is continuing his research within BSMS as a Research Fellow.
Dr Bruno Zamorano School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Bruno has taken a position as a data scientist for an organisation based in Surrey.
Dr Alice Eldrige School of Media, Film and Music	Alice has been appointed as a Lecturer at the School of Media, Film and Music (now MAH).

                                                                                              

Meet Your Reps Presentation

For a brief overview of the benefits of becoming a rep please see the PowerPoint presented at the 'Meet Your Reps' event hosted by the Postdoctoral Network.

A new ECR reps role description outlining the benefits and expectations will be added here in Spring 2025.