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.

Get involved - become an ECR Rep

We welcome new reps from any School with vacancies (see below). If you would be interested in representing your fellow researchers and influencing University policy while enhancing your CV, take a look at the ECR reps Terms of Reference (under review) or contact us researchstaffoffice@sussex.ac.uk for more information.

Head shoot of Dr Stefano Caserta

"The Research Staff Reps group is a good environment to exchange opinions and influence decisions that impact on our careers. By becoming a Research Staff Rep I feel that I have positively contributed to our diverse researcher community and gained a solid understanding of our wider roles within the University."

Dr Stefano Caserta

Head shoot of Dr Christiane Oedekoven

"I became a Research Staff Rep because I felt that there are issues specific to our work which need to be raised in a wider context. Being a Research Staff Representative is a great way to get to know the inner workings of the University better, as well as my fellow researchers."

Dr Christiane Oedekoven

Introducing the ECR representatives

School	ECR rep	ECR rep
Business (USBS)	currently vacant	currently vacant
Engineering and Informatics	Dr Henry Dore Henry's staff profile. H.Dore@sussex.ac.uk	currently vacant
Education and Social Work (ESW)	Dr Jeongeun Park Jeongeun's staff profile. Jeongeun.Park@sussex.ac.uk	currently vacant
Global Studies	Dr Elena Borisova Elena's staff profile. E.Borisova@sussex.ac.uk	currently vacant
Life Sciences - Biochemistry	Dr Megan Wagstaff Megans's staff profile. M.Wagstaff@sussex.ac.uk	Dr Sarah Connery Sarah's staff profile. S.Connery@sussex.ac.uk
Life Sciences - Evolution, Behaviour and Environment	currently vacant	currently vacant
Life Sciences - Genomes	Dr Andrea Keszthelyi Andrea's staff profile. A.Keszthelyi@sussex.ac.uk	currently vacant
Life Sciences - Neuroscience	Dr Antonio Hinojosa Antonio's staff profile A.Hinojosa@sussex.ac.uk	Dr Liad Baruchin Liad's staff profile. L.J.Baruchin@sussex.ac.uk
Law, Politics and Sociology (LPS)	currently vacant	currently vacant
Media, Arts and Humanities (MAH)	currently vacant	currently vacant
Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)	Dr Aline Amorim Graf Aline's staff profile A.Amorim-Graf@sussex.ac.uk Dr Graham Stutter Graham's staff profile G.Stutter@sussex.ac.uk	Dr Wilf Shorrock Wilf's staff profile W.Shorrock@sussex.ac.uk
Psychology	Dr Ana Rozman Ana's staff profile. A.Rozman@sussex.ac.uk	Dr Nick Souter Nick's staff profile N.Souter@sussex.ac.uk
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS)	Dr Vicky Hall Vicky's staff profile V.Hall@bsms.ac.uk	currently vacant

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

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.

Sussex Researcher School

Early Career Researcher representatives

Get involved - become an ECR Rep

Introducing the ECR representatives

Sussex Researcher School