Fellows

Welcome to the Software Sustainability Institute's Fellows page, where we proudly showcase the diverse and accomplished individuals who contribute to the vibrant ecosystem of software sustainability. Our fellows are passionate professionals from various domains, united by a common goal: advancing the sustainability of software in research and beyond.

These exceptional individuals represent a spectrum of expertise, ranging from software development and data science to research and academia. As fellows of the Software Sustainability Institute, they embody a commitment to fostering best practices, collaboration, and innovation in the ever-evolving landscape of scientific software.

Explore the profiles of our esteemed fellows to discover their impactful contributions, insights, and the valuable role they play in shaping the future of sustainable software. Together, we are building a community that empowers and supports the long-term viability of software in research, enabling breakthroughs and discoveries that benefit us all.

2023 Inauguration


Alex Coleman Research Software Engineering University of Leeds	Alex Southgate Physics & Astronomy Cardiff University	Aman Goel Research Software Engineering, Open Science University of Manchester	Andrea Sánchez Tapia Ecology/Biodiversity Informatics Global Fishing Watch

Aoife Hughes Science research / software development The Alan Turing Institute	David Young Astrophysics Queen's University Belfast	Deborah Leem Digital Humanities University College London (UCL)	Felicity 'Flic' Anderson Research Software Engineering Research University of Edinburgh

Gaurav Bhalerao Neuroimaging University of Oxford	Georgia Aitkenhead Participatory Science The Alan Turing Institute	Kasia Banas Data Science for Health and Social Care University of Edinburgh	Kieran Didi AI for Biology/Bioinformatics Cambridge University

Lincoln Colling Cognitive Science University of Sussex	Loïc Lannelongue Green computing, biomedical data science University of Cambridge	Magesh Chandramouli Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality Purdue University NW	Melissa Black Open science, open education MetaDocencia

Michael Tso Environmental data science, hydrology, geophysics UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Nadine Spychala Computational & Theoretical Neuroscience University of Sussex	Reina Camacho Toro Physics CNRS/ CERN	Samuel Forbes Developmental Psychology Durham University

Sarah Jaffa Research Software Engineering University College London	Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal Statistician, Community Builder, Open Source and Open Science Advocate RSE Asia Association	Stephen Klusza Developmental genetics Clayton State University	Ugur Yilmaz Astronomy Square Kilometre Array Observatory

2022 Inauguration


Annie Jeffery Pharmacoepidemiology University College London	Bastian Greshake Tzovaras Citizen Science Inserm, Université de Paris	Christina Last Machine Learning The Alan Turing Institute	Connah Kendrick Computer Graphics, 3D data Manchester Metropolitan University

David Wilby Best Practice in Research Software University of Sheffield	Gemma Turon AI and Machine Learning Tools Ersilia Open Source Initiative	Georgina Al-Badri Mathematical and Computational Modelling University College London	Ginestra Ferraro Research Software UI/ UX Designer King's College London

James Byrne Multi-Scale Software British Antarctic Survey	Jannetta Steyn Bioinformatics and Research Software Engineering Newcastle University	Jesper Dramsch Machine Learning in the Sciences ECMWF	Kim Martin Biomedical Science Stellenbosch University

Luke Abraham Chemistry-Climate Modelling University of Cambridge	Meag Doherty Research Experience and Open Data National Institutes of Health	Mike Walmsley Applied Deep learning in Astrophysics University of Manchester	Nilani Ganeshwaran Software and Digital Development University of Manchester

Peter Schmidt Research Software Engineering Freelance Podcaster (Code for Thought)	Riva Quiroga Corpus Linguistics, Computational Methods Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Sadie Bartholomew Computational Science for Research University of Reading	Sam Harrison Environmental Geospatial Modelling UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Sarah Ames Digital Scholarship National Library of Scotland	Sarah Forrester Biology and Bioinformatics University of York	Sophia Batchelor Neuroscience University of Leeds	Tom Russell Sustainable Infrastructure Systems University of Oxford

Valentin Danchev Computational Social Science Queen Mary University of London	Valerio Maggio Data Science and Machine Learning Anaconda, inc.

2021 Inauguration


Abhishek Dasgupta Research Software Engineering University of Oxford	Alison Clarke Research Software Engineering Durham University	Chris Jochem Spatial Demography University of Southampton	Colin Sauze Research Software Engineering, HPC National Oceanography Centre

Daniele Procida Open-Source Software Development Canonical	Dave Horsfall Research Software Engineering Newcastle University	Dominik Krzemiński RSE in Neuroscience University of Cambridge	Eli Chadwick Computational Science and RSE The Carpentries

Emma Karoune Archaeological Sciences The Alan Turing Institute	Hannah Williams Infectious Disease Modelling Public Health England	Iain Barrass Research Software Development, HPC University of Glasgow	Katy Brown Bioinformatics, Virology University of Cambridge

Leontien Talboom Digital Preservation Cambridge University Libraries	Mateusz Malenta HPC, Machine Learning University of Manchester	Matthew Bluteau Research Software Engineering, Training UK Atomic Energy Authority	Michael Berks Medical Image Analysis University of Manchester

Simon Waldman Marine and Offshore Renewable Energy University of Hull	Thibault Lestang RSE, Code Review Imperial College London	Yadira Sánchez Software Development, Liberatory Technologies University of Southampton

2020 Inauguration


Alex Clarke Astronomy, Machine Learning Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics	Anna-Maria Sichani Media History, Historical Data Modelling School of Advanced Study, University of London	Diego Alonso Álvarez RSE, Training Imperial College London	Edward Palmer Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine University College London

Emily Bell Digital Humanities University of Leeds	Emily Lewis Machine Learning in Nuclear Applications Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - STFC - UKRI	Emma Rand Biology and Bioinformatics University of York	Jez Cope Research Data Services British Library

Jon Massey Research into Antimicrobial Resistance University of Oxford	Leonardo Uieda Geophysics Universidade de São Paulo	Pablo Bernabeu Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Psychology UiT The Arctic University of Norway	Phil McAleer Psychology University of Glasgow

Philipp Boersch-Supan Quantitative Ecology British Trust for Ornithology	Sarah Gibson Open Source Infrastructure The International Interactive Computing Collaboration (2i2c)	Tarek Allam Astrophysics, Scientific Computing UCL	Will Furnass Research Software Engineering University of Sheffield

Will Hulme Statistics, Observational Health Data EBM DataLab	Yasir Noori Electronic and Photonic Technologies University of Southampton

2019 Inauguration


Andrew Stewart Neuroscience, Human Language Processing University of Manchester	Anna Krystalli RSE, Reproducible Research University of Sheffield	Benjamin Krikler Particle Physics, Software Development University of Bristol	Catherine Smith Humanities, Language Analysis University of Birmingham

Daniel Hobley Computer Simulations, Modelling Tools Cardiff University	Frances Cooper Software Engineering Google	Gergana Daskalova Global Change Ecology University of Edinburgh	Isla Myers-Smith Global Change Ecology University of Edinburgh

Jessica Ward Quantitative Ecology Newcastle University	Laura James Engineering, Sustainable Technologies Overstory	Leandro Liborio Computational Modelling Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - STFC - UKRI	Lucy Whalley Computational Materials Science Northumbria University

Malvika Sharan Bio-Computation, Community Building European Molecular Biology Laboratory	Mozhgan Kabiri chimeh GPU Developing, Community Building NVIDIA	Patricia Herterich Reproducibity and Fair Data Practices Open Life Science	Rachael Ainsworth Radio Astronomy, Inclusive Research Culture The University of Manchester

Sorrel Harriet Software Development, Continuous Learning Culture Armakuni

2018 Inauguration


Adam Jackson Computational Research Science and Technology Facilities Council	Adam Tomkins Computational Neuroscience University of Sheffield	Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran RSE, Data Science University of Oxford	Alexander Morley Neuroscience University of Oxford

Becky Arnold Astrophysics, Star Clusters University of Sheffield	Brigitta Sipocz Astronomy Institute of Astronomy	Eike Mueller Scientific Computing University of Bath	Geraint Palmer Mathematics, Stochastic Simulations Cardiff University

Martin Donnelly Open Science, Data Management University College London	Matt Williams RSE, HPC University of Bristol	Matthew Upson Data Science, Digital Services Mantis LNP Limited	Reka Solymosi Data Science, Quantiative Methods University of Manchester

Richard Adams Entrepreneurship, Innovation Cranfield University	Sammie Buzzard Mathematics, Meteorology Northumbria University	Stephan Druskat Humanities, Software Sustainability German Aerospace Center (DLR)	Stuart Grieve Geoscience University College London

Tania Allard RSE, Teaching University of Sheffield	Yo Yehudi RSE, Open Source Software Open Life Science

2017 Inauguration


Alice Harpole Astrophysics University of Southampton	Andy South Software Tools, Ecology Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Blair Archibald Functional Programming, Computer Systems University of Glasgow	Cyril Pernet Neurobiology Neurobiology Research Unit, Rigshospitalet

Danny Wong Medicine, Anaesthesia Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust & King's College London	Edward Fisher Microelectronics, Measurement Systems University of Edinburgh	Edward Smith Mechanical Engineering Imperial College London	Eilis Hannon Bioinformatics University of Exeter

Gary Leeming Health Informatics University of Liverpool	Hans Fangohr Computational Modelling University of Southampton	Krishna Kumar Computational Engineering University of Cambridge	Laurence Billingham Reproducible Research, Machine Learning British Geological Survey (NERC)

Lawrence Hudson RSE, Open Science Natural History Museum	Nikoleta Glynatsi Game Theory, Machine Learning Cardiff University	Robin Long Particle Physics, Programming Lancaster University	Sanjay Manohar Neuroscience, Neurology University of Oxford

Thomas Etherington Geography, Ecology Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research	Thomas Robitaille Scientific Software Freelance

2016 Inauguration


Caroline Jay Computer Science, RSE University of Manchester	Craig MacLachlan Climate Science Met Office Hadley Centre	David Perez-Suarez Solar Physics, Open-Source Software University College London	Heather Ford Collaborative Platforms, Digital Methods University of Leeds

Iza Romanowska Computer Science, Simulation Techniques University of Southampton	James Harold Davenport Mathematics and Computer Science University of Bath	Jon Hill Environmental Modelling University of York	Manuel Corpas Bioinformatics, Genomics Cambridge Precision Medicine

Mark Stillwell HPC and Cloud Distributed Systems Cisco Meraki	Melodee Helene Beals Digital History Loughborough University	Olivia Guest Cognitive Modelling, Categorisation Radboud University	Rebecca Wilson Privacy Preserving data tools and methodologies University of Liverpool

Robert Paul Davey Data Infrastructure and Algorithms Earlham Institute	Ross Mounce Content Retrieval, Extraction and Re-Use, Data Sharing University of Cambridge	Steve Harris Anaesthesia and Critical Care University College London Hospital	Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller Digital Humanities Australian National University

Vincent Knight Mathematics, Operational Research Cardiff University

2015 Inauguration


Alys Brett Software Development, Fusion Research Culham Centre for Fusion Energy	Bethan Davies Glacial Geology Royal Holloway University of London	Boris Adryan Computational Biology University of Cambridge	Claire Donoghue Machine Learning and Imaging AstraZeneca

Dominic Orchard Computer Science University of Kent and University of Cambridge	James Baker Digital Humanities University of Southampton	James Spencer RSE, Quantum Chemistry Deepmind	Joe Parker Phylogenomics Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Larisa Blazic Open Source Software, Media Arts University of Westminster	Natalie Stanford Data management, Life Sciences Capgemini Engineering	Oliver Laslett Computational Engineering Lightdash	Richard Johnston X-ray Microtomography Swansea University

Robert Haines RSE University of Manchester	Robert Patton Clinical Psychology University of Surrey	Russell Garwood Digital Visualisation, X-ray and CT Scanning University of Manchester	Sarah Mount Computer Science, Programming Languages University of Wolverhampton

Susheel Varma Scientific Workflows Information Commissioners Office	Tom Pollard Computational Physiology Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Torsten Reimer Digital Humanities, Library Services University of Chicago

2014 Inauguration


Alexandra Simperler Computational Chemistry Simperler Consulting	Derek Groen Simulation and Modelling, HPC Brunel University London	Farah Ahmed X-ray Microtomography Natural History Museum	Jane Charlesworth Evolutionary Biology The Life Coach School

Laurent Gatto Computational Biology de Duve Institute, UCLouvain	Leanne Mary Wake Geography, Sea-Level Change University of Northumbria	Liberty Foreman Biophysics, Spectroscopy University College London	Mark Basham Software Science Diamond Light Source

Michael Fischer Anthropological Sciences University of Kent	Olexandr Konovalov Computational Algebra University of St Andrews	Philip Fowler Computer Simulation, Cell Science University of Oxford	Robyn Grant Biology, Behavioural Science Manchester Metropolitan University

Stephen Eglen Computational Neuroscience University of Cambridge	Stuart Dunn Humanities, Crowd-Sourcing Kings's College London	Tom Crick Computing Science, Code Optimisation Swansea University	Yannick Wurm Bioinformatics Queen Mary University London

2013 Inauguration


Adam Crymble History, Historical Textual Sources King's College London	Alex Chartier Imaging Science, Ionospheric Forecasting University of Bath	Allen Pope Glaciology University of Cambridge	Anna Powell Smith Software Development Freelance

Barry Rowlingson Statistics, Epidemiology Lancaster University	Caitlin Bentley International Development Royal Holloway University of London	Cefn Hoile Digital Objects, Prototyping Lancaster University	James Hetherington Scientific Software Development University College London

Kayla Lacovino Volcanology, Experimental Petrology NASA Johnson Space Center	Melody Sandells Snow and Soil Moisture, Satellite Data CORES Science and Engineering Limited	Mike Croucher RSE, Programming University of Sheffield	Nick Pearce Social Science University of West London

Richard Abel CT Scanning, 3D Imaging Imperial College London	Robin Wilson Data Science, Software Development Freelance	Stephan Lautenschlager Palaeobiology University of Birmingham

2012 Inauguration


Aleksandra Pawlik Scientific Software Development The Open University	Colin Semple Bioinformatics MRC Human Genetics Unit	Elisa Loza Reyes Statistics, Genomics NHS Blood and Transplant	Heather Packer Ontologies, Semantic Web University of Southampton

Kathryn Rose Glaciology, Glacial Geomorphology Venner Shipley LLP	Kristy Revell Environment Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs	Laura Moss Artificial Intelligence in Medicine University of Glasgow	Norman Morrison Genomics Precision Health

Simon Choppin Biomechanics, Electronics Sheffield Hallam University	Vanesa Magar Fluid Mechanics, Seabed and Shoreline Evolution Centre for Scientific Research and Postgraduate Education of Ensenada (CICESE)

Alumni


Sarah Butcher