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Staff in the School of Construction Management and Engineering

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Roles
Academic staff
Research staff
Administrative staff
Visiting staff
Emeritus staff
Honorary
Postgraduate research students

Academic staff  

Name Position Telephone
Email
Professor Tabarak Ballal

Professor

+44 (0)118 378 8192 t.ballal@reading.ac.uk
Dr Ronan Champion Lecturer in Construction Law +44 (0)118 378 7933 r.champion@reading.ac.uk
Dr Ariana Darvish  Lecturer  +44 (0) 118 378 5389 n.darvish@reading.ac.uk
Professor Irem Dikmen Professor +44 (0) 118 378 4714 i.dikmen@reading.ac.uk
Dr Ruth Dowsett Lecturer in Virtual and Digital Construction +44 (0)118 378 6733 r.m.dowsett@reading.ac.uk
Ekpo Ekpenyong Graduate Teaching Assistant + 44 (0) 118 378 6498 ekpo.ekpenyong@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Emmanuel Essah

Head of Sustainable Energy, Environment and Engineering

 +44 (0)118 378 8563 e.a.essah@reading.ac.uk
Dr Ian Ewart Head of Construction and Engineering Management +44 (0)118 378 8205 i.j.ewart@reading.ac.uk
Dr Alba Fuertes Associate Professor +44 (0) 118 378 4717 a.fuertes@reading.ac.uk
Dr Martin Green Lecturer +44 (0)118 378 8587 m.s.green@reading.ac.uk
Professor Stuart Green Professor +44 (0)118 378 7174 s.d.green@reading.ac.uk
Dr Christos Halios Lecturer +44 (0) 118 378 4719 c.halios@reading.ac.uk
Dr Rory Jones Associate Professor +44 (0)118 378 4716 r.v.jones@reading.ac.uk
Dr Shabnam Kabiri School Director of Internationalisation +44 (0)118 378 6038 s.kabiri@reading.ac.uk
Dr Shahab Kabiri Renani Lecturer +44 (0) 118 378 6685 s.kabirirenani@reading.ac.uk
Dr Tim Lees Head of School of the Built Environment +44 (0)118 378 7621 t.j.lees@reading.ac.uk

Dr Máté Lőrincz

Lecturer +44 (0)118 378 6677
m.lorincz@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Shu-Ling Lu

Associate Professor of Construction and Project Management       

+44 (0)118 378 7622  s.lu@reading.ac.uk
Dr Upeksha Madanayake Lecturer in Quantity Surveying +44 (0)118 378 5196 u.h.madanayake@reading.ac.uk
Dr Laura Maftei Lecturer in Digital Technologies +44 (0)118 378 7744 l.maftei@reading.ac.uk
Dr Eugene Mohareb
Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Systems  +44 (0)118 378 8204  e.mohareb@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Dragana Nikolić

Associate Professor in the Digital Built Environment +44 (0)118 378 6039  d.nikolic@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Michael Peters 

Lecturer in Energy Policy in the Built Environment 

+44 (0)118 378 5266 m.d.peters@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Florence Phua
Associate Professor
+44 (0)118 378 8194 f.phua@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Libby Schweber  Professor  +44 (0)118 378 8567  l.schweber@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Martin Sexton

Professor 

+44 (0)118 378 7190  m.g.sexton@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Mehdi Shahrestani  Associate Professor +44 (0)118 378 7575 m.shahrestani@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Omid Shariati  Lecturer +44 (0)118 378 6844 o.shariati@reading.ac.uk
Dr Amna Shibeika Lecturer in Construction and Project Management +44 (0) 118 378 7821 a.shibeika@reading.ac.uk

Professor Stefán Thor Smith

Professor in Energy Systems in the Built Environment 

School Research Division Lead

+44 (0)118 378 8569  s.t.smith@reading.ac.uk 
Adrian Tagg Associate Professor in Building Surveying  +44 (0)118 378 4672  a.tagg@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Jacopo Torriti  Professor  +44 (0)118 378 8196  j.torriti@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Dylan Tutt  Lecturer in Workforce Studies in Construction  +44 (0)118 378 7183 d.e.tutt@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Maria Vahdati

School Director of Teaching and Learning

+44 (0)118 378 8560
m.m.vahdati@reading.ac.uk
Dr Chuang Wen Associate Professor +44 (0) 118 378 5659 c.wen@reading.ac.uk
Professor Runming Yao
Professor  +44 (0)118 378 8606 r.yao@reading.ac.uk 

Research staff  

 Name Position Telephone Email
 Dr Michelle Felton Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Environmental Impact Assessment +44 (0) 118 378 8578 m.a.felton@reading.ac.uk
 Mr Jose Luis Ramirez Mendiola Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Flexibility in Energy Demand  +44 (0)118 378 6677 j.ramirez-mendiola@reading.ac.uk 
 Dr Ji Zhang Research Fellow +44 (0) 118 378 5949  ji.zhang@reading.ac.uk

Administrative staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Tracy Bass School Resources Assistant (SCME) +44 (0)118 378 6707 t.bass@reading.ac.uk
Sue Flanders CREDS/TSBE Centre Administrator +44 (0)118 378 5417 s.m.flanders@reading.ac.uk
Selina Lam Executive Support Administrator +44 (0)118 378 4833 selina.lam@reading.ac.uk
Sue Lamb Executive Support Administrator +44 (0)118 378 8200 s.lamb@reading.ac.uk  
Claire Morrison School Resources Assistant (Architecture) +44 (0)118 378 2777 c.l.morrison@reading.ac.uk
Tracey Wigmore  Executive Administration Manager  +44 (0)118 378 8198 t.wigmore@reading.ac.uk

Visiting staff

Name Position Email
Dr Geoffrey Cook Visiting Fellow  geoff.cook@reading.ac.uk
Dr Phil Coker  Visiting Fellow p.j.coker@reading.ac.uk
Professor Zhiwen Luo Visiting Fellow z.luo@reading.ac.uk 

Emeritus staff

Name Position Email
Professor Hazim Awbi
Professor of Building Environmental Science
h.b.awbi@reading.ac.uk 
Professor John Bennett  Professor of Quantity Surveying  john.bennett@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Ranko Bon  Professor of Construction Management and Economics   
Professor Keith Bright  Professor of Inclusive Environments  k.t.bright@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Derek Clements-Croome
Professor of Construction Engineering  d.j.clements-croome@reading.ac.uk 
Professor John Connaughton Professor of Sustainable Systems in the Built Environment
j.connaughton@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Tim Dixon Professor of Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment  t.j.dixon@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Norman Fisher Professor of Project Management n.fisher@reading.ac.uk
Professor Roger Flanagan  Professor of Construction Management and Engineering  r.flanagan@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Colin Gray  Professor of Professional Construction Management  c.gray@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Will Hughes Professor of Construction Management and Economics  w.p.hughes@reading.ac.uk 
Professor George Jeronimidis  Professor of Construction Management and Engineering  g.jeronimidis@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Peter Lansley  Professor of Construction Management   
Professor Li Shao Professor l.shao@reading.ac.uk

Honorary staff

Name Email
Dr Katherine Hyde katherine.hyde@reading.ac.uk 

Postgraduate research students 

 
Name Email Project title
Hossein Adbollahzadeh

h.abdollahzadeh@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Exploitation of Artificial Intelligence In The Improvement Of Cost Prediction: A Quantitative Study Of Early Cost Prediction In Construction
Khaula Al Mazrooei  khaula.almazrooei@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

Organization Implications of Robotics and Automation in Construction Supply Chain

Ahmed Al-Saaddy a.a.l.al-saaddy@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Assessing Long-Term Contracts’ Impact on Net Zero Construction Projects


Raed Alshammari  r.alshammari@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Kwesi Andel Jervis Amsterdam

k.a.j.amsterdam@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Designing classrooms in tropical regions that will allow for improve natural ventilation and indoor air quality
Nathaniel Appiyah  n.appiyah@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Azad Ashraf

azad.ashraf@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Life cycle Sustainable Assessment (LCSA) of food waste to compost process to mitigate climate change
Qamar Ayoubi

qamar.ayoubi@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Mitigating the effects of rising temperatures on construction labourers’ health and wellbeing in the UK.

Kashif Aziz  kashif.aziz@pgr.reading.ac.uk 
Christina Bristow  c.k.bristow@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Huseyin Cakar h.cakar@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Hillary Chanda  h.chanda@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

Renewable Energy Management and Adoption in Rural Communities. Case of Zambia.

Ali Chelaghma  a.chelaghma@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Ekpo Ekpenyong  e.e.ekpenyong@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Ahmed Elgamal  a.h.elgamal@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Anna Yasseris Encarnacion Pina  a.encarnacionpina@pgr.reading.ac.uk  Women owner-managers of small construction firms: a social identity approach.
Oluwafemi Faleye              o.faleye@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

Temporal Organization of Demand-Side Technologies for Flexibility Services: The Case of Electric School Buses.

Jiajing Feng 

jiajing.feng@pgr.reading.ac.uk     

Understanding interactions between users and minor building adaptations in changing use scenarios.

Isaac Guzman Estrada  i.guzmanestrada@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Xizhen Huang  xizhen.huang@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

Enhancing urban thermal resilience: A social-ecological-technological systems approach to mitigating heat stress and improving perceived outdoor thermal comfort

Sandy Jarrouje

s.jarrouje@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Entrench intransigence or emancipate enlightenment? Building after conflict. A Syrian tale

Abdul Ahad Jhumka  a.jhumka@pgr.reading.ac.uk  
Mary Kaaria m.k.kaaria@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

The influence of changing work practices on the office setup

Vasilis Kazakos v.kazakos@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Naoya Kojima 

n.kojima@pgr.reading.ac.uk

 
Vitor Lavor v.f.lavor@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Airborne infection risk in complex urban environments: modelling, mapping and mitigation

Yiqing Liu  yiqing.liu@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Josephine Lloyd-Papworth

j.g.lloyd-papworth@pgr.reading.ac.uk

 
Jianghui Lu  jianghui.lu@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Xiaowei Lyu xiaowei.lyu@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

Indoor Airborne Transmission Control

Xiaoxiao Lyu

xiaoxiao.lyu@pgr.reading.ac.uk 
Nobert Matadi  nobert.matadi@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Mawunyo Mensah  m.a.mensah@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Tariq Obeid  t.obeid@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Jedidiah Oru-bo  j.p.oru-bo@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Emir Sarialan  e.i.sarialan@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Nao Shibata  n.shibata@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Alexander Simons  a.j.simons@pgr.reading.ac.uk
 
Nicholas Smales  n.w.smales@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Yiming Sui  y.sui@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

Repositioning Animal By-products into Food Loss and Waste: From Environmental and Nutritional Perspective

Willy Tai  w.w.tai@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Qian Wang  qian.wang@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Rowland Ward  rowland.ward@pgr.reading.ac.uk   
Jamalia Wyllie j.o.y.wyllie@pgr.reading.ac.uk
End-of-life Management of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Barbados
Athena SWAN Silver Award