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Get to know... 

We've caught up with and interviewed different colleagues from across the College to find out more about them, what they are currently working on and what they enjoy most about being a part of the Royal Holloway community. 

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Toby Butler 5

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Dr Toby Butler
Dr Queenie Chan

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Dr Queenie Chan
Tom Pease

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Tom Pease, Head of International and Money Advice
Rowan logo

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Royal Holloway Women's Network (RoWaN)
Mathew_Humphreys_Student_Futures_March_22_002

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The Student Futures Manifesto
Kieran Nixon

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Kieran Nixon, Acting Sports Development Senior Manager
Ben Feben ISC

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Ben Feben, International Study Centre Director
Professor Gill Knight cropped

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Professor Gill Knight, Director of Education
Professor Chris Hanretty

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Professor Chris Hanretty
Dr Rita D'Alton Harrison

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Dr Rita D'Alton-Harrison, Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Social Science
Gemma Chatwin

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Gemma Chatwin, Digital Communications Officer (Social Media)
Christopher Cipkin

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Christopher Cipkin, Director of Library, Learning Support and Culture
Dr Suzanne Albary orange background

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Dr Suzanne Albary
Anne-Marie Purcell

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Anne-Marie Purcell, Archives and Special Collections Curator
Neil Perrott orange background

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Neil Perrott, Events Manager
Emma Kay

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Emma Kay, IT Communications and Digital Content Specialist
dr ines mendes

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Dr Inês Mendes
Queen's Platinum Jubilee

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration
Dr Giovanni Travaglino

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Dr Giovanni Travaglino
Ally logo

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Ally
Professor Alessandra Devoto on orange background AL v1 20220324

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Professor Alessandra Devoto
Sophie Maclean Get to know

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Sophie Maclean, Schools and Colleges Liaison Officer
Dr Wenqing Liu

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Dr Wenqing Liu
Professor Danielle Schreve

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Professor Danielle Schreve
Dr Paula Koelemeijer

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Dr Paula Koelemeijer
Professor Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz

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Professor Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz
Jackie Barber for GTK

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Jackie Barber, Multifaith Chaplaincy and Weddings Co-ordinator
Dr Becky Thomas with extinct elephant bird egg

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Dr Becky Thomas
RH100 Collage

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RH100
Dr Sigrun Wagner 750x750 px

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Dr Sigrun Wagner
Joe Goldsmith cropped

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Joe Goldsmith, Gardens Team Leader
NSS collateral across campus 2

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Student survey season
prof sameer hosany

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Professor Sameer Hosany
Chongboi Haokip with orange background

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Chongboi Haokip, Horticultural Specialist
Dr Shiri Lev-Ari orange background

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Dr Shiri Lev-Ari
Meron Berhanu orange background

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Meron Berhanu, Alumni Relations Officer
Dr Mark Lee

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Dr Mark Lee
Doreen Thompson-Addo headshot

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Doreen Thompson-Addo, Careers Consultant
COP26 logo on white background for Get to Know

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Royal Holloway's COP26 Forum
national diverse student network

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our National Diverse Student Network
student app photoshop

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our Welcome to Royal Holloway app
lgbt+ staff network

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LGBT+ Staff Network
Dr Suki Finn

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Dr Suki Finn
Volunteering hub

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The Royal Holloway Volunteering Hub
Dr Laura MacCulloch- cropped

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Dr Laura MacCulloch, College Curator
Prof Alex Palombi

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Professor Alex Palombi
Dr Haxha with colour background

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Dr Shyqyri Haxha
Jonathan pic

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Higher Education Outreach Network Officer, Jonathan Baldwin
Davison blue sky

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The Black and Global Majority Staff Network
Professor Katie Willis with PhD students

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Professor Katie Willis
Dr Matthew Bryan

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Dr Matthew Bryan
Paul Dudley

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Dr Paul Dudley
Vent eruption 20210625

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Professor Matthew Thirlwall
Ben Credland

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Ben Credland
David Whitworth square

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David Whitworth
National Walking Month

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National Walking Month steps challenge
Thanks for testing v3 20210420

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‘thanks for testing’ rewards programme
Dr Elisa Raffaella Ferre

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Dr Elisa Raffaella Ferre
laptop and student

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The importance of UK GDPR training
Professor Katherine Brickell

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Professor Katherine Brickell
Dr Matthew Smith

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Dr Matthew Smith
Get to know GCRF Tim and Hari version two

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GCRF and Professor G Harindranath and Professor Tim Unwin
Professor Tamar Pincus

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Professor Tamar Pincus
Hilary Lynch

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GCRF and Dr Hilary Lynch
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Weekly Wellbeing Focus
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Professor Pankaj Sharma
Dr Barbara Zipser

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Dr Barbara Zipser
Professor Sara Bernadini

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Professor Sara Bernardini
Lisa Fell

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Lisa Fell
Domenico_Photo

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Dr Domenico Chiarella
Hannah Thompson

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Professor Hannah Thompson
Professor Klaus Dodds

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Professor Klaus Dodds
John Sellars

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Dr John Sellars
RHMoves app

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The RHMoves app
Professor Sarah Childs

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Professor Sarah Childs
Dr Chris Wilkinson V2

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Dr Christopher Wilkinson
Dr Mary Dullea V2

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Dr Mary Dullea
Manos Tsakiris portrait photo

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Professor Manos Tsakinis
Bethan Davies

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Dr Bethan Davies
Founders and davison reflection

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Welcome to Royal Holloway app
nicolahewittgeorge-ppeedit

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Nicola Hewitt-George
Kathyrastle3

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Professor Kathy Rastle
Professor David Simon

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Professor David Simon
Professor Keith Martin V2 AC 20200601

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Professor Keith Martin
Dr Laurie Parsons V1 AC 20200519

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Dr Laurie Parsons
Chris Hogg

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Christopher Hogg
Dr Asher Kaboth

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Dr Asher Kaboth
Chris Mitchell

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Professor Chris Mitchell
Professor Jen Parker-Starbuck

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Professor Jen Parker-Starbuck
Linda popplewell

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Dr Linda Popplewell
Team Photo Intranet

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The Academic Investigations team
Bees at Royal Holloway Apiary Intranet Img

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Dr Matthew Hasenjager
Kay Toms

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Kay Toms
Marta

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Our Technicians - Marta Perez, Palaeoecology Technician
Anna Whitelock

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Dr Anna Whitelock
ColombaroliDaniele17

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Dr Daniele Colombaroli
Surveys 2020

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The student survey season
David Morritt

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Professor David Morritt
Prof Narender Ramnani Square

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Professor Narender Ramnani
CERN square

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CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research)
Anna-Whitwham 330x330

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Dr Anna Whitwham
LIDo square image

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The Lido team
Chaplaincy team photo - square

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The chaplains
Dr Aditi Kar 330x330

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Dr Aditi Kar
Douglas Searle 330x330

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Douglas Searle
Alexia Gonzalez 330x330

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Alexia Gonzalez
Anna Gupta

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Professor Anna Gupta
Katie Shaw 330x330

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Katie Shaw
Nathan and Ruifan 330x330

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Nathan Whittaker and Ruifan Zhou
Welcome Weekend

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Welcome Week
Leonardo Oliveira 330x330

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Dr Leonardo Oliveira
Dr Ashley Thorpe 330x330

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Dr Ashley Thorpe
Rebecca McCutcheon 330x330

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Dr Rebecca McCutcheon
Tim Simmons 330x330

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Tim Simmons
Dr Imogen Tedbury 810x540

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Dr Imogen Tedbury
Graduation team resized

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The Graduation team
Jonathan Howe zoomed

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Jonathan Howe
Alejandro Orozco 1210x930

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Alejandro Orozco
alasdair pinkerton

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Dr Alasdair Pinkerton
Greg Goss-Durant

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Greg Goss-Durant
Jack O Neill Headshot

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Jack O'Neill
Phone

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The Clearing process
Professor David Howard N.E header img

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Professor David Howard
Dr James Kent

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Dr James Clifford Kent
Dr Elena Giovannoni

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Professor Elena Giovannoni
2018-19 training 2

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RH100
Lee Fellows Picture

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Lee Fellows
Dominic Newman

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Dominic Newman
Dr Cecilie Sachs Olsen

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Dr Cecilie Sachs Olsen
Prof Dan Rebellato

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Professor Dan Rebellato
Alex Dymock

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Dr Alex Dymock
Luke Russell

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Luke Russell
Nikita Lalwani

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Dr Nikita Lalwani
Judith Hawley img smaller

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Professor Judith Hawley
RichardHawley2019

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Dr Richard Hawley
Sarah Creed

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Sarah Creed
Jay Mistry1

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Professor Jay Mistry
Dawn Langdon

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Professor Dawn Langdon
Hazel Jessop

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Hazel Jessop
julia-koricheva2

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Professor Julia Koricheva
Chloe Humphreys photo

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Chloe Humphreys
Me filming on phone pic

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Victoria Mapplebeck
Ellie Rayner photo Nov 2018

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Ellie Rayner
David Hannaby

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David Hannaby
David Wearing 1

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Dr David Wearing
aj47

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Professor Adrian Johnstone
german-cold-case-letter

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Dr Barbara Zipser
John Sellars

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Dr John Sellars
Katerina Finnis

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Katerina Finnis
Fran Taylor

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Fran Taylor
adrian-neu-cropped-300x298 (1)

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Dr Adrian Wallbank
THESIS team

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The THESIS team
Licia

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Dr Licia Cianetti
David Yaratich

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Dr David Yuratich
susan Eastburn

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Susan Eastburn
Jo Westover image cropped

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Joanna Westover
PR

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PR and Media team
Robin Walker

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Professor Robin Walker
Kathyrastle4

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Professor Kathy Rastle
Mark Brown

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Professor Mark Brown
Rachel Heastie

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Rachel Heastie
Harriet O'Neill

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Harriet O'Neill
Christine Cartwright

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Christine Cartwright
Matthew Smith cropped

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Matthew Smith
David Attenborough

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Dr Steve Portugal
Polly Dalton

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Professor Polly Dalton
Matt photo.jpg1

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Matt Purcell
Carol Villajo

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Carol Vallejo
Charlie McDonnell

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Charlie McDonnell
Lisa Fell

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Lisa Fell
susan lee

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Susan Lee
Chris Hogg

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Christopher Hogg
tom Wainwright

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Dr Thomas Wainwright
Cate Irvine

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Reverend Cate Irvine
Helen Graham

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Professor Helen Graham
Rebecca Miller.jpg1

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Rebecca Miller
Liz Gloyn

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Dr Elizabeth Gloyn
Daniel Beer1

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Dr Daniel Beer
Sandro new

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Sandro Gunther
Caroline Hawley

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Caroline Hawley