{"id":68,"date":"2026-06-23T13:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:54:31","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a list of School of Computing and Communications staff.<br>To view and search all public profiles please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/\">Open University People Profile System<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/ayodeji-abioye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Ayodeji Abioye<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing And Communications, Artificial Intelligence<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/mustafa-ali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr (Syed) Mustafa Ali<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/shawn-appleyard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Shawn Appleyard<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing And Communications (Apprenticeships)<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/s-s-auton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Stuart Auton<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/rehana-awan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ms Rehana Awan<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/chitra-balakrishna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Chitra Balakrishna<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Cyber Security<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/indra-bandara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Indrachapa Bandara<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/arosha-bandara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Arosha Bandara<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Software Engineering<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/samara-banno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Samara Banno<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/amel-bennaceur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Amel Bennaceur<\/a><br><small>Director Of Research For The School Of Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/m-bowkis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Michael Bowkis<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer Computing (AI Security and Alignment)<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/jane-m-bromley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Jane Bromley<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/martin-callaghan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Martin Callaghan<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor In Computing &amp; Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/paul-cunningham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Paul Cunningham<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor In The School Of Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/helen-donelan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Helen Donelan<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/laurence-dooley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Laurence S. Dooley<\/a><br><small>Professor (Information &amp; Communication)<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/chris-douce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Christopher Douce<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/chris-gardner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs Christine Gardner<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer And Staff Tutor In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/nigel-gibson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Nigel Gibson<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor And Senior Lecturer In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/daniel-gooch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Daniel Gooch<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Computing &amp; Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/phil-hackett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Phil Hackett<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/jon-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Jon Hall<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Problem Science And Computing<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/mark-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Mark Hall<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Computing &amp; Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/clem-herman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prof Clem Herman<\/a><br><small>Emeritus Professor<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/simon-holland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Simon Holland<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Music And Human Computer Interaction<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/oli-howson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Oliver Howson<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/anthony-johnston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Anthony Johnston<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/dhouha-kbaier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Dhouha Kbaier<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Computing &amp; Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/karen-kear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Karen Kear<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Online Education<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/ian-m-kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Ian Kennedy<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer in Cyber security<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/ian-kenny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Ian Kenny<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing And Communications, Ai<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/robin-laney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Robin Laney<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Computational Musicology<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/adam-linson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Adam Linson<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing &amp; Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/tamara-lopez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Tamara Lopez<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing &amp; Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/clara-mancini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Clara Mancini<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Animal-Computer Interaction<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/shailey-minocha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Shailey Minocha<\/a><br><small>Emeritus Professor<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/bashar-nuseibeh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Bashar Nuseibeh<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Computing<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/paul-piwek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Paul Piwek<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/manoharan-ramachandran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Manoharan Ramachandran<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/magnus-ramage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Magnus Ramage<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Information Systems<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/lucia-rapanotti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Lucia Rapanotti<\/a><br><small>Associate Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/andy-reed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Andy Reed<\/a><br><small>Staff Tutor In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/p-richards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Paul Richards<\/a><br><small>Associate Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/jill-shaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs Jill Shaw<\/a><br><small>Director Of Teaching<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/andrew-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Andrew Smith<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Networking<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/c-d-thomson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Autumn Thomson<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer And Staff Tutor In Computing And Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/z-l-tompkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ms Zoe Tompkins<\/a><br><small>Associate Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/chukwudi-uwasomba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Chukwudi Uwasomba<\/a><br><small>Pdra For Sociotechnical Resilience In Software Development<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/k-wagner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Ken Wagner<\/a><br><small>Associate Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/michel-wermelinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Michel Wermelinger<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/alistair-willis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Alistair Willis<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Computing<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/d-t-w-wong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr David Wong<\/a><br><small>Associate Lecturer<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/patrick-wong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Kam Wong<\/a><br><small>Senior Lecturer In Computing &amp; Communications<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/john-woodthorpe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr John Woodthorpe<\/a><br><small>Head Of School, C&amp;C<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/min-zhang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Min Zhang<\/a><br><small>Lecturer In Responsible Software Engineering<\/small><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.open.ac.uk\/andrea-zisman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prf Andrea Zisman<\/a><br><small>Professor Of Computing<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of School of Computing and Communications staff.To view and search all public profiles please visit the&nbsp;Open University People Profile System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_unity_review_frequency":"","_unity_review_next_due":0,"_unity_review_reset_requested":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}