INFORMATION SERVICE - Key Persons


ALISTAIR FINLAY

Job Titles:
  • University Secretary

Anne McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director

Bill Neely

Job Titles:
  • Bill Neely / Veteran TV Journalist
Veteran TV journalist Bill Neely, BA Modern History and English (1981) - who spent almost 25 years at ITN and had spells at NBC News and BBC Northern Ireland - is the 2021 Allstate NI Queen's Graduate of the Year.

Caoilfhionn Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Business Support Analyst With Qsis Services
  • Business Support Analyst, Academic and Student Affairs Directorate
Having worked in various clerical roles across the University, Caoilfhionn is now a Business Support Analyst with Qsis Services in the Academic and Student Affairs Directorate.

CAROLINE YOUNG

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President for Students and Corporate Services

Catherine Li


Conor O'Neill

Job Titles:
  • School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work

Craig Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Technician
  • Technician, School of Arts, English and Languages
Craig is a technician in the School of Arts, English and Languages, providing technical support throughout the School's facilities and for research projects and events.

Dan Holden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OPEN RESEARCH TEAM
  • Head of Digital, Content and Research Services

Dan Reid

Job Titles:
  • Technician, School of Natural and Built Environment
Dan is a technician in the School of Natural and Built Environment, providing electrical based technical support for students and research projects.

David Nelson

Job Titles:
  • IT Systems & Services
ITS&S is responsible for the delivery of all core infrastructure including the two Data Centres, Networking (LAN and WAN), Server (inc Virtualisation) support, Security, and Business Continuity Services. We also deliver desktop computing support to both staff and students, including support of over 1,400 SCC machines.

David Smyth

Job Titles:
  • Administration Support / Administration Support
Administration Support is responsible for the delivery of the support and development service for the University's key business systems. Working in close collaboration with colleagues in Professional Services and other areas of the University, we ensure the underlying IT systems that help deliver essential business functions are in place and operating to the required standards. The Division also manages the provision of the University's central High Performance Computing system and the University SmartCard.

David Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Professor David Thompson is Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Deirdre Wildy

Job Titles:
  • Head of Special Collections & Archives

Dr Alice Dubois

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Postdoctoral Development Centre
Dr Alice Dubois leads Queen's Postdoctoral Development Centre (PDC) which ensures that postdoctoral researchers across Queen's are equipped with the support and guidance they need to enable them to fulfil their potential.

Dr Bronagh Byrne

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Social Policy ) and Programme Director
Dr Bronagh Byrne is a Senior Lecturer (Social Policy) and Programme Director of the MSc Children's Rights in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work.

Dr Conor McCormick

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer
  • Lecturer, School of Law
Dr Conor McCormick is a lecturer in the School of Law, where his work focuses on constitutional and administrative law.

Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid is a Senior Lecturer (Education) in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences.

Dr Gemma Catney

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Gemma Catney is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Natural and Built Environment.

Dr Jamie Hagen

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Lecturer, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics Dr Jamie Hagen a lecturer in International Relations in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics and co-director of the Centre for Gender in Politics at Queen's.

Dr Judyta Szacillo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OPEN RESEARCH TEAM
  • Open Research Assistant

Dr Liang Wang

Job Titles:
  • Language Support Officer, Information Services

Dr Michael O'Connor

Job Titles:
  • Research Data Librarian

DR RYAN FEENEY

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President Strategic Engagement and External Affairs

Eamon Deeney

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Communications

Eamon Deeny - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications

Elaine Gallagher Docherty

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Director of Communications

Elizabeth McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Student and Campus Life

Emma Deeny

Job Titles:
  • Communications Staff Member
  • PR Officer

Emma Gallagher

Job Titles:
  • Communications Staff Member

Emma McCrossan

Job Titles:
  • Communications Assistant
  • Communications Staff Member

Gillian Laverty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OPEN RESEARCH TEAM
  • Senior Library Assistant

GILLIAN MAGEE - CHRO, VP

Job Titles:
  • Chief People Officer
  • Vice - President

Graeme Swindles

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physical Geography
Professor of Physical Geography Professor Graeme Swindles is Professor of Physical Geography and Director of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology in the School of Natural and Built Environment.

Hans Vandierendonck

Job Titles:
  • Data - Intensive Computing / Professor
  • Professor of High - Performance
Professor of High-Performance and Data-Intensive Computing Professor Hans Vandierendonck is Professor of High-Performance and Data-Intensive Computing in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology.

Helen Hart

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director of Operations

Ian Purdy

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director
  • Information Services Acting Head of Directorate
  • Interim Director
Welcome to the Information Service Website. I am responsible for all the IT and Library Services within Queen's.

Jane O'Neill

Job Titles:
  • Library Services / Library Services

Jemma Coulter

Job Titles:
  • Communications Staff Member
  • PR Officer

Kirsty McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Technician
  • Technician, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology
Kirsty is a technician and 3rd floor laboratory manager in CCRCB, ensuring that the laboratory runs efficiently and safely. She provides appropriate training in equipment and research techniques, ensuring Health and Safety compliance, and supporting research grants and projects in the Colorectal Cancer Research laboratory. Kirsty also participates in public engagement in CCRCB, providing laboratory tours, and open days.

Laura Milliken

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OPEN RESEARCH TEAM
  • Open Research Assistant

Linda McCord

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Child Care Manager, Student Plus
Linda is Deputy Child Care Manager in Student Plus's Childcare at Queen's, the University's childcare service. With a focus on promoting the ethos of a happy, caring atmosphere within a stimulating learning environment, Childcare at Queen's offers a varied programme of activities nurturing the development of the whole child delivered through the medium of play.

Liza Zamboglou

Job Titles:
  • Senior Educational Developer
Liza Zamboglou is a Senior Educational Developer in the Centre for Educational Development and is the Team Lead for VLE Pedagogical Support, helping staff to adopt and use Canvas, Queen's new Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Liza also oversees a programme of continuing professional development and wider support for staff and students. View profile

Louisa Costelloe

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Librarian, Special Collections

Louise Wasson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Librarian

Maria Lee

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director

Mark Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Open Research Assistant

Martin Mooney

Job Titles:
  • Head of Portering, Estates Directorate
Martin is Head Porter in the Estates Directorate, overseeing the day-to-day workings of the portering department.

Mary-Ellen Donaghy

Job Titles:
  • Internal Communications

Michelle Cassidy

Job Titles:
  • Communications Staff Member

PATRICK ANDERSON - CFO, VP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the University Management Board
  • Vice - President

Patrick Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Librarian

Peter Erwin

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director

Peter McCullough

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Clerical Assistant, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Peter McCullough is a Clerical Assistant in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics (HAPP) on a placement as part of the Inclusive Employment Scheme at Queen's.

Peter Robertson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor Peter Robertson is Professor of Chemical Engineering in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. An expert in energy and environmental engineering, his research focuses primarily around photocatalysis - the use of light to create and accelerate reactions - and its applications for solving key energy and societal challenges, including water decontamination and sustainable energy. Peter is also Chair of Queen's Change Management Group.

Roisin McEvoy

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director

Ruth Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Professor Ruth Hunter is Professor of Public Health and Planetary Health in the Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Sally Bridge

Job Titles:
  • Borrower Services Librarian, Information Services
Sally is Borrower Services Librarian in the McClay Library, looking after the Ground Floor team during the day, evening and weekend. She is also a Representative on the University's Staff Forum and co-chairs PRISM, Queen's LGBT+ staff network.

Sara Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Head of Sustainability in the Estates Directorate at Queen 's University Belfast
  • Head of Sustainability, Estates Directorate
As Head of Sustainability in the Estates Directorate at Queen's University Belfast, Sara Lynch leads the University's expanded Sustainability Team, overseeing the development of the University's sustainability strategy. As a member of the Estates Senior Management team, Sara is responsible for improving the University's sustainability performance across all activities, driving cultural and behavioural change throughout the campus and community.

Seamus Heaney

A Queen's graduate in his own right, Heaney was honoured in 1982. Regarded as one of the most recongisable poets in the world, he won a Nobel Prize in 1995.

Seth Blacklock

Job Titles:
  • Internal Communications Assistant

Shannon Caldwell

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director of Operations

Sian Devlin

Job Titles:
  • Communications Staff Member
  • Faculty Facing Communications Officer

Stephen Gorman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OPEN RESEARCH TEAM
  • Open Research Librarian

Stephen Jones

Job Titles:
  • Joint University and Colleges Neighbourhood Officer, Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility Directorate
Stephen is a member of the Neighbourhood Engagement Team within Public Engagement, supporting students living within our local community and promoting good relations with local residents and community groups.

Summer Schools

Job Titles:
  • International Student Societies

Suzanne Lagan

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager ( Media )

Una Bradley

Job Titles:
  • Communications Staff Member
  • Faculty Facing Communications Officer

Ursula Mitchel

Job Titles:
  • University Archivist

Wendy McLoone

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director

Yi Kang Choo

Yi Kang Choo, the 2020-21 President of the University's Malaysian Students' Society NI (MSSNI), who established a task force for international students impacted by Covid-19, has been named the 2021 Allstate NI Queen's Student of the Year. The Welfare Taskforce for Malaysian Students Abroad set up by Choo supported over 1,200 students and recent graduates during the pandemic, offering help and advice on the legal requirements and restrictions in place for those seeking to return home to Malaysia (and elsewhere) during the various stages of lockdown. In addition to setting up the Taskforce Choo was commended for his leadership attributes, his role as an advocate for mental health (among both the student and local communities), and for volunteering as a mentor in the School of Law.

Zara McBrearty

Job Titles:
  • Communications Staff Member
  • Faculty Facing Communications Officer