Operations Team
Professor James Naismith
Director
Professor Naismith grew up in Hamilton, in the west of Scotland attending local state schools. He graduated from Edinburgh in […]
Sarah Hollitzer
Executive Assistant to Professor James Naismith
Sarah is the Executive Assistant to Professor James Naismith. She has over 14 years’ experience working as an Executive Assistant […]
Georgia Mugglestone
Personal Assistant to Professor Ben Davis
I have been working in administration for just over 6 years. My most recent role was working for a Logistics […]
Kellie Farmer
Operations Support Assistant
Kellie has worked in the legal, education and technology industries in both an Administration Assistant and Personal Assistant capacity. She […]
Laura Holland
Director of Strategic Marketing
Laura Holland is Director of Strategic Marketing at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She has been with the organisation since its […]
Dr Becky Nadal
Strategic Projects Manager
Becky has 12+ years’ experience in the University sector providing professional support in the formation, design and delivery of strategic […]
Lucy Matkin
Research Grants Manager
Lucy has 4+ years experience managing scientific research projects. Most recently Lucy worked for the University of Oxford managing a […]
Dr Hazel Housden
Innovation and Translation Manager
Hazel is the Innovation and Translation Manager. She was previously Head of Intellectual Property at an industrial microbiology company, Green […]
Dr Caitlin Higgott
Communications and Engagement Manager
Caitlin is the communications and engagement manager, which means she covers everything from schools to stakeholder engagement, and internal communications […]
Dr Alice Fraser
Communications Officer
Alice is a communications officer at the Franklin, she enjoys communicating and engaging others in science and has been involved […]
Jen Murray
Head of Facilities
I gained my first experience of labs at Aptuit on Milton Park where I held the role of Facilities and […]
Stephen Cross
Operations Support Technician
Stephen is the operations support technician at the Franklin. His role involves supporting the building team with the smooth running […]
Vikky Oliver
Facilities Assistant
For most of Vikky’s career has been laboratory based. This has included medical research companies and cleaning forensics labs. For […]
Nanda Rodrigues
Interim Head of Quality and Health and Safety
Nanda joins us from UKRI. Nanda has both scientific and business experience having done both. She worked at MRC Harwell […]
Jamelah Owusu-Yianomah
Quality Manager
Jamelah is responsible for the development and implementation if the quality management system. She has over 8 years’ experience in […]
Gordon Perry
Health and Safety Advisor
Gordon is responsible for ensuring that the management of safety, health and environment is structured and maintained for the Franklin […]
Marta Jencekova
Health and Safety Assistant
For almost 10 years, Marta was a member of Facilities and H&S department at Cellmark, a UKAS and ISO accredited […]
Lydia Armes
Director of HR
Lydia brings a wealth of experience gained within diverse global and UK based organisations. Lydia has worked for a number […]
Marina Haines
HR Advisor
Marina joined the Franklin as an HR Assistant and was responsible for coordinating recruitment and providing HR assistance to the […]
Aneta Kingston
Recruitment Specialist
Aneta works at the Franklin as a recruitment specialist having previously gained HR and recruitment experience in further education and […]
Olivia Belcher
HR & Recruitment Coordinator
For the past 8 years, I have worked within the care home industry within the Administration department, working on Recruitment […]
Reshma Roy
Early Careers Lead
Raised in Saudi Arabia, Reshma pursued her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in India and is currently on the brink of […]
Phil King
Training Coordinator
Phil has over 14 years experience in training and training delivery in the charity sector and the construction sector, and […]
Caroline Rudman
Financial Controller
Caroline is the financial controller of the Franklin.
Lauren Jordan
Finance Systems Project Manager
Lauren joined the Franklin as Finance Manager. She is responsible for the day to day management of the finance team, […]
Fi Collins
Assistant Finance Manager
Fi moved down to Oxfordshire 10 years ago from Edinburgh, having spent a number of years working as a legal […]
Ian Franklin
Procurement Manager
Ian has worked in procurement for over 20 years and has held various positions in the private and public sector, […]
Eva Gronbech
Finance Business Partner
Eva joined the Franklin as a finance business partner and is involved in various aspects of the finance function, including […]
Adam Atherton
Finance Assistant
Adam is a Finance Assistant working within the Finance Team here at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. He assists with the […]
Mohammad Azeem
Finance Assistant
Mohammad is a young and ambitious individual who seeks to learn. After completing his A-levels, he is now studying his […]
Niaz Khan
Head of IT
After leaving school, Niaz qualified as an Accountant with the Oxford Co-Operative but soon after joining Blackwells realised his career […]
Matthew Selby
IT Technician
Matthew Studied Computer Science, Maths and Further Maths at Didcot Sixth Form. During that time, he partook in additional Mathematics […]
Robin Kassam
IT Technician
Robin originally comes from a Motorsport background, studying Motorsport Engineering at the University of Bath and has recently changed directions […]