Technical and Professional staff

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Francesco Angelini

Technician
f.angelini (@gold.ac.uk)

Francesco works as a technician in the Tech Office. He provides technical support to staff and lecturers across two filming studios.

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Luke Cooke-Yarborough

Exhibitions and Events Manager
l.cooke-yarborough (@gold.ac.uk)

Luke helps with organising and delivering student exhibitions and other student events in Computing.

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Anna Clow

Technician
a.clow (@gold.ac.uk)

Anna works as part of the Tech Team where she provides technical support for the digital fabrication facility in HatchLabs.

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Nicky Donald

Research Technician
n.donald (@gold.ac.uk)

Nicky maintains and upgrades equipment for the department and helps staff and students with computer issues.

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Rob Hall

Technician and Lecturer
r.hall (@gold.ac.uk)

Rob lectures in Physical Computing on MA/MFA Computational Art and is a Technician in the HatchLabs as well as managing the G05/SIML immersive media space.

Marissa Di Monda

Marisa is a HatchLabs Technician and practicing artist working with physical computing and textiles.

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Owen Planchart

Technician
e.planchartcarnevali (@gold.ac.uk)

Owen is a technician and lab assistant for Motion Capture Techniques and Computational Form and Process. He supports students with concepts, coding pipelines and guidance regarding digital fabrication methods.

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Robin Leverton

Technician
r.leverton (@gold.ac.uk)

As a Hatchlabs technician, Rob is in the wood workshop or laser room where he helps students develop their projects.

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Sai Chava

UX Lab Lead
s.chava (@gold.ac.uk)

Sai supervises the UX Lab, monitors research strategy, trains students in eye tracking, EEG, and biosensors, and leads inclusive (accessibility-centric) research collaboration.

Karen Hodgson

Facilities Coordinator
k.hodgson (@gold.ac.uk)

Coordinates the department's finance and facilities enquiries.

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Kärt Luik

Programme Manager (International Progammes)
k.luik (@gold.ac.uk)

Kart is the Programme Manager for International Programmes for the department.

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Eilidh Macdonald

Industry Employability Champion
e.macdonald (@gold.ac.uk)

Eilidh grows employability opportunities for students and increases collaboration with employers and Industry Advisory Panels.

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Eamonn Martin

Systems Administrator
e.martin (@gold.ac.uk)

Eamonn maintains Windows, Unix and Linux servers and associated hardware and software. He develops the in-house student/course management system and web-based user interfaces.

Lauren Shropshire

Executive Support Officer (Online Programmes)
l.shropshire (@gold.ac.uk)

Lauren provides general support to the Online Programmes Development Team

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Nkem Umezurike

Systems support officer
n.umezurike (@gold.ac.uk)

Nkem is our Mac administrator, with responsibilities encompassing the management of our Mac fleets, including the packaging and deployment of applications.

Lily Thomson

Technical Team Manager
l.thomson (@gold.ac.uk)

Lily is the Computing Department Tech Team Manager and oversees the Virtual Reality and Motion Capture Lab. She specialises in Game Development as well as VR and MoCap.

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Mirko Febbo

Technician
m.febbo (@gold.ac.uk)

Supporting the day-to-day activities of the Hatcham House tech office and technical requirements of the UX Lab.

Sakie Matsubara

Online Programmes Administrator
s.matsubara (@gold.ac.uk)

Sakie administrates the University of London's Computer Science BSc and Data Science MSc Programmes.

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