FSEG Group

FSEG staff members have research interests within the fire safety arena.

Prof Ed Galea PhD CMath FIMA MIFS MIFireE CEng Group Director: Evacuation Modelling, CFD, Fire Field Modelling Email: E.R.Galea@gre.ac.uk	Prof Mayur Patel MSc PhD CMath FIMA Senior Associate: CFD, Fire Field Modelling Email: M.K.Patel@gre.ac.uk
Dr Peter J Lawrence PhD Reader: Principal Software Development Manager for EXODUS, Evacuation Modelling, Software Engineering Email: P.J.Lawrence@gre.ac.uk	Prof Aoife Hunt MBE PhD, PGC(HE), BSc (Hons), FHEA, FIMA, MSyI Professor of Crowd Safety and Security Science & M34Impact Business Development and Partnerships Lead: People Movement, Crowd Dynamics, Protective Security, Emergency Evacuation Strategies, Microsimulation Modelling, Human Behaviour in Emergencies Email: a.l.hunt@greenwich.ac.uk
Professor Steve Gwynne PhD, BSc(hons), MIFireE, FIMA, CMath, CSci Professor of Evacuation and Pedestrian Dynamics: Pedestrian Dynamics, Human Behaviour in Fire, Egress Modelling, Field Observations Email: s.gwynne@greenwich.ac.uk	Mr Lazaros Filippidis BSc MSc AFHEA Senior Lecturer: Evacuation Modelling, Software Engineering Email: L.Filippidis@gre.ac.uk
Mr Darren Blackshields BSc MSc Research Fellow: Software Engineering, Evacuation Research Email: D.Blackshields@gre.ac.uk	Mr David Cooney BSc MRes Research Fellow: Evacuation Modelling, Virtual Reality, Databases, Software Engineering, Video Processing and Analysis Email: D.P.Cooney@gre.ac.uk
Dr Steven Deere BSc PhD Lecturer: Evacuation Modelling Email: S.Deere@gre.ac.uk	Dr Lynn Hulse MA PhD CPsychol AFHEA Senior Research Fellow: Human Behaviour in Evacuations and Emergencies, Applied Psychology Email: L.Hulse@gre.ac.uk
Dr Asim Siddiqui BSc MRes PhD MBCS FHEA Research Fellow: Software Engineering, Databases, Web based development, BIM, Fire Safety Engineering Email: A.A.Siddiqui@gre.ac.uk	Dr Hui Xie MSc, PhD, IMA Senior Lecturer in Evacuation Modelling: Evacuation Modelling, Traffic Modelling, Crowd Dynamic, People Movement Email: h.xie@greenwich.ac.uk
Dr John Ewer BSc MSc PhD FHEA Associate Professor: Principal Software Development Manager for SMARTFIRE, Fire Modelling, Software Engineering Email: J.Ewer@gre.ac.uk	Dr Angus Grandison BSc MSc PhD FHEA Senior Lecturer: CFD, Parallel Processing, Spray Modelling, Fire Field Modelling Email: A.J.Grandison@gre.ac.uk
Dr Fuchen Jia BSc MSc PhD Lecturer: Combustion Modelling, CFD Email: F.Jia@gre.ac.uk	Dr Zhaozhi Wang MSc PhD Lecturer: Fire Modelling Email: Z.Wang@gre.ac.uk
Mr Ian Frost BSc MSc Research Fellow: CAD import, Visualisation Email: I.R.Frost@gre.ac.uk	Mr Ronan Hill BSc Senior Research Software Engineer: Supporting Software Development of modelling tools Email: r.hill@greenwich.ac.uk
Dr George Fitton BSc MSc PhD Senior Research Software Engineer: Research Software Engineering, Cloud Computing Email: g.fitton@greenwich.ac.uk
Mr Chan Chanthan BSc MSc Doctoral Student: Fire Safety Engineering, BIM	Mr Timothy Crow Doctoral Student: Numerical modelling of external cladding fires in High-Rise Buildings - fire performance and mitigation strategies
Mr Ahmad Baddar Doctoral Student: Fire Spread in Waste Bales	Mr Filip Jedrzejczyk Doctoral Student: Immersive Virtual Reality training environments - Simulation of aircraft emergency evacuations
Ms Lauren Cherryman Doctoral Student: Modelling human behaviour and communication during security incidents
Prof David Purser Visiting Professor: Fire Safety Engineering

EX-FSEG GROUP MEMBERS

Prof Margaret Law Sadly passed away	Dr Kate Finney New Position: Now retired
Prof Jianghong Liu Visiting Professor: From Shanghai Maritime University (was with us for 1 year from Nov 2016). Research Area: Fire/Sprinkler Interaction and Suppression with Ultra-fine Mists	Dr Michael Kinsey Left FSEG Jan 2013, New Position: Associate Director - Ashton Fire Limited
Dr Jun Ho Choi BSc MSc PhD Visiting Research Fellow: From Kyungpook National University of South Korea (was with us for 1 year from Jan 2012). Research Area: Evacuation Research	Dr Rodrigo Machado Tavares Left FSEG in 2010, New Position: Technical Director (Fire Safety), Arcadis
Dr Arun Mahalingam Left FSEG Jan 2012, New Position: Senior Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, INDIA	Dr Yasmina Mohedeen Completed PhD in Sept 2011
Ms Maria Pretorius New Position: Senior Lecturer	Dr Nitish Chooramun Completed PhD in July 2011. Lecturer, University of East London
Dr Michael Joyce Completed PhD in 2024