FSEG Group

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

Prof Ed Galea PhD, CMath, FIMA, CEng, FIFireE 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
Prof 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	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
Dr Peter J Lawrence PhD Reader: Principal Software Development Manager for EXODUS, Evacuation Modelling, Software Engineering Email: P.J.Lawrence@gre.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 Peter Thompson PhD Associate Professor: Safety and Resilience Modelling Email: P.A.Thompson@greenwich.ac.uk	Mr Lazaros Filippidis BSc MSc AFHEA Senior Lecturer: Evacuation Modelling, Software Engineering Email: L.Filippidis@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 Lynn Hulse MA PhD CPsychol AFHEA Senior Research Fellow: Human Behaviour in Evacuations and Emergencies, Applied Psychology Email: L.Hulse@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 Asim Siddiqui BSc MRes PhD MBCS FHEA Senior Research Fellow: Databases, Programming, BIM, Evacuation Modelling, Fire Safety Engineering Email: A.A.Siddiqui@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	Mr Darren Blackshields BSc MSc Research Fellow: Software Engineering, Evacuation Research Email: D.Blackshields@gre.ac.uk
Dr Steven Deere BSc PhD Lecturer: Evacuation Modelling Email: S.Deere@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
Ms Maria Pretorius BEng PGCert Senior Lecturer	Dr George Fitton BSc MSc PhD Senior Research Software Engineer: Research Software Engineering, Cloud Computing Email: g.fitton@greenwich.ac.uk
Mr Ronan Hill BSc Senior Research Software Engineer: Supporting Software Development of modelling tools Email: r.hill@greenwich.ac.uk	Ms Lauren Cherryman Research Fellow and Doctoral Student: Modelling human behaviour and communication during security incidents
Mr Chan Chanthan BSc MSc Doctoral Student: BIM for Fire Safety Engineering	Mr Filip Jedrzejczyk Doctoral Student: Immersive Virtual Reality training environments - Simulation of aircraft emergency evacuations
Ms Cherry Blackburn Doctoral Student: Modelling crowd formations in large standing areas during music events and the impact on comfort and safety	Mr Shafayet Kanon Doctoral Student: AI for Fire Safety Engineering workflows
Ms Ailsa Hamilton-Smith Doctoral Student: Modelling the impact of hostile vehicle mitigation measures on pedestrian movement, comfort and safety	Ms Weronika Olszewska Doctoral Student: Mitigation for flammable cladding façades
Mr Ahmad Baddar Doctoral Student: Fire Spread in Waste Bales	Mr Timothy Crow Doctoral Student: Numerical modelling of external cladding fires in High-Rise Buildings - fire performance and mitigation strategies
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
Dr Nitish Chooramun Completed PhD in July 2011. Lecturer, University of East London	Dr Michael Joyce Completed PhD in 2024