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
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
Ms Maria Pretorius
Senior Lecturer & Doctoral Student (part time): Evacuation Modelling
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